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R.I.P. Saint Louis Athletica
by All White Kit
posted May 28, 2010 at 12:10am

Tom Timmermann reports that the Athletica is going to shut down. It appears as if A.C. St. Louis has survived. I’m kind of at a loss of words here. Not the way I wanted my lunch break to go. That is to say that anger should not be directed a...more

What the f%^$ WPS?!
by After Atalanta
posted May 27, 2010 at 11:51pm

So we (fans of women's soccer) cheered when the Philadelphia and Atlanta teams joined the WPS this season. We were dismayed when the LA Sol folded wondering how the top team (arguably) in the league featuring Marta and other key players could not be susta...more

Lianne Sanderson’s Player Diary #1
by All White Kit
posted May 27, 2010 at 1:47pm

The moment has finally arrived! Philadelphia Independence striker and English international Lianne Sanderson has been gracious enough to start contributing a player blog to AWK. In her first edition, Lianne discusses what the big move across the pond was ...more

The St. Louis Situation: How it happened in 5 oversimplified steps
by All White Kit
posted May 27, 2010 at 12:25pm

@hopesolo Awww, so nice being in the US uniform again…in SO many ways! 4:05 AM May 23rd via txt You’ve probably heard by now that professional soccer in St. Louis has been afflicted with some pretty nasty stuff recently. Last Friday Richard F...more

Interview with Cat Reddick Whitehill about Gatorade Player of the Year
by Kaci Kust
posted May 26, 2010 at 1:39pm

  As a two-time Gatorade State Girls Soccer Player of the Year, WPS Washington Freedom Defender and member of the US National team, Cat Reddick Whitehill got the opportunity to surprise this year's Gatorade National Player of the Year.  The ...more

Player Profile: Abby Wambach
by All White Kit
posted May 25, 2010 at 5:16pm

Bates College Assistant Coach Stewart Flaherty takes a look at the performance of Abby Wambach during the recent 4-0 win over Germany. Abby Wambach produced a simply magnificent performance at the weekend, playing a key role in a ver...more

Emma Hayes sacked
by All White Kit
posted May 24, 2010 at 9:17pm

We’ve got our first coaching casualty of 2010. Although I can’t argue on principle, the timing does kind of surprise me. Six weeks doesn’t seem quite long enough, but then again you’d have to take 2009 into account as well. Your thoughts? ...more

Boston Sports Museum: When was that year of the woman?
by After Atalanta
posted May 24, 2010 at 6:30pm

Remember back in the 90s some time when Bill Clinton was in office and Hilary Rodham Clinton was empowering some and causing great consternation to others? Wasn't there a Year of the Woman in their somewhere?I guess when that year was over we went back to...more

On the Woes of Atlanta and Chicago: Is A Change Of Leadership In Order?
by All White Kit
posted May 19, 2010 at 4:29pm

It’s not a pleasant subject and it’s not fun to write about. But as we approach Week 7 of WPS, there are two teams that seem to be locking themselves in the basement of the WPS standings. In six games, th...more

Soccer Notables for May 18, 2010
by All White Kit
posted May 19, 2010 at 2:12pm

Hello, all. A recap of WPS’ Week 6 results right here from American Soccer Minute: The USSF has announced that the USWNT will be playing Sweden July 17 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. Curses for not being anywhere near Te...more

7 Things Learned In WPS Week 6
by All White Kit
posted May 18, 2010 at 3:27pm

In a rather extended edition we learn that WPS players aren’t exactly shrinking violets, some teams have real fight in them, others don’t, one team is very well put-together indeed, another is a cut above the rest and there’s a certain manager that�...more

Soccer World Player of the Week For May 10th to May 16th
by All White Kit
posted May 18, 2010 at 2:01pm

Plenty of solid candidates in lieu of last week’s abbreviated edition: Abby Wambach/Washington Freedom – No de Vanna or Sawa and a busted-up nose? Ain’t no thing. The Freedom’s taliswoman was good for a lovely backheel’d assist and a lovely...more

WPS Week 6
by Pretty Tough
posted May 18, 2010 at 1:22pm

Drama in Atlanta, Abby Wambach doing her thing with a broken nose, Marta continuing to rip through defenses, Chicago struggling to find the net, and a draw in St. Louis are the main stories of Week 6 of Women’s Professional Soccer. The first game took ...more

