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WPSL Elite: Breakers Open With Sell-Out On Day WPS Breathes Its Last
by All White Kit
posted May 23, 2012 at 12:18am

The teams line up at sunny Dilboy Stadium before the Breakers-FC Indiana game last week. SOMERVILLE, Mass. – Officially, the plug was pulled on Women’s Professional Soccer last Friday, and while its certified demise led some that were out o...more

Tiffany Weimer: Let It Shine
by Tiffany Weimer
posted May 19, 2012 at 5:57pm

Pretty much every day here in Denmark, I find myself learning something new. Today I learned that even though it’s May and it still feels like February, it’s normal to go to amusement parks. Yeah, that wouldn’t really happen back home....more

WPS Officially Comes to an End
by Sarah Hallett
posted May 19, 2012 at 5:40pm

With the official termination of the Women's Professional Soccer league the future of women's professional soccer remains unclear....more

WPSL Elite Opens: It’s Not WPS, But It’s Something
by All White Kit
posted May 16, 2012 at 1:14pm

  The teams line up before the opening WPSL Elite contest. EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass. – Even for someone who was but a passive WPS observer for most of its history, I couldn’t help but be a bit nostalgic as I pulled into East Longmeadow H...more

Cool finishes and hot starts: Soccer winners from the weekend
by All White Kit
posted May 16, 2012 at 2:48am

  Gotta love the giant killers: Sarah Hagen inspired Bayern Munich past Frankfurt en route to a historic DFB-Pokal Cup win Bayern Munich managed to revel in DFB-Pokal glory this weekend, but the victors weren’t the usual suspects. While th...more

Experience 3, Youth 0 – but don’t count Youth out just yet
by All White Kit
posted May 11, 2012 at 8:52pm

  Leslie Osborne and the victorious Breakers warm up before the match The main question hanging over the new WPSL-Elite league was a simple one: Is a league with teams consisting of downscaled WPS teams and upscaled WPSL teams really going to be ...more

Girls Soccer Second Only to Football in Concussion Numbers
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 10, 2012 at 7:33pm

The numbers are staggering and heartbreaking – girls soccer players are treated for so many concussions each year that they are second only to football among youth athletes. A concussion is a brain injury and the easiest way I can explain it is if y...more

Tiffany Weimer's Travels: Tell Them What’s Up
by Tiffany Weimer
posted May 8, 2012 at 1:12am

So many activities. So little time to blog about them. The cats have been coming over more than they’re welcomed to. I go through cartons of milk unnecessarily. And trying to give them leftover salmon or chicken is obviously just not classy enough ...more

ASA Chesapeake Charge: Youth, speed, and athleticism
by All White Kit
posted May 6, 2012 at 11:17pm

  Team: ASA Chesapeake Charge Website: http://www.chesapeakecharge.com/ Affiliation: WPSL-Elite Rivals: Boston Breakers, Western New York Flash, New York Fury Home venues: Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD; Old Mill High School, Millersvi...more

2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Host Cities
by All White Kit
posted May 6, 2012 at 11:12pm

  The Hon. Bal Gosal, Minister of State (Sport) and Joseph Blatter, FIFA President. Photo by the Canadian Soccer Association The six 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada official host cities were announced May 4th, including Edmonton, AB (Co...more

USWNT:Busy Months Ahead
by Sarah Hallett
posted April 30, 2012 at 12:09am

The USWNT is wrapping up training camp and preparing for several matches prior to the London Olympics....more

Ubuntu: I am, because you are
by BAWSI Angela
posted April 25, 2012 at 12:29pm

Full Circle Service by the Student-Athletes from Evergreen Valley College is Powerful Beyond Words...more

Tiffany Weimer's List of Ridiculousness
by Tiffany Weimer
posted April 23, 2012 at 10:30pm

Life Lessons with Tiffany Weimer By: Tiffany Weimer With a Forward by Tiffany Weimer Forward Warning: The following is mostly for fun. If you get offended by it or think I’m a piece of shit for writing it, I’m happy to sit down and have a ...more

Meghan Maiwald and the San Jose State University Women's Soccer Team
by BAWSI Drea
posted April 19, 2012 at 11:50am

Support Meghan Maiwald and the USA Women’s Deaf National Soccer Team on their journey to the Deaf World Cup and Deaflympics....more

Women's USA Deaf National Soccer Team Hold Fundraiser with Columbus Crew
by Meghan Maiwald
posted April 18, 2012 at 10:18am

The best team that you never heard of: USW(Deaf)NT. The USWDNT is made of women of all kinds of different levels of deafness; some only ASL or speaking as the primary language, or 50-50, like me. We come from all corners of the country and our age’s range...more

Tiffany Weimer: Lost in the Danish Nation Translation
by Tiffany Weimer
posted April 18, 2012 at 10:05am

April 17 – means awesome Spring weather, beautiful grass fields and … not in Denmark. We are still wearing pants, glove and hats at training. The surface is muddy and hard. And well, yeah, I’m jealous of people at home in CONNECTICUT&h...;more

U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Soccer Teams Unveil New Kits
by Pretty Tough
posted April 17, 2012 at 10:28am

U.S. Soccer and Nike unveiled the new home jersey for both the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Teams. The U.S. Men and Women will debut the latest Nike jersey when they play their next domestic matches in late May. For the first time, Nike ha...more

2011-12 UEFA Women’s Champions League Semi-final Pt. 1: Changing of the Guard
by All White Kit
posted April 17, 2012 at 10:15am

  Olympique Lyonnais probably didn’t need any help from Mother Nature in its bid to reach a third straight UEFA Women’s Champions League final. Still, it didn’t hurt. Lyon on Sunday collected a comprehensive 5-1 win over Turbine Po...more

Mia Hamm joins the Grain Foods Foundation in efforts to raise awareness about the benefits of whole grain foods
by Pretty Tough
posted April 15, 2012 at 12:05am

Former US Soccer star Mia Hamm has partnered up with the Grain Foods Foundation, “a joint venture of members of the milling, baking and allied industries formed in 2004” that seeks to educate the public on the benefits of whole grains in the h...more

USWNT: Rampone Rethinking Retirement
by Sarah Hallett
posted April 13, 2012 at 3:38pm

Veteran defender Christie Rampone may not be ready to retire after the London Olympics....more

Athletes as Lifelong Leaders
by BAWSI Miyoko
posted April 11, 2012 at 6:58pm

  Athletes as Lifelong Leaders Once we’re athletes, we are always athletes. It’s something that lives in us; it’s a way of life. It’s what we learn on the field that gives us such great potential off the field. You never st...more

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