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2012 WPS Draft Diary #1: Excitement and Intrigue
by All White Kit
posted January 13, 2012 at 6:18pm

First, AWK caught up with a typically chatty Paul Riley yesterday. Here are a few quotes and nuggets of info: Riley is confident that Nicole Barnhart will return to the Independence in 2012.  “Barnie has agreed to a contract, but we don&r...;more

2012 WPS Draft: Final Mock Draft
by All White Kit
posted January 13, 2012 at 6:12pm

(Join us throughout the day Friday and into the weekend for continuing coverage of the WPS Draft.) 1 – Atlanta – Melissa Henderson – F – Notre Dame The tea leaves seemed to be pointing to last season’s basement club taking ...more

2012 WPS Draft: Team Needs, Who Needs What?
by All White Kit
posted January 13, 2012 at 3:11am

(Check back in late Thursday night/early Friday morning for AWK’s final mock draft and throughout the day on Friday for analysis and other goodies from the WPS Draft.) Atlanta Goalkeeper The Beat solved their hole at goalkeeper today with the ...more

Draft Hopes: An Interview with CoCo Goodson
by All White Kit
posted January 11, 2012 at 7:16pm

  Hundreds of college players await the 2012 WPS Draft with eager anticipation. One such player is UC Irvine senior CoCo Goodson. Ranked no. 12 on Chris Henderson’s Big Board, the versatile defender can make an impact on both ends of the pitch...more

WPS Draft Retrospectives: A Look Back at 2011
by All White Kit
posted January 10, 2012 at 2:03am

  (As a part of AWK’s WPS Draft coverage, we’ll be taking a look back at the drafts of the past three seasons, including some of the more forgotten ones like expansion drafts and international drafts. Today, we’re featuring last ye...more

A Look Back at the 2009 and 2010 WPS Draft Classes
by All White Kit
posted January 9, 2012 at 2:22am

  (As a part of AWK’s WPS Draft coverage, we’ll be taking a look back at the drafts of the past three seasons, including some of the more forgotten ones like expansion drafts and international drafts. Today, we’re featuring the dra...more

A Long Time Ago, In A Place Far, Far Away… A Look Back at 2008 WPS Draft
by All White Kit
posted January 7, 2012 at 3:11pm

(As a part of AWK’s WPS Draft coverage, we’ll be taking a look back at the drafts of the past three seasons, including some of the more forgotten ones like expansion drafts and international drafts. Today, we’re featuring the drafts bef...more

Benz Refurbished: After Injury Ended Senior Season, Cal's Katie Benz Determined to Fight On
by All White Kit
posted January 6, 2012 at 3:40pm

  Benz Refurbished: An injury may have ended her senior season, but Katie Benz is determined to fight on. (Photo by Sean Goebel)    By Paul Coover When Alex Morgan became the first player selected in the 2011 WPS draft, her former ...more

Ranking the Best Athletes Available in the 2012 WPS Draft
by All White Kit
posted January 5, 2012 at 1:25am

  Alright, here’s my provisional ranking of the graduating senior class for this year’s WPS Draft. Some things to note: -This is not meant to be a mock draft, but how I would rate the players at the moment. -Size matters (at some posi...more

2011 Review: Names We Won’t Soon Forget, Part II
by All White Kit
posted January 2, 2012 at 1:09pm

And the list continues. It will be hard to forget Genoveva Anonma’s electrifying performances this summer. Equatorial Guinea may have been well out of its depth, but Anonma singlehandedly kept her side afloat in its three group games. The expl...more

Some of 2011's Most Influential Figures in Women's Soccer
by All White Kit
posted January 1, 2012 at 5:12pm

Image: Linda Cuttone/Sports Vue  Dan Borislow can be characterized as many things: a self-made billionaire on a personal crusade to ensure the viability of women’s soccer for future generations; a renegade who prefer...more

Rachel Buehler Joins the Atlanta Beat
by All White Kit
posted December 30, 2011 at 2:38pm

  Statement of Intent: Buehler will help usher in a new era for the franchise The Atlanta Beat promises to be a new-look team in 2012. AWK has learned that defender Rachel Buehler is the newest addition to James Galanis’ side. She recently ...more

