[WPS] As Women’s Professional Soccer cut down from eight to six teams, there has been huge turnover on the rosters of the returning teams, and many foreignplayers have left the league. The Atlanta Beat returns only three players, and magicJack (formerly Washington Freedom) has only six players back. The foreign contingent will again be led […]
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American soccer this week
[SCOREBOARD] The San Jose Earthquakes won their first game in the MLS Reserve League with a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps on a goal by 22-year-oldAmerican Matt Luzunaris, who has been trying out after spending the last two seasons in Austria. MLS RESERVELEAGUE Results: March 22 San Jose 2 Vancouver 1 VAN: Bedri Gashi […]
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Preseason rosters
[WPS] Players report to training camp Tuesday at Women’s Professional Soccer’s six clubs. The first preseason game will take place Sunday when the AtlantaBeat hosts the University of South Florida at KSU Soccer Stadium. Final cuts are due on March 30 to get rosters down to a maximum of 24 players. Atlanta Beat Katie Bethke […]
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Mystery team headed to Florida
[WPS] Women’s Professional Soccer’s 2011 regular-season schedule released Thursday answers only slightly the fate of its mystery sixth team. The venue of thenine home games of the ill-named magicJack’s Washington Freedom — five in the last 18 days of the season — is listed as “TBA” on the league schedule, though the league release says […]
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WPS preseason schedule
[DATEBOOK] Sky Blue FC is headed to Turkey for part of preseason training, while four other Women’s Professional Soccer teams will load up on college opponentsat home. Conspicuously missing was a schedule for the team that played in Washington last year but has not confirmed its 2011 location. Sky Blue FC will travel to Turkey […]
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Players show off new collection
[WPS] Women’sProfessional Soccer players displayed the 2011 league uniforms and new training collection league sponsor Puma has launched to highlight the new season. At the New York launch, U.S.internationals Leslie Osborne and Tasha Kai were among the players to show off the 2011 home-and-away uniforms and worePuma’s Women’s Soccer Training Collection, and attendees were immersed […]
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Marta headed to Western New York
[WPS] After her first two teams folded, five-time FIFA World Player of the Year Marta will hope for better luck at theWestern New York Flash, which acquired the third year of her contract from the FC Gold Pride. Marta, who will be 25 this February, is WPS’s two-time Golden Boot and MVP winner,first with […]
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Morgan goes No. 1 to Western New York
[WPS] U.S. women’s national team forward Alex Morgan, the only collegian who played for the USA in Women’s World Cupqualifying, was taken with the No. 1 pick by the expansion Western New York Flash in the 2011 Women’s Professional Soccer draft on Friday. Philadelphia Independence, the 2010runner-up as an expansion team, took local product […]
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Round-by-round order
[WPS] The 2011 Women’s Professional Soccer draft, which will be held Friday in Baltimore, will consist of four rounds. The expansion Western New York Flash willhave the first pick and an extra selection at the end of the first round. Round 1 1. Western New York Flash 2. Philadelphia Independence * via trade 3. AtlantaBeat […]
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Marta named Player of the Year fifth year in a row
[AWARDS] Marta, who led FC Gold Pride to the 2010 Women’s Professional Soccer title, won her fifth straight FIFA Women’sPlayer of the Year. New awards went to Jose Mourinho (Inter Milan/Real Madrid) and Silvia Neid (German national team) asthe men’s soccer and women’s soccer coaches of the year. Marta, 24, is a free agent after […]