The New England Mutiny have announced the signing of Tiffany Weimer for the remainder of the 2012 Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League season, pending U.S. Soccer approval. Weimer recently completed the Danish Elitedivisionen season with Fortuna Hjorring, helping to team to finish second and qualify for the Champion’s League with a recent 3-0 victory over league champion Bronby. Weimer was a four-year standout at Penn State University, scoring 91 goals – the most in Big Ten Conference history. She
The Chicago Red Stars took their sixth win against only one loss in Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League play, defeating the visiting New England Mutiny 4-0 at Northwestern University. The Red Stars picked up goals from four different players on the way to a win in the first game following their only loss of the season. New England (3-3-1) dropped to fifth spot on the table, while Chicago (6-1-0) moved up to the top. The Mutiny were coming off
You could tell in tonight’s match for the D.C. United Women that the focus lied somewhere else. In a friendly match against Paul Riley’s Women’s Pro SUPERGROUP, a team comprised of top level veterans, United lost 1-0 on a 64th minute goal by Meghan Lenczyk. With an unlimited number of substitutes tonight’s match had more of a scrimmage feel than a competitive match. On a night in which it was about preservation and not celebration the United Women suffered a relentless
Playing their third Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League match in just six days, the Chicago Red Stars were not able to overcome a 0-1 first half deficit against Western New York Flash, eventually falling 0-3 on the road last night. While the score was relatively lopsided, the Red Stars players and coaches were not dwelling on their first loss of the season. “We were challenged tonight,” remarked Red Stars’ midfielder Julianne Sitch. “We gave up a few goals but there
Gerry Cleary is a Renaissance man in American soccer and has been part of growing and improving the beautiful game at every level. Simultaneously, Cleary coaches at the youth, college, and semi-pro level. A busy man you might say. As a top youth player in his native Ireland, Cleary made the choice to come to America to get his education and play college soccer. He did both, excelling on and off the pitch at Lambuth University. He was a three-time NAIA All-American, a four-time All-Conference selection,
Kyah Simon’s fourth goal of the season, coming in the 44th minute, was the only goal of the game, but it was the goal that mattered most. The Australian striker rocketed a shot past Philadelphia keeper Michelle Dalton to give the Breakers a 1-0 win over the Fever and keep Boston in first place in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League. “It was good to get the three points on the road. I was happy with some of the
The action on the field was hot and so was the weather as the Chicago Red Stars ran their Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League record to 5-0 with a 5-0 win over the visiting ASA Chesapeake Charge. With the victory the Red Stars remain the only undefeated team in the league and have only surrendered one goal in five matches. Pending the results of the game between league-leading Boston Breakers and Philadelphia Fever, Chicago could find themselves in
Fourteen points may have separated the Boston Breakers and Philadelphia Fever on the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League table, but that didn’t stop the host Fever from playing an aggressive match that ended in a close 1-0 Boston win. Philadelphia held league-leading scorer Katie Schoepfer (8 goals, 1 assist) in check the entire match, but could not stop Australian international Kyah Simon who scored the lone goal. Boston opened strong against the winless Fever, but goalkeeper Michelle Dalton was
Merritt Mathias scored her team-leading fifth goal of the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League season to give the New York Fury a 1-0 win over FC Indiana at the Invaders Soccer Complex on Sunday evening. New York took advantage of the host’s inexperience when Mathias finished a breakaway by Tina DiMartino for the Fury’s only goal in the 21st minute. The Fury dominated the winless Lionesses, outshooting them by a wide margin and hitting the crossbar three times. The Fury