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
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
Despite being down by a goal to start their Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League match against the Philadelphia Fever, the New England Mutiny managed to rally for the home victory. The win allowed New England to improve their record to 2-1-1; Philadelphia now fall to 0-3-1. As in their previous match with Philadelphia, New England found themselves in an early hole as they surrendered an 11th minute goal to the Fever’s Myriam Bouchard. It was Bouchard’s late goal in
Katie Schoepfer scored her league leading seventh and eighth goals of the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League season, sending the first-place Breakers to 5-0 on the season with a 4-0 victory over FC Indiana Friday night on the road. Schoepfer has now scored in all five games and has five goals combined in her last two games. FC Indiana came into the game having lost the first meeting between the two teams, 4-1. Head coach Shek Borkowski reshuffled his
The New York Fury dominated the field, defeating the Philadelphia Fever 3-0 at Hofstra University Thursday night. Kim Yokers scored two second-half goals, and Massapequa native Gina DiMartino added a third as the Fury ran their record to 3-1. “I thought tonight was an improvement on last week,” said Fury coach Paul Riley, referring to the team’s 2-1 loss to the Boston Breakers in their home opener. “We were more positive, energetic and brighter with the ball. They parked the proverbial bus in
The New England Mutiny of the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League have announced that Head Coach Tony Horta has taken a leave of absence from the team for personal reasons. In his place, long-time New England “charter” staff member Chris LeGates has been named the interim Head Coach and will lead the Mutiny (1-1-1 WPSL Elite) into this Saturday’s home match against. the Philadelphia Fever (0-1-1 WPSL Elite) at East Longmeadow H.S. (7:00 PM kick-off). After a three-year hiatus
The Boston Breakers took a commanding early lead in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Elite League standings with a 4-0 record and 12 points. After downing New York Fury in a close 2-1 match on Wednesday the Breakers took on old WPS foe Western New York Flash in a sold-out game at Dilboy Stadium on Saturday night, May 26. Although the Flash dominated play early in the first half, it was Boston taking the lead in the 33rd minute when