[WPS] Carli Lloyd‘s hard-luck Women’s Professional Soccer career continued when Sky Blue FC placed the 2008 Olympic star on the 30-day injuredreserve after she suffered a broken ankle in Sunday’s 1-0 victory over the Chicago Red Stars, her former club. Lloyd suffered the injury when she slipped on the surface at Toyota Parkand landed awkwardly […]
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FC Gold Pride, from last to first
[WPS] FC Gold Pride, which finished last in Women’s Professional Soccer in 2009, temporarily took over first place on Saturday night with a 2-1 win overexpansion Atlanta. Despite playing without starters Christine Sinclair and Candace Chapman, who were Canadafor its match against China in Chinngqong on Saturday — 2-0 win for China — the Pride […]
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Wambach leads Freedom past Atlanta
[WPS] U.S. national team star Abby Wambach scored one goal and set up two more to lead the Washington Freedom to a 3-1win over the Atlanta Beat Sunday before only 2,665 fans, the smallest crowd in Freedom history. Wambach scored the first goal and set up HomareSawa and Christie Welsh for second-half goals. In Sunday’s […]
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Sinclair and Marta lead Pride past champs
[WPS] FC Gold Pride got a pair of goals from Canadian Christine Sinclair and Brazilian star Marta‘s first goal of the season to beat defending champion Sky Blue FC, 3-1, in its first game at its temporary home at the Castro Valley Athletic Stadium. Rookie Kelley O’Hara assisted on the first and third goals for […]
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FC Gold Pride opens at new temporary home
[WPS] Women’s Professional Soccer moves into Week 2 with all eight teams again in action. FC Gold Pride opens its new temporary home in Castro Valley againstdefending champion Sky Blue FC. For a look at this weekend’s matchups … Saturday, April 17 Chicago vs. Saint Louis (8 pm ET) Chicago goalkeeper Jillian Loyden was the […]
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Goals are scarce for openers
[WPS] Goals were scarce on the opening weekend of Women’s Professional Soccer as the four games produced only six goals for an average of 1.5 goals a game.Expansion Philadelphia drew more than 6,000 fans for its game against Atlanta, but crowds were down 27 percent for the three returning teams over their opening crowds in […]
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Second-year league sees progress
[WPS] On the eve of Women’s Professional Soccer’s second season, Commissioner Tonya Antonucci says the league is movingin a positive direction. Despite a poor economic climate and the loss of the 2009 regular-season champion Los Angeles Sol, which folded, she says all the trends look good … — Seasonticket sales are up 20 percent for […]
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Sky Blue FC favored to repeat
[WPS PREVIEW] No doubt about it, Women’s Professional Soccer is the best women’s league in the world. The level of play in Year 2 should be stronger than inYear 1 even with the addition of expansion teams in Philadelphia and Atlanta. Teams continued to import foreign stars, most notably from clubs in Scandinavia and England, […]
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2010 team-by-team rosters
[WPS] Women’s Professional Soccer announced the 18-player rosters for each of its eight teams for the 2010 season that begins April 10. Teams arealso allowed to carry four optional developmental players. In 2010, there are 19 countries represented in WPS, including — for the first time — players from Denmark, Finland, Germany,Iceland, Mexico, Netherlands, New […]
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All-Star teams to be selected 'pick-em' style
[WPS] Women’s Professional Soccer will hold its 2010 All-Star Game June 20 (TV: Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports Net, live, 7:30 p.m. ET) at AtlantaBeat’s new stadium in Kennesaw, Ga. The 36 players for the game will be divided by captains and coaches selecting the teams in an alternating “playground pick-em” style format during […]