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UCL, WPS Match Reports
by All White Kit
posted April 11, 2010 at 1:58pm

UEFA Women’s Champions League Olympique Lyon and Umea IK faced off yesterday in the first leg of the Champions League Semifinal. It read like a pretty thrilling game with Louise Necib and Hannah Petterson each earning a brace. Lyon’s Louise Necib st...more

Previewing the 2010 Atlanta Beat
by All White Kit
posted April 10, 2010 at 7:18pm

The Atlanta Beat is one of just three current WPS teams whose lineage is rooted in the days of WUSA (the other two being the Boston Breakers and the Washington Freedom). That incarnation (the Classic Beat? the Vintage Beat? the Beat...more

Previewing the 2010 Philadelphia Independence
by All White Kit
posted April 10, 2010 at 6:35pm

With the final two expansion teams, that concludes AWK’s 2010 team previews. You can check out the other previews here: FC Gold Pride, Chicago Red Stars, Sky Blue FC, Boston Breakers, Washington Freedom, Saint Louis Athletica and for the Atla...more

WPS Notables
by All White Kit
posted April 9, 2010 at 12:09pm

Expect the Atlanta Beat preview tonight, the Philadelphia Independence preview Saturday and a cornucopia of league previews on Sunday. Jeff Kassouf has reported that Sky Blue FC goalkeeper Jenni Branam will be out for two months will a broken leg suf...more

Previewing the 2010 Saint Louis Athletica
by All White Kit
posted April 9, 2010 at 10:41am

If you want to find an unlikely comeback story, look no further than the 2009 Saint Louis Athletica. The Athletica were the only WPS team to not have earned any points after two matches, remained winless until the fifth match and ...more

WPS Year 2! League rep talks financial stability, physical play (plus how to get that Marta jersey)
by Fair Game News
posted April 8, 2010 at 3:53pm

A Sol's Allison Faulk (3) celebrates with Shannon Boxx (7) and Brittany Bock (11) over Washington Freedom's Cat Whitehill (4) and Alex Singer (21) after scoring a goal against the Washington Freedom's Briana Scurry at the WPS season opening game at the ...more

Who Are the English Premiership Counterparts for Each WPS Club?
by All White Kit
posted April 8, 2010 at 1:37am

Now this exercise might seem completely ridiculous and pointless, I recognize that. I’m not propping up WPS to EPL standards or comparing the leagues or players, because they’re pretty incomparable. But there are some interesting parallels between...more

Previewing the 2010 Chicago Red Stars
by All White Kit
posted April 7, 2010 at 2:34pm

We continue our daily previews of every WPS club for the 2010 season. Keep in mind, we’re beginning from the bottom of 2009’s standings. Check out yesterday’s FC Gold Pride preview here. The Chicago Red Stars began the 2009 Women’...more

Previewing the 2010 Washington Freedom
by All White Kit
posted April 7, 2010 at 2:31pm

We continue up the table with the Washington Freedom. Please check out the Sky Blue FC’s preview here, the Boston Breakers’ here, the Chicago Red Stars‘ and for FC Gold Pride. The Washington Freedom of 2009 suffered fr...more

Original Commentary: Why The 89ers Are the Future of the WNT
by All White Kit
posted April 7, 2010 at 1:55am

by Jenna Pel. 4/5/2010. Hamm. Foudy. Chastain. Fawcett. A little over a decade ago, these were much more than names. In a...more

Notables for the Day of Lio Messi’s Coronation
by All White Kit
posted April 7, 2010 at 1:48am

which would be today, April 5th. If only Ray Hudson were commenting the Barca/Arsenal match today. He probably would have had a stroke. And here’s a quick recap of today’s Notables: The Philadelphia Independence announced today that it...more

2010 Sky Blue FC Preview
by All White Kit
posted April 6, 2010 at 4:51pm

We continue our season preivews with the inaugural WPS champions, who finished fourth last year. Please check out the other season previews as well. The stories have all been written. The poor start (five points...more

Today Tiger Woods held a press conference, Duke & Butler went to the wire & MLB had its Opening Day...but anyway
by All White Kit
posted April 6, 2010 at 12:21am

