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[WPS] Christine Sinclair set a WPS record for the fastest goal with a first-minute goal and FC Gold Pride set a clubrecord with four goals in its 4-0 win at Atlanta on Saturday night. Marta added two goals for the Pride. Georgia native Kelley O’Hara had the fourth goal. Atlanta’s Kia McNeill was ejected from […]

[WPS] Sky BlueFC, which went from fourth place to win the 2009 Women’s Professional Soccer with a three-game sweep of the playoffs, was honored by President Barack Obama in aceremony Thursday in the East Room of the White House. “This is a pretty exciting time for soccer in America,” Obama said. “This team came together […]

[WPS] Brazilian star Marta scored two goals in the first eight minutes to lead the Marta XI to a 5-2 win over the AbbyXI in the in the Women’s Professional Soccer All-Star game played on Wednesday night before a crowd announced at 4,610 at Kennesaw State University’s new stadium outside Atlanta. Marta’sFC Gold Pride teammate, […]

[WPS] It’s not been a good year for Sky Blue FC goalies. First, Jenni Branam went down with a knee injury duringpreseason. Now, Karen Bardsley has been sidelined indefinitely with a clavicle injury suffered Tuesday during a collision in a training session for the WPSAll-Star Game. Bardsley, the WPS Player of the Month for the […]

[WPS] U.S. international Amy Rodriguez scored her fifth and sixth goals of the season, helping the expansionPhiladelphia Independence overcome a two-goal deficit and beat Washington, 3-2, to move to within a point of first-place FC Gold Pride. Despite overshooting Sky Blue FC, 17-4, FC GoldPride fell to the defending champions, 2-0, on Sunday. Rosana and […]

[WPS] The expansion Philadelphia Independence climbed into second place in WPS with a 4-1 win at Sky Blue FC on Sunday. Philadelphia needed onlyfive minutes to open the scoring on a half-volley by Danesha Adams off a pass from Amy Rodriguez. Adams,the former UCLA star, added assists on goals by Rodriguez and Joanna Lohman and […]

[WPS] Rookie Kelley O’Hara scored for first-place FC Gold Pride in a 1-0 win over the struggling Boston Breakers in thefirst game played at its new home stadium, Pioneer Stadium, on the campus of Cal State East Bay in Hayward. O’Hara scored in the 36th minute with a driven shot to the top left corner […]

[WPS] Women’s Professional Soccer announced 14 reserves on Monday for the 2010 WPS All-Star Game to be played June 30 at Atlanta’s KSU Soccer Stadium. Thereserves were selected by the WPS Commissioner and two WPS All-Star Game Head Coaches, Albertin Montoya (FC Gold Pride) and Paul Riley (Philadelphia Independence). With a unique All-Star Game format […]

[WPS] Brazilian star Marta had two goals and an assist and Canadian ChristineSinclair had a goal and assist to lead first-place FC Gold Pride to a 3-1 win over Philadelphia Independence. The Pride extended its lead over Washington, which tied Chicago, 2-2,to four points. June 13 in West Chester, Pa. Philadelphia 1 FC Gold Pride […]

[WPS] Washington’s Abby Wambach was the top vote-getter for the 2010 WPS All-Star Game, which will be played June 30 atKSU Soccer Stadium in Kennesaw, Ga. The starting 22 players were selected on ballots from players, coaches, media and online fan voting. Wambach and Marta (FCGold Pride) earned team captain designations and will help pick […]