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[WPS] Amy Rodriguez scored one goal and set up another to lead the expansionPhiladelphia Independence to a 2-1 win over Sky Blue FC on Sunday and move into a tie for second place with Washington behind leader FC Gold Pride. The goal and assist were the second ineach category for A-Rod, who scored a single […]

[WPS] The Chicago Red Stars have named Omid Namazi as their new head coach more than three weeks after firingEnglishwoman Emma Hayes. Namazi spent one season as the coach of WUSA’s San Diego Spirit (2003) between stints as the coach of teams in the indoorMISL. “Omid established himself as a winner in the WUSA with […]

[DATEBOOK] Following the demise of the Saint Louis Athletica, Women’s Professional Soccer released a revised schedule that allows the remaining seven WPSteams to continue to play a 24-game regular season with added match-ups against each other. With at least one team facing a bye each weekend due to an odd number of teams, an increasednumber […]

[WPS] U.S. national team star Shannon Boxx, who has had two Women’s Professional Soccer teams fold on her thisyear, signed as a free agent with first-place FC Gold Pride. Boxx became a free agent following the dissolution of her previous team, Saint Louis Athletica, which closed operationsThursday. She had one goal and three assists for […]

[WPS] The Washington Freedom got first-half goals from Rebecca Moros and AbbyWambach and held on to defeat the Philadelphia Independence, 2-1, on Sunday evening and extend its unbeaten streak to four games. The win sets up a top-of-the-table clash Saturday betweenfirst-place FC Gold Pride and the Freedom in Castro Valley, Calif. “I don’t think we […]

[WPS] The Chicago Red Stars snapped FC Gold Pride’s five-game winning streak with a 1-0 win on Kosovare Asllani‘s goalSaturday at Toyota Park. Sky Blue FC and Boston played to a 0-0 tie in the only other Saturday game. May 29 in Piscataway, N.J. Sky Blue FC 0 Boston 0. Sky Blue FC — Bardsley, […]

[WPS] Englishwoman Emma Hayes became only the second coach to be fired in during the Women’s Professional Soccer seasonwhen the Chicago coach was relieved of her duties on Monday. The Red Stars finished seventh out of eight teams with a 5-10-5 record are 1-4-1 after six games in 2010. “I wantto thank Emma for her […]