Yay for American sports. And swiftly on to today’s Notables: First, Arsenal Ladies are en route to their fifth successive title and a double as they trounced Chelsea 4-0 in the FA Cup Semifinal. In-form Scot Julie Fleeting opened the scoring for t...more

2010 Boston Breakers Season Preview
by All White Kit
posted April 5, 2010 at 1:41pm

(Breakers fans, you’re obliged to skip these first few paragraphs). Let’s take it back to August 9, 2009. The location: Harvard Stadium. The scenario: the Breakers are coming off a three-match streak during which they earned ...more

Kelly Smith on Jonathan Ross from October ‘07
by All White Kit
posted April 5, 2010 at 12:45am

Ok so full disclosure: I am a huge Kelly Smith fan. As if it wasn’t flamingly obvious by the Kelly Smith-heavy content so far or that my gravatar thing bears her #10 shirt or that she’s up in the banner above (you can see her next to Jill Scott if...more

Soccer Notables for Easter Day
by All White Kit
posted April 4, 2010 at 12:13pm

Another round of WPS preseason matches occurred yesterday. The Atlanta Beat defeated Saint Louis 2-1 with goals from McNeill and Bachmann. The Beat now have a stellar 7-1 preaeason record (note: Tobin Heath has yet to take part in any competitive match...more

Previewing the 2010 FC Gold Pride
by All White Kit
posted April 3, 2010 at 6:00pm

FC Gold Pride (Bay Area) has undoubtedly experienced the biggest transformation of the returning WPS clubs. The club is looking to move on from their last-place finish and in doing so, have cut under-achievers (Eriko Arakawa, Erika and Formiga) and part...more

Alex Kotler and I shoot the breeze about social media
by Soccer Science
posted April 2, 2010 at 10:13pm

All righty, here it is: “Football Partnerships welcomes Amanda Vandervort, Web Coordinator at Women’s Professional Soccer“. I prefer to think of it as a “telephone conversation with a friend” rather than a “podcast”. Basically, Alex K...more

Soccer Highlights, Friday, April 2nd
by All White Kit
posted April 2, 2010 at 9:52pm

which means Saturday will be two days long this weekend. Right. Well with no class and no work today (thanks JC) I give you April 2nd’s Notables: England defeated Spain 1-0 in WC Qualifying with a volley from Katie Chapman, the newest member of t...more

Happy Birthday, WPS (and other loose ends)
by All White Kit
posted March 31, 2010 at 10:05pm

If you’re like us birthdays are celebrated all week long, not merely one day. And seeing this week is WPS’ one year anniversary, we’ll be ringing in Year Two with team-by-team season preveiws released daily. Sorry WPS, perhaps next year ...more

WPS Preseason Updates
by All White Kit
posted March 30, 2010 at 1:05pm

With preseason winding down and the regular season well on its way, here’s a team-by-team rundown of preseason results including goal scorers. It’s difficult to put a whole lot of stock into preseason results, especially when the bulk of the opposi...more

Preseason: The rubber meets the road for WPS coaches
by Soccer Science
posted March 13, 2010 at 1:47pm

This was originally posted as a forum discussion on the WPS Fan Corner. Pop on over there to weigh in :-) So you guys may know this about me, but for those that don’t, in a addition to being a total web geek, I’m also a soccer coach. And because ...more

WPS preseason has officially begun all across the good ol’ U.S. of A
by Soccer Science
posted March 8, 2010 at 9:37pm

Since September, I know I’ve tried to fill the void that is the WPS off-season with Champions League, EPL matches, the MLS Championship or even National Team games – but it’s just not the same :-( And I’d venture to bet my fellow die-hard WPSe...more

FC Gold Pride: Weirdest forward line ever?
by Women's Sports Blog
posted February 9, 2010 at 3:14pm

The disbursal of the Sol has created strange situations for many teams, but none more strange than that of the Gold Pride. Leaving aside that an ugly Marta tackle caused Wilson's season-ending injury last year, our front three now has a chemistry proble...more

WPS: Don't worry, we're in it for the long hall
by Women's Sports Nation
posted January 31, 2010 at 1:55pm

I observed a very surprising repercussion after it was revealed that the WPS would discontinue operations of the Los Angeles Sol - an actual response from the front office of various teams from around the league. I've been following sports for some time, ...more

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