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June 21st, 2008

The USWNT win but I lose

By: Melissa | Comments 2 Comments

That’s right. They beat Canada 1-0 in the Peace Queen Cup final. Angela Hucles scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time and won herself the MVP title for the tournament.
Here’s a lovely snippet from US Soccer’s match report:

The win gave the USA its fourth tournament title of the year after previously [...]



June 18th, 2008

As much as one can hype a W-League game, a biggie is tonight

By: Melissa | Comments No Comments

That’s right folks, if there ever was a clash of the titans in this league, you’re getting it tonight when the Jersey Sky Blue take on defending league champions, the Washington Freedom. And it’s a battle for Sky Blue to gain a playoffs spot too boot. Here are the details from the USL [...]

June 17th, 2008

So far so good

By: Melissa | Comments 9 Comments

I recently stumbled upon the site, Womens World Football and their list of the top 20 world club teams (which may or may not be completely up to date but I’m going to assume it’s accurate). And, hey, it turns out, the list is scattered with W-League teams. Here’s the list:
1 FFC Frankfurt, [...]

Category Category: WPS News
June 16th, 2008

My quest to get p2p video players working… otherwise known as the Peace Cup update

By: Melissa | Comments No Comments

To make a long story short, the thought of using any Microsoft product makes me violently angry and Apple’s os x is too bloated for my tastes. I’ve been a Linux only user for years which usually suits me just fine and for any internet media related thingamabob out there on the internets, I’ve [...]

June 11th, 2008

Cat Whitehill has a tear but two W-League expansion teams are on a tear

By: Melissa | Comments 2 Comments

It’s that dreaded ACL again. Whitehill tore it during Tuesday’s training and will now miss the Olympics. Stephanie Cox takes her place on the Peace Cup roster.
Also on Tuesday, Tampa’s Hampton Roads Piranhas were awarded the hosting rights for this year’s W-League semi-finals and finals set for July 31 and August 2. [...]



June 9th, 2008

Seattle can keep their Henry rumors, we’ve got Marta up in hurr

By: Melissa | Comments 7 Comments

To the extent that we can create buzz and excitement during these early stages of the league, the WPS site released more news today regarding league allocations and the speculations that Marta will eventually play for us. Specifically, an allocation draft of the current USWNT roster could happen as early as July. In [...]

Category Category: WPS News
June 8th, 2008

The build-up… updates

By: Melissa | Comments 1 Comment

This past week, I successfully passed the San Jose Offside blog torch to Sean and Ian, the Chicago WPS team unveiled their name and logo, I celebrated my birthday at a cabin on the Russian River, and my friend texted me from the Chicago/DC United game to inform me that she will be writing the [...]




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