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WPSL team Kansas City Shock announces plans for development of community soccer facility
by anngaff
posted September 4, 2013 at 5:18pm

Wednesday, Sept. 4 | Kansas City - In the second wave of releases for Project#813, the Kansas City Shock is announcing the development of a community soccer facility in the Kansas City Northland. Working with the same designers as the Overland Park Socc...more

What to do about a problem like the Spirit?
by All White Kit
posted August 26, 2013 at 9:04am

  It’s not hard to compile a litany of depressing statistics about the Washington Spirit. They finished with a 3-14-5 record, a point-percentage (points earned/maximum possible points earned) of 21.2%. That’s the 3rd worst in the histo...more

NWSL: Spirit draw with Sky Blue to end challenging season
by All White Kit
posted August 20, 2013 at 8:58am

  After the match, the Spirit take a lap to thank their very patient fans The Washington Spirit did not go out with quite the bang they were hoping for, after two straight wins giving up a late goal to settle for a 1-1 draw with the playoff-bound...more

NWSL – A Few Words On Fantasy Round Nineteen
by All White Kit
posted August 18, 2013 at 3:27pm

  As you can probably tell, I’ve thrown myself headlong into the pending college season, and that, combined with a rather disappointing fantasy season (by my standards) have me just playing out the string for the final round. Nonetheless, her...more

NWSL: Spirit win 1-0 over Reign for second in a row
by All White Kit
posted August 12, 2013 at 9:10am

  No asterisk on this one For the first time in the history of the Washington Spirit, the home fans – all 4,549 of them – had a victory to cheer at the final whistle as the team downed the Seattle Reign, 1-0, on a late goal from Diana...more

NWSL – Here Is Your Tiebreaker Math for Final Week Scenarios
by All White Kit
posted August 11, 2013 at 9:52am

  Let’s Hope I Did All of This Right: Involving FC Kansas City Two-Team Tiebreakers FCKC & Portland – FC Kansas City (Head-to-Head) FCKC & Sky Blue FC – Almost surely FC Kansas City (Goal Differential) FCKC & WNY Fla...more

NWSL – Semi-Quick Round Eighteen Fantasy Preview
by All White Kit
posted August 10, 2013 at 8:36am

  I’m basically at the point where I’m just trying to squeeze out a Top 100 finish come season’s end. With the number of teams with something to play for dwindling, big moves up might not be possible though, as the room for taking...more

Alex Morgan Out 2-4 Weeks with MCL Injury
by Sarah Hallett
posted August 9, 2013 at 1:32pm

Alex Morgan suffered a MCL injury Wednesday night against the Boston Breakers, forward expected to miss 2-4 weeks....more

NWSL: Spirit have first-ever home win in lightning-shortened game
by All White Kit
posted August 9, 2013 at 8:45am

  Not the outcome either team wanted to see The 1-0 victory over the Chicago Red Stars was the first home win in Washington Spirit history. It felt like the first win ever. And the wait just for the final whistle seemed almost as long as the seas...more

Superheroes via @TiffanyWeimer
by Tiffany Weimer
posted August 6, 2013 at 9:10am

The night before our last regular season home game I watched The Dark Knight because it happened to be on TV. Similar to when Pink Floyd is on the radio, I can never turn Batman off the TV if it’s on. There aren’t many movies that can take me...more

The Pursuit of Great via @TiffanyWeimer
by Tiffany Weimer
posted August 3, 2013 at 1:36pm

I randomly picked out the book Examined Lives by James Miller – because like most athletes, I think I’m on the path to becoming the next Socrates. (The irony of that statement is that Socrates was also one of the Brazilian soccer players I gre...more

NWSL – Fantasy Preview – Round Seventeen
by All White Kit
posted August 3, 2013 at 1:28pm

  Anyone else spinning their wheels? I’m stuck in the mid-hundreds after a rather pedestrian round that likely also caught some others cold. I whiffed on the likes of Abby Wambach and the unfortunate Lori Chalupny, while Karina LeBlanc did n...more

