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WPS Week 9
by Pretty Tough
posted June 17, 2010 at 1:49pm

Week 9 held another battle for 1st place as the FC Gold Pride took over Philadelphia, another Boston Breakers loss after Sky Blue FC took home a win on a late goal, and the usual for the Chicago Red Stars as they tied the Washington Freedom, except this t...more

Traditional vs. new media – Will women’s sports ever get equal coverage?
by Soccer Science
posted June 17, 2010 at 11:42am

Every day, the WPS Director of Communications, Rob Penner (in the pic above with me), sends out the Daily Clips to the league office staff. Today’s clips included a story called, Continued apathy by sports media toward women’s sports a bigger probl...more

Show Your Support: Chicago Red Stars’ Local 134
by All White Kit
posted June 16, 2010 at 4:26pm

The Chicago Red Stars is noted as having one of the best-run organizations in WPS. And the team’s passionate fan support certainly does its part. Local 134 is the Chicago Red Stars’ supporters group. All White Kit talked to one of its co-founders Nico...more

Soccer: Remembering the women
by After Atalanta
posted June 16, 2010 at 4:25pm

I have not watched one second of the men's World Cup. And yet it seems to be the only thing I can blog about these days. (I do have a post coming about working out in skirts--so stay tuned for something non-soccer. Not that there's anything wrong with soc...more

WPS announces 2010 All-Star Reserves
by Pretty Tough
posted June 15, 2010 at 1:07pm

Women’s Professional Soccer announced 14 reserves for the 2010 WPS All-Star Game presented by U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, which kicks off at 8pm on June 30 at KSU Soccer Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia. The reserves were selected by the WPS Commissioner a...more

The best worst team In WPS
by All White Kit
posted June 15, 2010 at 1:05pm

They were so close. Just a few more minutes and the Breakers would have taken their fourth draw in seven matches – far from spectacular, but not disastrous. Rookie Jordan Angeli had put the home side ahead in the first half. After a bevy of chances fo...more

The Anorak: Analyzing Week 9 WPS Attendance
by All White Kit
posted June 15, 2010 at 12:08pm

The average weekend attendance of 3,517 was the second lowest of the 2010 WPS season. Washington’s attendance dropped 13% from its last home game while Boston’s dropped 11%. Philadelphia had a slightly better showing than last weekend but the 2,616 fi...more

WPS Players and their 2010 World Cup doppelgangers, Pt. 2
by All White Kit
posted June 15, 2010 at 11:58am

These two players have bounced back from both injury and poor form to be amongst the best goalkeepers in their respective leagues. They are both citizens of arguably the two most football-obsessed countries in the world. From a technical standpoint, they...more

Philadelphia Independence/FC Gold Pride Reaction, Player Ratings
by All White Kit
posted June 14, 2010 at 12:38pm

I guess proofreading is a good idea sometimes. The first half was the exact foil of last night’s Washington/CRS game — each team closed shop and possession was extremely hard to come by. The Indies packed the midfield with scrappy players to negate...more

WPS Players and their World Cup doppelgangers, Pt. 1
by All White Kit
posted June 13, 2010 at 4:25pm

Hah, and you thought it would start to get quiet around here because of that World Cup thing. Not a chance! (At least not until the Round of 16, that is). For the duration of the World Cup, there will a new feature about WPS players and the 2010 World ...more

Washington Freedom, Chicago Red Stars Reaction/Ratings
by All White Kit
posted June 13, 2010 at 12:58pm

In what had to be one of the best games of the season so far, the Red Stars fought back from an early two goal deficit to earn a well-deserved point. There were a few outstanding individual performances (Casey Nogueira’s immediately pops in mind) but it...more

Notables For the Day Before the 2010 World Cup
by All White Kit
posted June 11, 2010 at 11:04am

I don’t think I’ve been this excited about anything since Toy Story 2 came out. USA USA USA. Aya Miyama has officially joined the Beat Boston has released Claire Zimmeck and waived Liz Bogus Philadelphia will be announcing a...more

The Anorak: Analyzing the 2010 WPS All-Stars Selection
by All White Kit
posted June 10, 2010 at 8:04pm

