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
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
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
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