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2010 WPS Championship Game Preview
by All White Kit
posted September 26, 2010 at 1:50am

After five months of regular season action and two lengthy playoff matches, the culmination of the 2010 WPS season will occur on Sunday at 2:30 P.M. ET. The bill could potentially produce a classic as the scrappy underdogs of the Philadelphia Independ...more

Dear New Western New York/Rochester/Buffalo WPS Team…
by All White Kit
posted September 25, 2010 at 4:22pm

Welcome aboard, guys. Pull up a seat and make yourselves at home. More on your admission into WPS next week but here are two quick notes: One.) Ditch the logo. Two.) Keep the kits. Definitely keep the kits. That is all. ...more

Western New York Franchise Approved For Expansion, Will Join WPS In 2011
by All White Kit
posted September 25, 2010 at 3:46pm

As has been reported all week, the WPS Board of Governors have approved the Western New York franchise as WPS’ eighth team. The team is owned by Joe Sahlen whose W-League team the Buffalo Flash won the 2010 W-League Championship this summer. The tea...more

300,000+ tickets already sold for 2011 Women’s World Cup
by Pretty Tough
posted September 24, 2010 at 10:02pm

Germany will once again be hosting a FIFA World Cup in 2011, only this time it will be the women’s turn to shine. According to FIFA, more than 300,000 tickets, about 42% of the total available tickets, have already been sold for the event. A total of 7...more

NCAA Soccer – 13 matches that matter for 09/24/10
by All White Kit
posted September 24, 2010 at 4:27pm

Courtney Wetzel and her Oregon State Teammates Will Be In For The Fight of Their Lives Against a UC Irvine Team With Much To Gain (All times listed are EST.) UC Irvine vs Oregon State (9:00) Friday’s match against Oregon State may be the biggest ma...more

Off the recovery couch thanks to WPS
by Byline to Finish Line
posted September 24, 2010 at 2:04pm

In the process of recovery week, there are moments of fighting of depression. In the midst of my crazy Ironman training, it was hard to imagine missing my two-a-day workouts and weekends which were lost in a haze of running, biking and working. I knew the...more

Women's Professional Soccer
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted September 24, 2010 at 1:52pm

Good New Everyone (to quote my favorite cartoon, Futurama):Our San Francisco paper had a story about women’s sports. On the front page even. It involved a women’s professional sport, women’s soccer.Bad New Everyone (As the Professor will say on Futu...more

Philadelphia through to 2010 WPS Championship but not without incident
by All White Kit
posted September 24, 2010 at 12:26pm

As if the Boston Breakers/Philadelphia Independence match-up wasn’t interesting enough. This time there were no egregious fouls, penalty kicks or cracking goals but there was – or appeared to be – a hand ball. With the score level at 1-1 after regul...more

NCAA Soccer – 5 Matches That Matter for 09/23/10
by All White Kit
posted September 24, 2010 at 12:25am

BC's Leading Lady, Victoria DiMartino, Will Have to Be On Target for the Eagles Against UNC on Thursday Night North Carolina vs Boston College (7:00) The Best is First in ACC league play this season. In all likelihood, the ACC regular season title wi...more

A Kind of Tactical Preview Of the WPS Super Semifinal
by All White Kit
posted September 23, 2010 at 3:38pm

Boston Breakers/Philadelphia Independence matches have been known to produce some pretty wild moments like extraordinary goals from outside backs, fouls in the penalty area, goalkeeping howlers and improbable comebacks. This match-up has also denied amn...more

Soccer Notables for September 22, 2010
by All White Kit
posted September 23, 2010 at 11:36am

Now for the du Nord part of the blog. This isn’t exactly breaking news but expect an official announcement regarding the expansion Western New York franchise either sometime this week or over the WPS Championship weekend. The San Francisc...more

Midseason Gong Show – Big XII Review and Awards
by All White Kit
posted September 22, 2010 at 4:46pm

Alyssa Mautz Has Been At The Heart of Texas A&M;'s Explosive Attack This is the third of a series of mid-season reviews. Technically, we’re still a week away from the middle of the regular season, but with most conferences starting league play this we...more