The Saint Louis Athletica had the most representation with 5 players. Including the ex-SLA players, Atlanta has the most representation with 5, Boston and FCGP have 4, Washington and Sky Blue FC have 3, Philadelphia has 2 and Chicago have 0. �...more

A look at the WPS All-Stars
by Women's Sports Blog
posted June 10, 2010 at 5:15pm

The league deserves major kudos for not just relying on fan voting, but weighing votes from players, coaches, media and fans equally. A perhaps predictable but interesting result was that the players themselves focused on contributors from defense and m...more

Has Aya Miyama found a new home?
by All White Kit
posted June 10, 2010 at 12:23pm

Could Atlanta soon be announcing the signing of Aya Miyama? If so, one of WPS’ most dispersed players will be joining a couple other briefly-unemployed teammates. You’re very welcome, Atlanta midfield. Could Kendall Fletcher be left ou...more

2010 WPS All-Stars Announced
by All White Kit
posted June 9, 2010 at 4:32pm

Team Captains: Wambach, Marta Goalkeepers: Bardsley, Solo Defenders: Buehler, Ellertson, Falk, LePeilbet, Taylor Whitehill Midfielders: Bompastor, Boxx, Chalups, Lilly, Lindsey, Miyama, HAO, Smith Forwards: Aluko, Bachmann, Cheney, Mar...more

Have the 2010 WPS playoffs already been decided?
by All White Kit
posted June 9, 2010 at 11:59am

In two words, likely not. But over the past two months of WPS action, three separate classes have emerged in the WPS standings. There’s the elite, the very good and the not-so-good. FC Gold Pride remain atop their perch with the likes of Washington, ...more

WPS Week 8
by Pretty Tough
posted June 8, 2010 at 9:51pm

This is what happened on Week 8 of WPS after a little rescheduling of games. FC Gold Pride (#1) hosted the Washington Freedom (#2). Sky Blue FC (#4) took a little road trip down to Philly to face the Independence (#3), and the Athletica Atlanta Beat (#7),...more

World Player of the Week for the Week of May 31 to June 6
by All White Kit
posted June 8, 2010 at 3:18pm

No candidates today. Everyone’s a winner. Amy Rodriguez/Philadelphia Independence Assisted Philadelphia’s first goal (which Lori Lindsey put away beautifully) and then scored the game-winning goal. Manon Melis/Malmo The Dutchwoman will probably ...more

Our Game Magazine published by women soccer players
by Pretty Tough
posted June 7, 2010 at 9:01pm

A new women’s soccer pub, Our Game Magazine, was launched with some fanfare this week. Founded by Khaled El-Ahmad, Our Game is a women’s soccer magazine created by current and past players for players and fans all around the world. With the mission ...more

The Anorak: Analyzing Week 8 Attendance
by All White Kit
posted June 7, 2010 at 7:43pm

Theaverage attendance of 3,772 this WPS weekend was a slight increase from last weekend’s figures. Chicago had its best third-best attendance of the season despite the Stanley Cup game and bad weather. Philadelphia had its lowest figure of the season,...more

Chicago, Atlanta Reaction/Player Ratings
by All White Kit
posted June 7, 2010 at 1:30pm

It was a thrilling, multi-goal match that featured an electrifying first half. Goals were scored by each team’s most productive players, both of whom rebounded well from poor individual performances last week. Then there was the goal and the assist from...more

5 Things Learned in WPS Week 8
by All White Kit
posted June 7, 2010 at 1:25pm

5.) There Will Be Blood on FSC Sunday And if not blood, then a bit of violence (paging Caroline Seger). This was the third straight week where in which we saw some kind of aggressive behavior on the part of WPS players. Not that it’s all dirty, per se....more

Chicago Red Stars pick up Weber, Washington
by All White Kit
posted June 4, 2010 at 9:35pm

Elise Weber and Nikki Washington are the latest players to be taken off the market from Saint Louis’ fire sale. Weber is a solid young defender and could add some more stability to a Chicago back line that has seen Whitney Engen play about every po...more

Why this weekend’s Chicago/Atlanta match could be the most important yet
by All White Kit
posted June 4, 2010 at 9:26pm

A game between two teams that dwell at the bottom of the WPS standings shouldn’t matter this much. Between them, the Chicago Red Stars and the Atlanta Beat have only managed to six goals thus far. That’s the same combined tally that Marta and Christin...more

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