The Chicago Red Stars have taken their 2012 Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League win-streak to four games, with a 2-1 victory over the visiting New York Fury Friday night. Alyssa Mautz’s lunging goal in the 26th minute, off the head of Lauren Fowlkes, gave Chicago a 1-0 lead heading into the half. They would build on that with an unassisted Michele Weissenhofer goal in 69th minute. NY Fury found their way back into the match in the 83rd minute
The Western New York Flash got back into the win column in Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League action on Saturday, June 9, as they defeated the New England Mutiny 3-1 at Sahlen’s Stadium in Rochester, N.Y. The win raised Flash’s record to 2-2-1 with a +3 goal differential compared to Mutiny’s 2-2-1 and -3, moving WNY just ahead in the standings to fourth. In an end-to-end match that saw numerous chances for both sides, Mutiny put early pressure on
FC Indiana and ASA Chesapeake Charge played to a 1-1 draw in Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League action on Friday night, June 8. Charge’s Erica Suter scored with 15 minutes to go to deny Indiana their first victory. Neither team saw many chances over the course of the match, with both defenses keeping the ball clear of the goal. Finally in the 30th minute Indiana’s Soline Bellevue found the key and hammered home a goal to give Indiana the
A lack of finishing once against cost the New York Fury as they fell to the Chicago Red Stars 2-1 in Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League action on Friday night, June 8, at Concordia University. Goals by Alyssa Mautz and Michele Weissenhofer gave the Red Stars a 2-0 lead, and the Fury were never able to recover. Chicago remains the only unbeaten team in the WPSL Elite at 4-0, while the Fury fall to 3-2-1. The Red Stars now
Goals by Vinny Bell, Michael Matlock, and Tyler Johnston helped AFC Cleveland defeat Detroit City FC 3-2. A record crowd of 1,251 was on hand at Byers Field to see this important Rust Belt Derby matchup. The win propels AFC Cleveland (3-0-4, 13 pts.) into first place in the NPSL’s Midwest Great Lakes Conference. It also clinches a playoff spot for Cleveland, which is in their first year in the league. “It’s exciting,” AFC Cleveland Chairman/CEO Terry Lawriw stated. “We have a
The previously undefeated Boston Breakers suffered their first loss in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League, as the Chicago Red Stars took a hard-fought 1-0 victory at North Central College Sunday night. Red Star forward Michele Weissenhofer scored the lone goal of the game in the 34th minute, with the assist credited to team captain Lori Chalupny. Jamie Forbes recorded her third shutout in goal for the Red Stars who move to 3-0-0 on the season. “Having just played the
In a battle of the two remaining undefeated teams in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League, the Chicago Red Stars got the better of the Boston Breakers with a 1-0 victory at North Central College Sunday night. Naperville native Michele Weissenhofer scored the lone goal of the game in the 34th minute, with Lori Chalupny credited on the assist. Jamie Forbes once again held the shutout in goal for the Red Stars who move to 3-0-0 on the
The New York Fury and Western New York Flash each had to settle for their first tie of the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League season on Sunday night, as the teams played to a 0-0 draw at Hofstra Stadium. Both teams had excellent chances, but neither was able to capitalize as each goalkeeper came up with big saves to preserve the double clean sheet. “I was disappointed with our performance,” said Fury head coach Paul Riley after the match. “We
A goal by Christian Earnest in the 84th minute gave AFC Cleveland a 1-1 draw against the Erie Admirals in NPSL action. “It was a very physical battle,” AFC Cleveland manager Andy Hoggarth commented. “It was a pretty fair result. Erie was very hardworking. They moved the ball well.” Sean Washek scored the lone goal for the Admirals (1-1-1). University of Akron star Andrian McAdams made his AFC Cleveland debut in goal for Cleveland. “Andrian was solid,” Hoggarth added. “He was quick off his