The Anorak: Analyzing Week 6 Attendance
by All White Kit
posted May 17, 2010 at 3:51pm

Number crunching time! Week 6 was the second least-attended week in the 2010 WPS season with an average of 4,096. And this despite huge weeks in Chicago and Boston. So why was this? Because St. Louis apparently doesn’t have many ...more

Atlanta/Washington Reaction, Player Ratings
by All White Kit
posted May 17, 2010 at 12:24pm

Excuse the tardines once again. It’s not like Atlanta doesn’t create or doesn’t have chances. Just like in last week’s match they create and have chances. Perhaps they just aren’t quality chances. Or maybe they’re jus...more

Breakers/FCGP Bedtime Reaction
by All White Kit
posted May 15, 2010 at 1:30pm

At least I haven’t been drinking. Marta’s quite good. She scored the opening goal and the game-winning goal. Kelly Smith is good. She notched the equalizer. What’s that? Boston can score!!!! Boston’s fans are good. With 5...more

6 Things Learned in WPS Week 5
by All White Kit
posted May 12, 2010 at 1:11pm

6.) Sky Blue FC Can’t Score Goals This wasn’t so much learned as it was reminded. ‘tasha Kai has scored literally 2/3rd’s of Sky Blue’s goals thus far but she’ll be out until who knows when. Which is not good for this team. A few teams have l...more

Solveig Gulbrandsen: FC Gold Pride’s Soccer Mom
by Pretty Tough
posted May 11, 2010 at 8:32pm

Solveig Gulbrandsen is a midfielder for FC Gold Pride of Women’s Professional Soccer. She is a big presence on the field at 5′7″, making powerful runs up and down the field all game long. She is the most-capped player on the Norwegian National T...more

The Anorak: Analyzing WPS Week 5 Attendance
by All White Kit
posted May 11, 2010 at 4:49pm

Week 5 was very nearly the second-best attended week of the 2010 WPS season behind Week 4. Certainly the Beat’s home opening buoyed figures, but the weekend average of 4,425 is right along the lines of the season average so far. The Beat’s numbe...more

WPS Week 5
by Pretty Tough
posted May 11, 2010 at 12:48pm

Week 5 of WPS saw 2 players score their first goals of the season and career in Lindsay Tarpley and Kelley O’Hara, respectively, the opening of the first soccer stadium built just for women’s soccer, another early candidate for Goal of the Year, and s...more

A brief note on Atlanta/Sky Blue FC
by All White Kit
posted May 10, 2010 at 12:40pm

Hey y’all, check out this awesome blog I just found: http://nightoflivingrefs.blogspot.com. Well I was wrong. No laser-sharp analysis (as if there ever is) or player ratings tonight. Why? Because I wouldn’t be able to cloak the disappoinment/...more

Tiffany Weimer on Mother’s Day
by Tiffany Weimer
posted May 9, 2010 at 7:22pm

More important than any other Hallmark holiday is the day we celebrate our mothers. Why? Because without them we don’t exist, simple as that. And that is only the beginning. I will go ahead and say what every person says about his or her mother�...more

Who sets the WPS TV schedule?
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 9, 2010 at 6:15pm

They should probably work in more flexibility. Hapless Atlanta versus injury-hobbled Sky Blue? On a weekend when Saint Louis is playing Philly? Sky Blue has the biggest metro area so they're assuming the widest audience and that makes sense (also: n...more

Lori Lindsey is straight ballin' and other WPS thoughts
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 5, 2010 at 12:27pm

*When someone goes from being a role player to being responsible for a team, there can be two outcomes. That player can wilt under the pressure because she is essentially a role player, or she can take her game to a new level. After having a hand in e...more

What’s the difference between parity and mediocrity, and other sprawling thoughts on what really makes a champion
by All White Kit
posted May 5, 2010 at 12:15pm

A cursory glance over WPS’ current league standings reveals just how competitive this league is. Just five points separate 1st and 7th place. Every team is stocked with both homegrown and international talent. Any team ca...more

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