The Boston Breakers won their Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League home opener 4-1 against FC Indianabefore a standing-room-only crowd of 2,312 fans at Dilboy Stadium in Somerville, Mass. Fans lined up over an hour before the gates opened for the chance at the remaining tickets for the sold-out match. Media from as far away as Haiti, home of several members of FC Indiana, joined the Boston faithful for the opening of the second week of WPSL Elite League
With their inaugural home game in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite Leauge looming Sunday, May 20, the Chicago Red Stars have announced the addition of several returning players. All of the players were elements of the 2011 Red Stars team that fell just short in the WPSL Championship match, and they look to send the Red Stars to similar heights in this year’s new WPSL Elite League. Headlining the group is a former Red Stars’ Women’s Professional Soccer
The Western New York Flash have announced the signing of Omolyn Davis to their 2012 Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite Leauge roster. Davis, a Jamaican International, was selected 10th overall by Women’s Professional Soccer’s magicJack in the 2011 WPS Draft. In her rookie season in the WPS, Davis started 5 of the 6 games that she appeared in, scoring 1 goal. After the 2011 WPS season concluded, Davis took her trade to FC Energiya of Russia. A graduate of the
The Sounders FC fell at home to Real Salt Lake on Saturday May 12th. This ended their five game winning streak. They were coming off of a busy schedule and it showed. Neither team had many chances, although the Sounders maintained the majority of possession. Real’s back three proved impenetrable and were able to shut down on corners and aerial crosses into the box. The only goal came in the 51st minute: Fabian Espindola received a pretty through ball from
A stoppage time goal by English defender Ruairidh Winters gave AFC Cleveland a 2-2 draw with Greater Binghamton FC (0-0-1) in their first-ever home match. “Obviously we are delighted with the end result,” AFC Cleveland manager Andy Hoggarth stated. “The boys battled all the way until the end.” The visitors scored in the 30th and 40th minutes, giving Cleveland a 2-0 deficit at halftime. It wasn’t to say that there was a shortage of opportunities for the home team as Michael Matlock, Yianni
A goal by Case Western Reserve striker Vinny Bell was enough to earn AFC Cleveland a 1-1 draw with Detroit City FC Saturday night. It was Cleveland’s first ever regular season match and first ever road match. Detroit opened the scoring with a goal in the 11th minute by Stefan St. Louis. Bell’s strike in the 34th brought things even at 1-1. Cleveland goalkeeper Ben Yabrow was called upon several times to deny the home team’s attack, landing two spectacular saves
A 2-1 win by Columbus over FC Dallas was a welcome site to the Crew who had been inept on offense the past two matches. In the 67th minute Justin Meram finally ended the Crew’s offensive woes. A few minutes later Sebastian Miranda followed suit and put in a rocket of a header from outside the box. Before that it had been almost 2 ½ games worth of playing time since the Crew’s last goal. The Dallas defense took a blow when
The California Storm will feature several big names in women’s soccer when they return to Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) action for the 2012 season. Rejoining the Storm will be former U.S. Women’s National Team members Brandi Chastain and Aly Wagner and former Brazil Women’s National Team member Sissi. Stanford standouts Teresa Noyola and Lindsay Taylor will also be back on the team, along with several other Storm veterans. Over the years Storm, one of the founding members of the WPSL,
Excitement filled the stadium as the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite Leauge opened the inaugural season on Thursday, May 10, with ASA Chesapeake Charge hosting Boston Breakers at Anne Arundel Community College. While Boston took a convincing 3-0 win, the score did not accurately indicate the fierce level of competition in the match. After scoring three quick goals in the opening 15 minutes, the former Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) side were held scoreless by a team made up primarily
