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WPS: Boston Breakers get best of deal
by Women's Sports Blog
posted September 30, 2009 at 12:43pm

The trade with Philadelphia was a win-win proposition for Tony DiCicco. He got to jettison a player he didn't respect, in exchange for a top pick in one of the most talent-rich college drafts in history. Amy Rodriguez is still very young, and it's pos...more

OAKES in the Offseason
by Pretty Tough
posted September 30, 2009 at 12:00am

What an amazing experience being part of the inaugural Women’s Professional Soccer season has been! I’m a part of history. I’m a PRO athlete. But now it’s the offseason, and so what next? The difficulty as a player within this first-year leagu...more

Germans skip International Draft again
by Women's Sports Blog
posted September 24, 2009 at 6:43pm

I don't follow the logic here. The German soccer authorities want to keep everyone who is eligible for the national team in Germany. So they'd rather the players play in a less competitive league but be geographically close to one another, than play...more

WPS fans annoyed by draft secrecy
by Women's Sports Blog
posted September 17, 2009 at 11:04am

If you are the WPS, you really don't want to irritate any fan dedicated enough to actually be on the website for the expansion draft. Yet the forums indicate that the diehards were pretty pissed off that the draft wasn't announced pick-by-pick in real t...more

WPS Expansion Draft Madness
by Women's Sports Blog
posted September 16, 2009 at 1:00pm

More about this anon, but it's something of a mystery why the first two players taken by the new franchises weren't protected by their original teams. Neither Atlanta nor Philly took a goalkeeper, meaning both are counting on the international and colle...more

WPS Expansion Draft Results
by Women's Sports Nation
posted September 15, 2009 at 6:36pm

The WPS Expansion Draft was held on Tuesday for the two expansion teams, the Philadelphia Independence and the Atlanta Beat. These are the results: First Round1.) Atlanta: Leigh Ann Robinson (D) FC Gold Pride2.) Philadelphia: Lori Lindsey (M) Washington F...more

My WPS Adventure 2009
by Pretty Tough
posted September 15, 2009 at 2:45pm

(Editors Note: We profiled Jill Oakes shortly before the start of the WPS season. A high school and college soccer standout, Jill just wrapped her first season as a pro and will be a regular contributor to Pretty Tough as she, and the league, gear up for ...more

Send your feedback to the WPS Commish
by Women's Sports Blog
posted September 15, 2009 at 12:30pm

I've heard cogent ideas about the league from my fellow Women Talk Sports bloggers and others, and Commissioner Antonucci encouraged fans to use the address [email protected] to share them. My immediate suggestion would be that she should tak...more

Video: And the WPS end-of-season award winners are… (Rob the envelope please)
by Soccer Science
posted September 3, 2009 at 5:27pm

Other WPS All-Star blog posts on Soccer Science: WPS All-Star Weekend Begins WPS All-Star Weekend II: WPS Awards Ceremony through Kick-Off We’ve just finished editing the videos from the WPS Awards Celebration and thought it would be nice to post li...more

WPS All-Star Weekend II: WPS Awards Ceremony through Kick-Off
by Soccer Science
posted August 31, 2009 at 10:24pm

I’ve just arrived home in San Francisco and am about to start working on some video footage from the All-Star Awards dinner. But before I do, I thought it would be nice to pick up where I ended my blog yesterday and share a bit more from the WPS All...more

All Star Game: The second half was even better. Thanks, Camera crew.
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 31, 2009 at 2:42pm

*Abner's 'let's get serious' shtick would be more convincing if he could have gotten it out of the Sol in the league championship game. *LePeilbet could also use some coif maintenance advice. Short certainly beats the hell out of long for her, but t...more

All Smiles In St. Louis
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 31, 2009 at 11:55am

All-Star games are about loose play, pretty goals, and the kind of gossip you get when players from across the league and the world are brought together. These were delivered in spades in front of a nice big crowd in St. Louis, and the announcing team a...more

