Goalkeeper Anna Maria Picarelli, forward Pamela Conti, defender Sara Gama, and the team captain Patrizia Panico will now have to wait until November 8 to find out their final opponent on the way to Germany. Italy will have to defeat the country which will finish third at the ongoing CONCACAF qualifying tournament over two legs on November 20 and 27 to qualify for the World Cup finals for the first time in twelve years.

Official UEFA.com release here: Italy defeat Switzerland

LTA Agency’s striker Maria Ruiz, better known as Mery, scored two goals in as many games in La Copa de La Reina Final Four tournament in Basauri to help RCD Espanyol de Barcelona retain their Spanish Cup crown.

The win caps a highly successful season for Espanyol which lost the Superliga Final by one goal to Rayo and won the Spanish Cup for the second time in a row. Mery and LTA’s Italian international forward Pamela Conti were instrumental in Espanyol’s impressive run this season by notching 17 and 27 goals respectively. They both add the first Spanish Cup title to the Cup triumphs they have previously experienced in the USA and Italy. Mery was part of FC Indiana’s 2008 US Open Cup winning team, and Conti has 4 Coppa Italia titles to her name won with Eurospin Torres in her native Italy.

Both prolific strikers are subject to a number of potential offers from leading clubs in Spain, Europe, and the US, but RCD Espanyol seems to be in the pole position to retain the services of Mery and Conti for the upcoming 2010-2011 season.

The tricky Sicilian, Conti, can’t seem to stop scoring at the moment as she now hit 19 goals in only 14 appearances this season. She bagged two goals on her return to Valencia to start the second part of the Superliga as Espanyol defeated her former club Levante UD 3:0 last week.

She followed that yesterday with two goals in the 5:1 demolition of Prainsa Zaragoza at home, which allowed the “white and blue” Barcelona club to lead the top group of Spanish football with 6 points from two matches and the impressive goal difference of 8:1.

LTA Agency’s Madrid-born striker, Mery was also part of the two matches. Mery will return to her hometown next Sunday January 24, as RCD Espanyol take their leading team to face third-placed Atletico Madrid.

We, at LTA Agency, are satisfied with 2009 and are looking forward to an even more eventful and successful year for our company and all our clients. In the past year, we signed a number of top international players from different countries, began representing coaches, established important ties with a number of leading football organizations around the world, launched our company Website, and attended a number of important competitions.

Among the highlights of 2009 we can point out the performance of our Spanish striker Laura del Rio who after becoming the best goalscorer in the US W-League with FC Indiana ended the year as the hottest striker of the most renowned German Bundesliga team 1. FFC Frankfurt by consistently scoring goals (1 goal every 70 minutes) in a completely new environment and in competition with a number of World and European Champions.

Our coaches Shek Borkowski and Kaloyan Petkov have taken charge of the three-time Russian Premier League defending Champions and last year’s UEFA Women’s Cup finalists – Zvezda-2005 in a very ambitious project.

Our strikers Pam Conti and Mery, and South African defender Jomo helped the new US W-League franchise Buffalo Flash to qualify for the play-offs in the first year in the League. Conti and Mery have followed that by leading RCD Espanyol of Barcelona to the top of the Spanish Superliga standings.

Conti and fellow Italian international goalkeeper Anna Maria Picarelli were part of Italy’s sensational run to the quarterfinals of the UEFA EURO 2009 Finals in Finland in September.

Our New Zealand international Kirsty Yallop won two unprecedented League championships in one year with Pali Blues in the USA and Auckland Football in New Zealand.

Our Nigerian international Ifeanyi Chiejine was the best player and the key in PK35 (led by the newly appointed coach of the WPS champions Sky Blue FC – Pauliina Miettinen) promotion to the Finnish Premier League.

Our Mexican standout Fatima Leyva has completed another stellar season with FC Indiana and is currently close to signing with a top European club.

Finally, our youngest player South African international winger Busi Ndimeni has been the leader of the U20 WNT Basetsana’s continuous run in the FIFA U20 World Cup Germany 2010 qualifiers.

After making scouting and negotiation trips to Finland, Bulgaria, Russia, and Germany in the second part of last year, we plan on visiting Turkey, Italy, Cyprus, Spain, Macedonia, and other countries as we continue to improve our network and our service commitment to our clients and partners.

Apart from exciting new signings we currently work on a number of interesting projects including expanding our presence in Europe, Africa, and the Far East, getting more involved in men’s football, and launching personal Websites of our clients.

Please, stay tuned with lta-agency.com as we continue to share with you our undertakings in the new year.

]]> http://lta-agency.com/2010/01/happy-new-year/feed/ 0 http://lta-agency.com/2009/12/contis-goal-wins-el-derbi-de-barcelona/ http://lta-agency.com/2009/12/contis-goal-wins-el-derbi-de-barcelona/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:18:35 +0000 admin http://lta-agency.com/?p=999 Italian international striker Pamela Conti scored the winning goal in RCD Espanyol’s 2:1 victory over city rivals FC Barcelona on Sunday to keep “Las blanquiazules” at the top of Group B of the new Spanish Superliga table with 29 points after the first part of the season.

The LTA agency client has proved an instant hit with the Spanish outfit and has taken her current goal tally to 15 in only 12 appearances. In the game vs FC Barcelona she had an assist on the first goal by Lara before floating a beautiful left-footed half-volley over the hosts’ keeper to make the score 2:0.

Largely outplayed over the course of the match FC Barcelona cut the deficit thanks to former Espanyolista Marta Cubi. The game also featured another LTA Agency striker Espanyol’s Madrid-born Mery.

Palermo native, Conti will look to continue her sensational scoring form as RCD Espanyol commence the final phase of the 2009-2010 Superliga season by taking on Conti’s former club Levante UD in Valencia on Sunday January 10.