The 2010 WPS Season certainly was a mixed bag for the fledgling professional league. The loss of the Los Angeles Sol and St. Louis Athletica was shocking and came with little warning to many in the know. The addition of a Western New York franchise is certainly a step in the right direction. It is unclear whether this new franchise will reach the heights of the Philadelphia Independence or struggle like the Atlanta Beat. It is just hard to tell
Western New York Franchise to Begin Stocking Roster November 4 Start of WPS Free Agency Period to be Announced Next Week
FC Gold Pride celebrates their victory in the WPS Championship game. Just as they lorded over the league during a dominant regular season, FC Gold Pride asserted themselves as the best team in WPS with a 4-0 defeat of the Philadelphia Independence to win the WPS Championship in front of a boisterous near sell-out crowd of 5,228 at Pioneer Stadium on Sunday. The host Pride showed no ill-effects from having not played a league match in 15 days and the weary
By: Adam Stern Washington Freedom forward Abby Wambach is arguably the best women’s soccer player on the planet, but these past two months have proven even one of the world’s greats can be subjected to the worst of times. With the Freedom mired in a five-game losing streak in the midst of a 10-match winless rut—both of which having the unsavory distinction as WPS all-time records—some weight had definitely been added to the American superstar’s shoulders, one way or the other. So when
Masar, Carney tally goals as Chicago defeats defending champion Sky Blue FC
The past two weeks have been quite bizarre for the sport of indoor soccer. Two new leagues, the USL-I League and the ASA, announced they will begin play in 2011. The announcement of USL’s professional indoor league was not much of a surprise considering their roots in the indoor game. Rumors of the league have been around for several months. Three teams will begin play in fall of 2011: Syracuse (NY), Rochester (NY), and Hampton Roads (VA). I completely respect Chris Economides,
No, it’s not a World Cup or Olympic final— heck, it’s not even a playoff or anything proportionate. Yet if one gets the feeling they’re witnessing something much more extraordinary than a run-of-the-mill regular season match up between Washington Freedom and league-leaders F.C. Gold Pride Saturday afternoon, that’s because they’re right. On the field, the world’s current two best players, Freedom’s Abby Wambach, whose leading the league in goals and assists, and Gold Pride’s four-time FIFA Player of the Year, Marta, will
This is perhaps the busiest time we have ever experienced. We are less than a week away from the start of the historic 2010 World Cup. We are in the midst of an exciting and successful outdoor season for MLS, USSF D-II, USL-2, and PDL. We are organizing a series of major events including our area’s largest World Cup party, a national soccer combine, and our continued coverage of the Ohio Vortex offseason. Our inbox is flooded with hundreds of e-mails each and every
WOW for WPS! Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) is off to a great start. The match between the Los Angeles Sol and the Washington Freedom was simply spectacular. The score might suggest that the Sol easily won, but it was a hard fought battle. The Sol were quite dominant for the first 45 minutes. Marta was simply electrifying, drawing the attention of defenders and fans alike. However, it was her teammate, Allison Falk, who scored the first goal in WPS history in just the sixth minute. Halftime