WPS All-Star Weekend Begins
by Soccer Science
posted August 30, 2009 at 4:17pm

WPS stars, execs and staff have all arrived in St. Louis for the WPS All-Star game this weekend. Thought I’d drop a note to share the events of the weekend. (Karina LeBlanc is my inspiration for posting something — she blogged late last night aft...more

WPS all-stars and a new attention-getter?
by After Atalanta
posted August 29, 2009 at 12:00pm

The WPS all-star game is being played tomorrow evening in Missouri. WPS all-stars will take on a team from Sweden. Apparently the roster has changed a bit since the original voting took place because some players (the English and French) have national tea...more

Notes from an alienated fan: Why I want a feminist, anti-homophobic WPS & a more progressive, anti-nationalist/pro-migrant MLS
by From A Left Wing
posted August 27, 2009 at 8:44pm

OK. I know a lot of you read that headline and either rolled your eyes, or muttered "dream on, sister."I've been involved in a discussion on Big Soccer about Dan Loney's article, "Endless Summer". He opens with a reference to my post about the Galaxy/Bar...more

WPS playoff format proves successful
by Women's Sports Nation
posted August 25, 2009 at 1:46am

New Jersey/New York Sky Blue FC did the impossible, defeating three teams that they never defeated all season to win the inaugural WPS Championship with team captain Christie Rampone filling in as interim head coach. Many considered Sky Blue FC at a disad...more

WPS Championship Game Photo Journal
by Pretty Tough
posted August 24, 2009 at 8:49pm

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The Real Players of New Jersey: Sky Blue FC wins WPS championship!
by From A Left Wing
posted August 23, 2009 at 5:41pm

Walking into Carson stadium for the WPS final, I found myself thinking that a win for Sky Blue would be good for the league, and perhaps even good for the Sol. The WPS needs to get rid of the impression that there is one team that is far and away better t...more

Uppity women of color flummox commentators again
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 23, 2009 at 4:25pm

The pasty whiteness of the chattering classes was showing yesterday cross-sport. In the morning you could hear an almost obsessive concern with Christina Kim, who was clearly having a blast revving the crowd up at the Solheim Cup, and guilty of being pa...more

Sunday stuff
by After Atalanta
posted August 23, 2009 at 1:39pm

You slack off for a few days and lots of things happen.First, back to the "old" news of the week: the gender verification of Caster Semenya. Nothing has changed regarding her circumstances. But a lot of objection has been voiced to the process as well as ...more

Sol vs. SkyBlue FC: Unbelievable
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 23, 2009 at 1:37pm

All credit to Sky Blue FC. They possessed beautifully when they needed to and overcame a bit of shaky first half defense. It didn't hurt that the Sol were playing as if the only thing at stake was who got to buy drinks after the match. They played t...more

Tape delay puts some Sky Blue FC fans in a predicament
by Women's Sports Nation
posted August 21, 2009 at 7:10pm

On its third head coach,New Jersey/New York Sky Blue FC edged by Washington and Saint Louis to advance to the WPS Finals. The match will be played at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California on Saturday at 4 pm Eastern against the league champions Los...more

WPS Playoff System creates chaos as predicted
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 20, 2009 at 3:33pm

On the one hand, Sky Blue FC have a lot of pride to play for and no doubt a monkey off their backs with a popular player as coach. On the other, they're just demonstrably worse than both teams they've beaten to reach the finals. Does an inspiring stor...more

Jersey Girls pull off a shocker: Sky Blue FC defeats St. Louis Athletica & will take on LA SOL in WPS Final on Saturday
by From A Left Wing
posted August 20, 2009 at 12:28pm

Sky Blue's presence in the final is a bit of a surprise as they just barely qualified for the playoffs. Of course, in a league of seven teams playing a fairly short season I'm not sure the standings mean all that much. They had a rocky season - they fired...more

WPS Championship Game Live Blog - Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 1:00pm Pacific
by anngaff
posted August 19, 2009 at 7:14pm

Witness history as the Los Angeles Sol and Sky Blue FC meet in the Inaugural WPS Championship presented by MedImmune on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The game will also be televised live on the Fox Sports Nets and Com...more

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