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NWSL – Fantasy Round Nine Preview
by All White Kit
posted June 8, 2014 at 5:24pm

Want to win your league/the overall title this season? Better hope you make the right choices over the next two rounds. These two rounds are probably going to be among the most punishing all season for the minds of fantasy owners, as there are all sorts...more

WPSL: Charge remain undefeated with 4-0 win over FC Bucks
by All White Kit
posted June 5, 2014 at 9:19pm

Katie Watson came in and scored a goal for the first time after not playing for three years. (Ken L. Harriford) The ASA Chesapeake Charge cruised to their third straight win in WPSL play, winning 4-0 over eastern Pennsylvania’s FC Bucks off two g...more

Listen To Your (Brain) via @TiffanyWeimer
by Tiffany Weimer
posted June 4, 2014 at 7:08pm

As I’ve said in previous posts, I’m up for the task of experiencing every ounce of emotion that comes along with this injury. So far I have felt things that I have never felt before, and for that, it has been difficult. Every time a new emoti...more

WPSL: Charge down Torino in battle of division rivals
by All White Kit
posted June 2, 2014 at 9:21pm

The Charge have allowed just two goals in four matches so far, and defender Jen Gillette is one big reason. (Ken L. Harriford) The WPSL South Atlantic Division season is very nearly bracketed by matches comprising the home-and-home series between the t...more

NWSL – Fantasy Round Eight Preview #NWSL14
by All White Kit
posted May 31, 2014 at 9:31am

May 28, 2014. Where were you the day your fantasy team died? OK, perhaps that’s a bit melodramatic, but for a lot of people who bet big on Portland this round (including myself), it was a veritable disaster, with the Thorns losing two matches which...more

WPSL: DC-area team preview
by All White Kit
posted May 30, 2014 at 6:30pm

Team: ACF Torino USA Website: http://www.acftorinous.com/ Home venues: Thomas Wooton High School, Rockville, MD; Riverdale Baptism Sportsplex, Upper Marlboro, MD History: Third season. Made playoffs first season but lost in first round. Finished third i...more

Late goals preserve Spirit’s undefeated home stand
by All White Kit
posted May 28, 2014 at 8:47pm

Ali Krieger moved to the unfamiliar role of central defender at the start of the homestand. It’s interesting how one moment can change the complexion of not just a game but a series. Late in Monday’s match, I was already trying to compose a...more

Washington Spirit Reserves Win Inaugural US Women’s Amateur Championship
by All White Kit
posted May 26, 2014 at 10:07am

The Washington Spirit Reserves with the Michelle Akers Trophy. In the conclusion to an exciting weekend of soccer, the USL W-League Washington Spirit Reserves downed the WPSL Houston Aces, 2-0, to claim the first Michelle Akers trophy as the top women&...more

NWSL – Fantasy Round Seven Preview #nswl14
by All White Kit
posted May 24, 2014 at 10:16am

The points haven’t been updated yet, but by my rough calculations, I managed to crack the one hundred point barrier again. I figure scoring will be down this round given the lack of clean sheets, but who knows until the final totals are out? As su...more

Top US Amateur Soccer Teams To Compete in Maryland
by All White Kit
posted May 21, 2014 at 3:50pm

History will be made in Gambrills, MD, this weekend, as for the first time ever four champions of US women’s amateur soccer will meet to decide an overall champion, to be awarded the Michelle Akers trophy. Hosted by the Arundel Soccer Association&...more

Using Sport To Make A Difference
by Marissa Kastanek
posted May 21, 2014 at 12:03am

Coach For College is a program that allows American college athletes to help teach/coach academics and sports to under privileged Vietnamese youth. I will take you on the trip and encourage you to make a difference in someone's life....more

Giving Me Something I Can Feel via @TiffanyWeimer
by Tiffany Weimer
posted May 19, 2014 at 9:54pm

Yesterday I watched the German Cup Final with Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Dortmund. In the dying seconds of the game I watched like a little kid in front of cartoons as Bayern forward Thomas Müller received a through ball, dribbled on the di...more

W-League: Spirit Reserves open with 4-1 win over Braddock Road
by All White Kit
posted May 19, 2014 at 9:39pm

Ashley Cuba is very happy to have scored twice for the Washington Spirit Reserves. Two months ago – recovering from an ACL tear – Ashley Cuba couldn’t play soccer at all. One week ago she wasn’t sure she was going to make the te...more

DC-area teams preview: W-League
by All White Kit
posted May 18, 2014 at 10:14am

Amber Stobbs will return to the Spirit Reserves for 2014. Some things change, and some stay the same. As usual, the most promising local team is the one affiliated with the professional team. On the other hand, two of their regional adversaries have di...more

USWNT – Here Comes Your Destiny
by All White Kit
posted May 17, 2014 at 9:10am

So here we are, at a predetermined moment in history for an inevitable coronation that seems to be leaving large swaths of the USWNT’s supporters queasy. Jill Ellis, finally, is the new manager of the United States Women’s National Team. The...more

NWSL – Fantasy Round Six Preview #NWSL14
by All White Kit
posted May 17, 2014 at 8:56am

Hard to be too conclusive about my performance this round, as scores haven’t been posted as I write this. I probably had a decent week with the likes of Lauren Holiday, Kim Little, Amy Rodriguez, Jessica McDonald, Kendall Fletcher and Karina LeBlan...more

Jill Ellis Appointed Head Coach of the U.S. WNT
by Sarah Hallett
posted May 16, 2014 at 6:50pm

Jill Ellis has been chosen by U.S. Soccer to take over as the new head coach of the U.S. Women's national team....more

NWSL – Fantasy Round Five Preview #NWSL14
by All White Kit
posted May 11, 2014 at 9:25am

Second week above a hundred points means I keep climbing up the rankings, closer to the Top 10%. Opting for Brittany Taylor instead of Caitlin Foord and playing form instead of matchups hurt, as it did with Kim Little and Lianne Sanderson, with the forme...more

USWNT: Leroux Leads U.S. in 1-1 Draw Against Canada
by Sarah Hallett
posted May 8, 2014 at 10:27pm

Sydney Leroux provided the lone goal for the Americans in their 1-1 draw against Canada....more

Spirit play well but fall to Reign, 2-1 #NWSL14
by All White Kit
posted May 5, 2014 at 9:46pm

Ali Krieger would score the Spirit’s one goal, and Sydney Leroux would get on the scoreboard at last This was the match the Spirit faithful have been waiting for since the team formed, 90 minutes of quality soccer against a tough opponent. Unfort...more

Somebody (part) That I Used To Know via @TiffanyWeimer
by Tiffany Weimer
posted May 3, 2014 at 8:59am

Since tearing my ACL and meniscus, I’ve been really torn (punning) when it comes to topics of conversations. On the one hand, all I want to talk about is my knee. That’s all I think about right now, so naturally it’s all I want to talk a...more

NWSL – Fantasy Round Four Preview #NWSL14
by All White Kit
posted May 3, 2014 at 8:54am

Did you score big in Round Three? Three teams this round netted a whopping two hundred points or more thanks to some copious scoring from Seattle and a whole host of double game clubs. Get used to it. With the score of midweek games this season, you&rs...;more

Tiffany Weimer: Smells Like Team Spirit
by Tiffany Weimer
posted April 29, 2014 at 10:27pm

Like any professional athlete, when a major announcement needs to be made, I look to my PR staff for the right words to explain what I’m feeling. Because I’m not always intelligent enough to come up with them on my own. Unfortunately, my PR s...more

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