The Boston Breakers are excited to begin their quest to win a WPSL Elite League championship at their new home field, Dilboy Stadium in Somerville. With its 2,500 seat capacity, Dilboy will provide an ideal environment for high-caliber women’s soccer. Newly renovated in 2006, the stadium features a pristine turf field. Dilboy Stadium is located in the Alewife Brook Parkway section of Somerville, and just minutes from Boston. “We are very excited to be playing at Dilboy Stadium. We spent some
The New England Mutiny have announced their first signings for the 2012 Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League season. Joining Mutiny will be defenders Ella Stephan and Ciara McCormack, defender/midfielder Kelsey Hood, midfielder Kate McCarthy and forward Carrie Patterson. The five bring a wealth of college, national and international experience to the club as New England prepares for the inaugural Elite League season. A charter member of the WPSL Eastern Division, Mutiny will now take on elite squads with Women’s
The Boston Breakers continue to build their 2012 WPSL Elite League roster, adding Australian internationals Kyah Simon and Tameka Butt and U.S. U-23 defender Bianca D’Agostino. Simon, a striker, and midfielder Butt will soon be heading to Boston to prepare for the 2012 WPSL Elite League season. The two 20-year-old Australian internationals play alongside each other on the Westfield Matildas, Australia’s Women’s National Team. This past season in the Westfield W-League, Butt helped lead the Brisbane Roar to the Grand Final.
The Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) has announced that the Maryland Capitols FC will become one of the newest teams in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) when they take to the pitch for the 2012 season. The Maryland Capitols FC will play at the Prince Georges Sports Complex in Landover, Maryland, and will be the second WPSL team in the state, along with ASA Chesapeake Charge which will move to the new WPSL Elite League. The team looks to establish
With the WPS suspending play for 2012, the future of women’s soccer is uncertain. We all know that suspending play or taking a hiatus is not a good sign, especially when the 5 remaining WPS teams are all doing their own thing. Western New York and Boston have opted for the WPSL Elite League, Sky Blue is headed to Japan for a training camp and tour, Philadelphia isn’t playing in a league in 2012, and no one knows what Atlanta has
The Philadelphia Independence, one of five teams currently associated with Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS), will not be participating in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite Division in 2012. The Independence did have ample opportunity to be involved in WPSL and decided not to participate in the league at this time. Instead, the Independence and owner David Halstead will be focusing on improving the WPS business model and working to build the WPS league to come back better and stronger in
Atlantic Soccer Factory (ASF) is proud to announce the creation of the Philadelphia Fever and their acceptance to the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League. The Fever will join the league as an NCAA-compliant amateur team that features New Jersey and Pennsylvania’s top collegiate players as well as former pros. The new WPSL Elite League now has (8) eight teams, including (6) full-time professional clubs, competing in the inaugural 2012 season. The Fever will play against former Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) teams such as the Boston Breakers and 2011 WPS Champions,
The Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) has announced the addition of the New England Mutiny as the seventh team in the new WPSL Elite League. The team will join four other WPSL teams and two teams fromWomen’s Professional Soccer (WPS) in the new league for the inaugural 2012 season. The East Coast and Midwest-based WPSL Elite League launched on February 9, 2012, with WPS clubs Boston Breakers and Western New York Flash and WPSL teams Chicago Red Stars and FC Indiana. ASA Chesapeake Charge of Maryland and Boston areaAztec MA joined the league five days
The Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) has announced the addition of ASA Chesapeake Charge and Aztec MA to the growing ranks of the new WPSL Elite League. The two teams will join Chicago Red Stars and FC Indiana from the WPSL and the Boston Breakers and Western New York Flash from Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS)for the inaugural 2012 season. The WPSL Elite League now has six (6) women’s soccer teams competing in the 2012 season. The new WPSL Elite League is an elite league that will be based in the Midwest and East Coast for the 2012 season. Teams in the league