Soccer Notables: WPS Signings, Vintage Soccer Photos and the Top 10 AWK Posts of 2011
by All White Kit
posted December 30, 2011 at 10:58am

To recap Wednesday’s signings: Leslie Osborne was definitely on to something. The Boston Breakers officially announced the signing of Heather O’Reilly from Sky Blue FC. The 26-year-old outside midfielder has apparently already made her&...more

2012 Women’s Soccer Wish List
by All White Kit
posted December 29, 2011 at 9:24pm

Ah, the end of the year. Those last few days before you start writing the wrong dates on checks for another six months. According to the Worldwide Rules of Blogs, year-end recaps/lists/etc. are mandatory as those last few days of page-a-day calendars acro...more

New Kids On The Block: 2012 WPS Mock Draft
by All White Kit
posted December 29, 2011 at 12:15am

Some notes: -I’m using the version of the draft order that I came up with, because I think I’m right. So there. I’ll switch things around if WPS’ official draft order comes out and says otherwise. -I tried to take into account...more

My 2011 On AWK: At Least We’ll Always Have Germany
by All White Kit
posted December 28, 2011 at 1:51pm

  Mere seconds after Abby Wambach’s dramatic equalizer in the World Cup quarterfinals back in July against Brazil, I got a text message: “Wambachhhhh” was all it said. What was significant was not the message itself, but...more

Soccer Notables: USWNT vs NZL in Dallas, Kirin Challenge Cup, WPS transactions and more
by All White Kit
posted December 23, 2011 at 11:35am

  Texas-based fans of the USWNT received an early Christmas present on Wednesday. The USSF announced the team will face New Zealand in a friendly in Frisco, Dallas on Saturday, February 11. The match will occur between Olympic qualifying ...more

Numerous Scenarios at Play for the 2012 WPS Draft Order
by All White Kit
posted December 21, 2011 at 4:01am

Thanks to last week’s events, WPS will get to advance past the teething stage and make it year four. Granted, the league has a lot to do before the 2012 season kicks off in spring.  That includes braving an impending court battle w...more

The Women Talk Sports Holiday Gift Guide
by anngaff
posted December 15, 2011 at 10:13am

It's not too late to get someone the best gift ever. To help you out, we put together a list of the most sought-after gifts for the women's sports fan in your life. 'Tis the season! In no particular order... WPS Tickets Got soccer? Yes we do, thankfu...more

WPS gets reprieve (+ being a women's sports fan)
by After Atalanta
posted December 14, 2011 at 1:24am

Despite its inability to add another team to the league, US Soccer has granted Women's Professional Soccer another waiver allowing it to remain a Division I league. Division I leagues are required to have eight teams; WPS currently has five. But, in ...more

U.S. Soccer Conditionally Sanctions WPS for 2012
by All White Kit
posted December 13, 2011 at 12:24am

  It seems the worst part is over. As Beau tweeted this evening, U.S. Soccer has conditionally sanctioned WPS as a Division One league next season. Beau also provided the official word from U.S. Soccer: “After a positive discussion, the...more

Rebuilding women’s professional soccer to last
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted December 6, 2011 at 2:27pm

The heartfelt, grassroots effort to save the financially embattled Women’s Professional Soccer league from extinction was well underway last week when one of the architects of that league poured a heavy dose of cold reality onto what has been an emo...more

WPS: Some Thoughts, More Questions As Judgment Day Looms Large
by All White Kit
posted December 6, 2011 at 11:22am

  On Monday’s episode of Slate’s sports-themed Hang Up and Listen podcast, the contributors predicted who would be named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (the joint honor eventually went to Pat Summitt and Mike Krz...more

Will WPS Have A Hollywood Ending?
by All White Kit
posted November 29, 2011 at 4:48pm

  We’ve seen this movie before. The housekeeper finds the jewels that the Fratellis missed in the marble bag and the Goonies don’t have to move. Eddie Valiant figures out where Marvin Acme’s will is, and Toontown won’t be tur...more

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