[WPS] Danesha Adams, who was named U.S. Soccer’s Young Female Athlete of the Year in 2008 but had only one goal in twoseasons in WPS, was the unlikely hero of Women’s Professional Soccer’s Super Semifinal, coming off the bench to score in the winner in overtime and send the Philadelphia Independence into Sunday’sfinal against FC […]
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A-Rod breaks out of slump
[WPS] Amy Rodriguez picked the right moment to break out of a month-long slump. The U.S. Olympic gold-medalist scored inthe last minute of overtime to give the expansion Philadelphia Independence a 1-0 win over Washington before a sparse crowd of 2,378 and knock the Freedom out of the playoffs in the first round forthe second […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Weekend
Americans Clint Dempsey (England’s Fulham), Clarence Goodson (Norway’s IK Start) Benny Feilhaber (Denmark’s Aarhus GF) and Michael Mecerod (Malta’s Floriana FC) also scored over the weekend. • Dempsey’s goal gave Fulham a 1-1 tie at Blackburn and extended the Cottagers’ unbeaten streak to start the English season to five games. Tim Howard’s Everton dropped a […]
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Antonucci: 'Right now, it's about stabilization'
[WPS] Six yearsafter Tonya Antonucci began her crusade to relaunch women’s pro soccer, she is stepping away. At the close of a tumultuous second season that saw two teams foldand attendance drop by 23 percent, she is leaving her post as commissioner of Women’s Professional Soccer. She spoke with Soccer America about her decision to […]
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WPS players capture European berths
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP] Current or WPS players scored goals to lead England, France and Norway into the 2011 Women’s World Cup finals in Germany, while Sweden,which started four WPS players, captured the fourth European berth with a late rally at Denmark. ENGLAND. England got goals from Kelly Smith (Boston) and Eniola Aluko (Atlanta) and cruised […]
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FC Gold Pride dominates WPS honors
[AWARDS] Three Women’s Professional Soccer awards went to FC Gold Pride players, including Brazilian star Marta,who repeated as the winner of the Michelle Akers Player of the Year. The Pride also won the Coast Guard Goalkeeper of the Year (Nicole Barnhart)and Rookie of the Year (Ali Riley). Boston Breakers defender Amy LePeilbet was named MedImmune […]
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Red Bulls' rise good for MLS
In the wake of the recent rise of the New York Red Bulls MLS commissioner Don Garber said, “The league has had to operate for over a decade with a team in an extremely importantmarket that underdelivered and was unable to capture the hearts and minds of the city.” The Wall Street Journal’s Kevin Clark […]
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Solo disciplined for tweets
[WPS] Women’s Professional Soccer’s disciplinary committee has suspended Atlanta Beat goalie Hope Solo for the firstgame of the 2011 season, issued a fine of $2,500 and given her eight hours of community service for her tweets critical of the refereeing in Saturday’s season finale against Washington. After the last-place Beat’s 1-0 loss to the Freedom, […]
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Antonucci's departure and Solo rant overshadow playoff race
[WPS] Women’s Professional Soccer can’t seem to get a break. Its playoff race once against went down to the final day of the regular season, but Saturday’saction was overshadowed by reports of another shakeup for the troubled league. It didn’t help that one of the league’s biggest stars went off in Twitter tirade about a […]
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American Soccer Scoreboard: Weekend
In France’s Ligue 1, Carlos Bocanegra‘s St. Etienne upset first-place Toulouse, 1-0, on the road to move into third place. Eddie Johnson made his first appearance for Fulham in the English Premier League in more than 11 months in its 2-1 win over Wolves marred by the broken leg suffered by Bobby Zamora. In Germany, […]