[NWSL: Week 3] The NWSL’s midweek slate of games begins Wednesday when Seattle, a 3-0 winner in its first game, hosts Washington, which is coming off its first winof the season. They finished seventh and eighth — far off the pace — in 2013 but have made significant upgrades this season. Having picked up SydneyLeroux […]
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Madrid is the place to be
[THIS WEEK IN SOCCER: April 21-27] All eyes will be on Madrid, where both first legs of the UEFA Champions League semifinals will take place. Saturday will be achance for payback for three MLS teams as they face the teams that eliminated them in the 2013 conference playoffs for the first time in 2014. The […]
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Noyola and Souza team up for first Dash victory
[NWSL: Week 2] The expansion Houston Dash got two goals from Teresa Noyola to rallyfor its first win, a 3-2 decision at the Boston Breakers. Brazil rookie RafaSouza was the key player off the bench, setting up Noyola for the tying goal in the 81st minute and drawing the penalty Noyola converted for the winner […]
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Rampone shows off hoops moves, nets first pro goal
[NWSL: Week 2] Longtime U.S. national team defender Christie Rampone scored her firstgoal in 110 games as a professional, dating back to the New York of the old WUSA, but Sky Blue FC had to settle for a 1-1 tie with the Portland Thorns when AllieLong converted a penalty kick for the defending champions and […]
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New-look Thorns aim for two in a row on road
[NWSL: Week 2] The defending champion Portland Thorns FC remain on the road for the second week in a row, looking to make it two straight with a match at Sky BlueFC on Saturday night. The Thorns opened with a 1-0 win at the expansion Houston Dash despite missing many of its stars. Alex Morgan […]
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Sonia becomes third Spaniard to join Flash
[NWSL TRANSACTIONS] Sonia became the third Spaniard to join Western New York, joining Vicky Losada, Week 1’s NWSL Player of the Week, and Adriana Martin on the Flash. She comes to the Flash fresh off a two-goal performance on Sundaywhen she helped Barcelona defeat Atletico Feminas, 3-0, to claim the club’s third straight Primera Division […]
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Report: Dash's Bock out for season
[NWSL INJURY REPORT] Brittany Bock, taken with the No. 1 pick in the 2014 NWSL expansion draft by her former college coach,Randy Waldrum, suffered a torn ACL, the Houston Chronicle reported,just 23 minutes into the Houston Dash’s first-ever game, and her season is over. The dash is Bock’s fifth pro club in five seasons that […]
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No Wambach, no problem for Flash
[NWSL: Week 1] Even without star Abby Wambach, sidelined with a facial injury (fractured orbital bone below her left eye)picked up in Thursday’s U.S. national team game against China, the Western New York Flash made easy work of the Washington Spirit, opening its NWSL season with a 3-1 thanks to two goals and an assistfrom […]
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Thorns spoil Dash's debut before 8,097 Houston fans
[NWSL: Week 1] Midfielder Allie Long‘s goal on a header in the first half stood up for a 1-0 win for the defending championPortland Thorns, who spoiled the debut of the expansion Houston Dash before 8,097 fans at BBVA Compass Stadium on Saturday night. Making her NWSL debut, German keeper Nadine Angerer recorded two saves […]
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Five players to watch
[NWSL: Preview] The National Women’s Soccer League begins its second season this weekend with two games on Saturday and two more on Sunday. There was lots ofmovement in the offseason. The biggest move sent Sydney Leroux from Boston to Seattle, making the Reign title contenders overnight. For a look at five playersnew at their clubs […]