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Fox Sports
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Women's soccer star Almuth Schult says clubs didn't want to sign a player with kids
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — As an Olympic gold medalist and Champions League winner, Almuth Schult was one of the top goalkeepers in women's soccer. She believes her career ended early because clubs were reluctant to sign a player with children. The 34-year-old former Germany goalkeeper announced her retirement in March, three months after her contract ended with the Kansas City Current in the National Women's Soccer League in the U.S. 'I feel like in Europe it is still not yet normal for a female soccer player to have children. Whether the clubs admit it or not, that's my subjective impression,' Schult told Germany's Kicker magazine in an interview published Tuesday. 'Many clubs worry that there could be adversity and difficulties with mothers even though that doesn't have to be the case.' Schult said she felt she could have played another 'one, two years at the highest level' and that she believes being a mother was 'the main reason' talks didn't work out. Schult said top clubs only offered her the role of a third-choice backup. Schult gave birth to twins in 2020 and a third child in 2023. 'I was already out of contract after my second pregnancy," said Schult, who played 66 times for the German national team. 'No club believed I could still help, even though I had already proven it after my first pregnancy.' Schult won the Champions League with Wolfsburg in 2014 and the Olympic gold medal with Germany at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro and has also built a career as an expert commentator on German TV. She suggested that European clubs could have something to learn from those in the U.S. in helping players to continue their careers after having children. 'My career would presumably have taken a different course if I'd had the same support as I recently received in the U.S.,' she said. ___ AP soccer:
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Women's soccer star Almuth Schult says clubs didn't want to sign a player with kids
FILE - Germany goalkeeper Almuth Schult celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's Olympic football tournament at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, file) BERLIN (AP) — As an Olympic gold medalist and Champions League winner, Almuth Schult was one of the top goalkeepers in women's soccer. She believes her career ended early because clubs were reluctant to sign a player with children. The 34-year-old former Germany goalkeeper announced her retirement in March, three months after her contract ended with the Kansas City Current in the National Women's Soccer League in the U.S. Advertisement 'I feel like in Europe it is still not yet normal for a female soccer player to have children. Whether the clubs admit it or not, that's my subjective impression,' Schult told Germany's Kicker magazine in an interview published Tuesday. 'Many clubs worry that there could be adversity and difficulties with mothers even though that doesn't have to be the case.' Schult said she felt she could have played another 'one, two years at the highest level' and that she believes being a mother was 'the main reason' talks didn't work out. Schult said top clubs only offered her the role of a third-choice backup. Schult gave birth to twins in 2020 and a third child in 2023. 'I was already out of contract after my second pregnancy," said Schult, who played 66 times for the German national team. 'No club believed I could still help, even though I had already proven it after my first pregnancy.' Schult won the Champions League with Wolfsburg in 2014 and the Olympic gold medal with Germany at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro and has also built a career as an expert commentator on German TV. Advertisement She suggested that European clubs could have something to learn from those in the U.S. in helping players to continue their careers after having children. 'My career would presumably have taken a different course if I'd had the same support as I recently received in the U.S.,' she said. ___ AP soccer:
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Ex-Germany keeper says she found no new club because she is a mother
Ex-Germany keeper says she found no new club because she is a mother Former Germany goalkeeper Almuth Schult poses for a photo ahead of the UEFA Women's Nations League soccer match between France and Germany at Groupama Stadium. Sebastian Gollnow/dpa Former Germany goalkeeper Almuth Schult has said that footballers who have become mothers still have a hard time finding new clubs in Europe, which contributed to the decision to end her career. "I believe that was the main reason why the talks faltered," Schult told Kicker sports magazine. Advertisement The 34-year-old said she had offers from top clubs, but only as third choice and added that "the competition would not have been open." Schult, who is now pregnant with her fourth child, announced the end of her career in March. She last played at US club Kansas City Current until December 2024. She said "it is still not normal in Europe that women's footballers have children. Whether the clubs admit to it or not, but that's simply my subjective impression. "Many clubs fear that there could be adversity and difficulties with mothers. "I was already without a contract after my second pregnancy. No club believed that I could still help, even though I had already proven it after my first pregnancy." Advertisement Schult said the situation was better in the US where she first played for three months at Angel City in 2022, before a brief return to Germany at second tier SV Hamburg and the final engagement at the Kansas City Current. "My career would probably have been different in recent years if I had had the same support as I did in the USA," Schult said.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
🚨 At 34, it's over! Olympic champion Almuth Schult ends career
🚨 At 34, it's over! Olympic champion Almuth Schult ends career This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here. Almuth Schult has ended her career as a goalkeeper. The DFB just announced this on social media. With the DFB women, she became, among other things, Olympic champion in 2016 and European champion in 2013. The 34-year-old played a total of 66 international matches in the German goal. Her debut in the A-national team was in 2012 in the 5-0 win in the European Championship qualifying match against Turkey. Advertisement "For me, it was always clear that I would be available for the national team as long as my competitive sports career continues. It has always filled me with pride to represent my country and hear the anthem. Even if there were probably more games on the bench than on the pitch. Football is a team sport, and that makes so much of it," said Schult about her career end. 📸 Anton Uzunov - 2022 Getty Images
CBC
15-02-2025
- Business
- CBC
Cash available to help P.E.I. schools upgrade ovens, fridges to expand food program
Social Sharing Money will soon be available to groups in P.E.I. to help scale up the province's school food program. The Canadian Food Infrastructure Fund is a federal government initiative that provides grants to organizations across the country to help combat food insecurity. Non-profit organizations and other community groups can apply for some of the $1 million available in the Atlantic provinces. On the Island, the grants will be handed out by the P.E.I Home and School Federation. "It basically is looking to improve what schools have in their buildings already," said David Schult, the federation's president. "Given the fact that many schools were built before food preparation… was a consideration, a lot of the schools don't even have the infrastructure — the ovens, the fridges — to handle these things, and so this program will provide funding for those." Schult said the money could also go to organizations that grow or prepare food for students. The P.E.I. government pays around $6 million annually to the non-profit that runs the school food program on the Island. Additional revenue comes from fees paid by families. For schools that aren't equipped to make lunches on site, external food service providers are contracted to deliver meals to nearby schools each day. At some schools, in-house chefs prepare meals for their own students and also deliver meals to nearby schools. Officials with the P.E.I. program said demand was up 14 per cent in 2024, though the number of families contributing to the pay-what-you-can service has gone down — nearly 70 per cent made no payment last year, while 13 per cent paid the full cost of $5.75 per meal. WATCH | More people using P.E.I.'s school food program — but fewer families are paying for it: More people using P.E.I.'s school food program — but fewer families are paying for it 3 months ago Duration 2:35 Late last year, the federal government contributed $7.1 million over the next three years to help expand P.E.I.'s program. The funding came from Ottawa's five-year, $1-billion national school food program. Overall, the feds expected the funding would result in around 480,000 more meals served to kids on the Island this school year. The school food program served almost 850,000 meals throughout the 2023-24 school year, 40 per cent more than it had the year before. In addition to building the capacity for more schools to prepare meals in house, Schult hopes the food infrastructure funding will help pave the way to a universal breakfast program. The P.E.I. school food program only covers lunches as of now. "I see that as the ideal, end-of-the-road hope that the school breakfast programs that each school runs independently could be put together into one program like the lunch program is run right now," he said.
