[AWARDS] U.S. national team star Abby Wambach is a finalist for the 2011 FIFA Women’s Player of the Year award alongwith five-time winner Marta of the 2011 WPS champion New York Flash, and Wambach’s former Washington Freedom teammate, HomareSawa of World Cup champion Japan. U.S. national team coach Pia Sundhage is a finalist for the […]
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FIFA women's boss backs pro league
[WPS] The importance of Women’s Professional Soccer to the international women’s game was underscored by remarks made Tuesday by Tatjana Haenni, FIFA’s head of women’s competitions, at Soccerex in Rio de Janeiro. She said it was vital that the Division I women’s league, which is seeking a sixth team,continue. WPS has applied for a waiver […]
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Part 2: Becoming Alex Morgan: Rising star reflects on youth game
Interview by Emily Cohen Alex Morgan, at age 22, was the youngest member of the USA’s runner-up squad at the 2011 Women’s World Cup, where shescored in the semifinal and final. Three years earlier, in the midst of her college career at Cal, she led the USA to the 2008 U-20 World Cup title. We […]
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Arena Football League executive hired to run women's league
[WPS] Women’s Professional Soccer has hired Jennifer Pogorelec O’Sullivan, the former vice president of legal and laboraffairs for the Arena Football League, as its new chief executive officer. She is the third top executive WPS has had in the last year. Anne-MarieEileraas stepped down after less than a year on the job as CEO. League […]
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DiCicco steps down as Breakers coach
[WPS] Tony DiCicco, who coached the USA to the 1996 Olympic gold medal in women’s soccer and 1999 Women’s World Cuptitle, has stepped down as head coach of WPS’s Boston Breakers. Head coaching duties will be passed to former associate head coach Lisa Cole. Shecoached the Breakers during the 2011 Women’s World Cup when DiCicco […]
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CEO Eilaraas exits women's pro league
[WPS] Following the departure of founding commissioner Tonya Antonucci last year, chief executive officer Anne-Marie Eileraas, her replacement as Women’s Professional Soccer’s top officer, is stepping down.
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Boquete powers Philly to final
[WPS] The regular-season champion Western New York Flash features such stars as Brazilian Marta, Canadian Christine Sinclair and young American Alex Morgan, but it will be tested against the Philadelphia Independence in Saturday’sWPS final. The Independence is led by 24-year-old Veronica Boquete, the surprise winner of the league’s Michelle Akers Player of the Year award.
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Independence moves into championship
[WPS] Tasha Kai scored just seconds into the second half and Amy Rodriguez addeda late goal to give the Philadelphia Independence a 2-0 win over magicJack in Women’s Professional Soccer’s super semifinal before 5,410 fans at PPL Park in Chester, Pa. The Independencewill now face regular-season champion Western New York Flash in next Saturday’s championship […]
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Spanish MVP leads Philly in WPS quest
The Philadelphia Independence, which finished runner-up last season, faces magicJack in the WPS Super Semifinal on Saturday (4 pm, Fox Sports Net). Leading Philly is Spanish forwardVeronica Boquete, who arrived June 2 after completing her season with RCD Espanyol. She has tallied five goals, four of them gamewinners, and four assists in 11 games. The […]
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American soccer this weekend …
[DATEBOOK] One of the biggest tests of the present and future of Women’s Professional Soccer will take place on Saturdaywhen the Philadelphia Independence hosts magicJack featuring U.S. World Cup stars such as Abby Wambach and Megan RapinoeSaturday in the super semifinal at PPL Park, home of MLS’s Philadelphia Independence. For all the weekend action … […]