NWSL – Let’s Talk Trade Deadline
by All White Kit
posted July 31, 2013 at 10:44pm

  Judging by the reactions of some of my trade deadline twitter musings, I’m guessing there could be a lot of discussion of who might and might not be moving by the end of business on Wednesday. But please NWSL teams, do something and make my...more

18 Players from NWSL Join Athlete Ally
by Sarah Hallett
posted July 28, 2013 at 5:10pm

Eighteen members of the National Women's Soccer League have stepped up to help battle LGBT issues by joining forces with Athlete Ally....more

NWSL – Fantasy Preview – Round Sixteen
by All White Kit
posted July 27, 2013 at 9:53am

  Points haven’t been posted as of my writing this, but I think I did decently in Round Fifteen, ably aided by captaining Holiday and having Rapinoe, Solo, and Chalupny in my side among others. At the same time, I’m still a little wary ...more

NWSL – (Quick) Fantasy Preview – Round Fifteen
by All White Kit
posted July 20, 2013 at 10:58am

  Busy with college soccer previews and such, so it’s just rankings this round. Keep in mind some positions have changed, most notably Kristen Mewis and Merritt Mathias. Chicago looks to have the best matchups on paper, aided by getting the Sp...more

NWSL – Fantasy Preview – Round Fourteen
by All White Kit
posted July 13, 2013 at 10:58am

  Round thirteen was a whole lot like round twelve for me. I ended up with a big points total, but there were a lot more people out there with bigger ones, meaning I’m down in a lowly 148th place for the season. Blech. My midfield was awful...more

NWSL – Fantasy Preview – Round Thirteen
by All White Kit
posted July 6, 2013 at 8:20am

  I had a dilemma last week, choosing between either Franch in goal and Lloyd in midfield or Solo in goal and Chalupny in midfield. While all four performed admirably, I still probably made the wrong choice in the end, costing me some valuable poin...more

NWSL: Spirit turn a corner with 1-1 draw
by All White Kit
posted July 5, 2013 at 8:52am

  Goalscorer Erika Tymrak comes in on the attack as Ali Krieger defends and other Spirit players fall back to assist The sun was shining in Spirit-land Wednesday night, or so it seemed. The players, under new coach Mark Parsons, came out renewed ...more

NCAA/NWSL – Quick 2014 NWSL Draft Big Board Summer Update
by All White Kit
posted July 3, 2013 at 9:38pm

  Note the quick part of the post’s title. Want to know more about many of these prospects? Consult my earlier update from January. Final big board coming after the 2013 college season. 1. Crystal Dunn – D – North Carolina 2. J...more

NWSL: Shakeup for the Spirit
by All White Kit
posted July 2, 2013 at 10:40pm

  New Washington Spirit head coach Mark Parsons I was all set to write an overview of where things stand in the W-League, but events have overtaken that.   First the facts, in case you’re not up on the news: After accumulating a 1-7...more

NWSL – Fantasy Preview – Round Twelve
by All White Kit
posted June 28, 2013 at 7:30pm

  Ninety points would be good usually…unless the leaders are scoring double that. I dropped over forty places overall thanks to a rather ill-advised decision to stock my defense and goalkeeper position with players from WNY and Boston, which...more

NWSL – Fantasy Preview – Round Eleven
by All White Kit
posted June 22, 2013 at 9:20pm

  Not much to say about the last round. I did well enough to move up a spot overall but not well enough to make up significant ground on those above me. Here’s hoping that’s the last major interruption for international duty this seaso...more

Spirit doubleheader: amateurs win, pros lose
by All White Kit
posted June 17, 2013 at 10:33pm

  Despite the best efforts of captain Lori Lindsey, the Washington Spirit would be shut out yet again Do the Spirit professionals need to take some lessons from the amateurs? The Reserve team, playing against W-League rivals the New Jersey Wildca...more

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