South Korea and Japan Will Meet In 2010 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Final
by All White Kit
posted September 22, 2010 at 12:30pm

The all-Asian final of the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup is yet another indication of the leveling playing field in women’s international soccer. Unlike the U-20 Women’s World Cup this summer, this tournament will not be defined by the progressi...more

Four reasons why Germany are guaranteed to win the 2011 Women’s World Cup
by All White Kit
posted September 22, 2010 at 12:50am

Will this be a familiar sight in 2011? Germany will enter the 2011 Women’s World Cup as two-time defending champions. Here are eight reasons (four today, four tomorrow) why a three-peat is absolutely, postitively, 100% going to happen. Agree...more

My Starting XI
by Women's Sports Blog
posted September 21, 2010 at 3:03pm

Given the lackluster soccer and terrible streaming connectivity in the second half*, WPS didn't win itself any new fans in the quarterfinal. The most interesting thing I saw yesterday was the idea of forming an all-league team at AWK (the most ludicrous...more

Midseason Gong Show – ACC Review and Awards
by All White Kit
posted September 21, 2010 at 2:11pm

UNC's Meghan Klingenberg Has Led By Example For the Tar Heels in 2010 This is the first of a series of mid-season reviews. Technically, we’re still a week away from the middle of the regular season, but with most conferences starting league play thi...more

NCAA Soccer – Monday’s Big Match – Texas vs BYU
by All White Kit
posted September 21, 2010 at 1:27pm

Can Jennie Marshall and BYU Prove They're Not Just The Product of Provo? Texas vs BYU (8:00 EST) You’d forgive BYU for feeling a little nervous coming into Austin after all the upset carnage of the weekend past. Teams like Arizona State and Virgini...more

WPS Awards Time!
by heather77
posted September 20, 2010 at 11:40pm

The always anticipated MVP awards have been announced for Women’s Professional Soccer as the season comes to an end and play-offs begin.  To start off the awards, with no big surprise, Marta (FC Gold Pride) was awarded the Michelle Akers Player...more

Ashlyn Harris, the USWNT’s Next #1 Goalkeeper?
by All White Kit
posted September 20, 2010 at 3:52pm

Howard C. Smith/isiphotos.com Ashlyn Harris sure knows how to put a good word in for herself. Hot off the heels of getting snubbed from the most recent USWNT squad call-up for the China friendlies, Harris assured everyone that her day with the National...more

NCAA Uber-Quick Review for 09/18/10
by All White Kit
posted September 20, 2010 at 12:42am

(While most of us are watching a clinic of bad finishing between Philly and Washington, here’s a quick update of yesterday’s best performances on a rather slow day for college soccer.) -Amy Loughran of the Citadel hit Charleston Southern for a hat tr...more

We’re entering the 347th minute and it’s still scoreless…
by All White Kit
posted September 19, 2010 at 10:20pm

Photo courtesy of Howard C. Smith/isiphotos.com The Philadelphia/Washington match-up was always going to be characterized by one adjective: laborious. And was it ever. Both teams worked hard throughout the 120 minutes (more on this in a bit). But pe...more

NCAA Soccer – 16 Matches That Matter for 09/19/10
by All White Kit
posted September 19, 2010 at 10:01pm

Florida's McKenzie Barney Will Be Looking to End UNC's Undefeated Streak on Sunday After Friday’s slate of games featuring far too many matchups of Ranked Team vs “Oh My God! This Team Is Going To Sink Our RPI, How Many Places?!?” University, Su...more

Soccer notables for September 18, 2010
by All White Kit
posted September 18, 2010 at 6:13pm

Scott Reynolds reviews recent WPS action and previews Sunday’s playoff match between the Philadelphia Independence and the Washington Freedom. Speaking of which, the projected Indy line-up is as follows: (4-1-3-2) Henderson, Mitts, Falk, Krz...more

Reach Up! with Brandi Chastain
by Pretty Tough
posted September 18, 2010 at 3:53pm

We all know her for the bra that is just as famous as she is. On July 10, 1999, more than 90,000 Americans came together at the Rose bowl in Pasadena, CA to watch the USA Women’s National Team take the World Cup trophy in a penalty kick shoot out after...more

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