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May 24th, 2009

Picture of the Week

By: Melissa | Comments 8 Comments

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Kandace Wilson leaves Sunday’s FC Gold Pride game against LA Sol on crutches after a second half hip check from Marta caused Wilson to be transported to urgent care. After witnessing this sudden and – uh – forceful display of force from the league’s golden child, many of us are perhaps wondering if WPS [...]



May 23rd, 2009

Sometimes off the pitch is more interesting than on

By: Melissa | Comments 1 Comment

On Saturday, Sky Blue FC released a statement informing us that Ian Sawyers has been indefinitely suspended. That’s General Manager and Head Coach Ian Sawyers getting the axe and putting assistant Kelly Lindsey in the top spot for Friday’s game against the Freedom. And how long she’ll stay head coach, is uh… not [...]

May 23rd, 2009

Dear Brandi Chastain

By: Melissa | Comments No Comments

You might want to look into fixing that. And good luck tomorrow. I’ll be one of the four people in the stands attempting to create some sort of supporters section. Except, uh, I keep forgetting to buy a ticket.
In other news… The Offside will be welcoming a Boston Breakers blogger shortly. [...]

Category Category: FC Gold Pride
May 21st, 2009

Who should buy the LA Sol?

By: Melissa | Comments 5 Comments

Grahame Jones’ recent interview with Phil Anschutz Tim Leiweke may have many Bay Area soccer fans surprised by the brutal honesty coming from AEG, and to that – well, I can respect that. But it also brings to light the very real problem WPS will face when AEG sell off/give away/walk away/lose in a [...]

Category Category: Los Angeles Sol
May 18th, 2009

This weekend’s theme = DON’T PANIC

By: Melissa | Comments 4 Comments

Teams that perhaps looked a bit shaky at the start of the season are finally finding their mojo. And they’re slowly making their way up the standings. Boston & LA remain the top two – but, well, not by much. And now that Bay Area team who seemed to be constantly losing [...]



May 11th, 2009

WPS will stop being polite and start getting real

By: Melissa | Comments 3 Comments

Marta is very, very good. She’s the main star that is actually living up to her billing in the U.S. league – unlike a certain Englishman. – Andrea Canales, Goal.com
I would like to take a few seconds here to give a shout-out whut whut thank goodness Andrea Canales is back writing about women’s soccer again. [...]

May 5th, 2009

Wambach, go sit in the corner and think about what you’ve done

By: Melissa | Comments 5 Comments

Daniela suffered two injured knee ligaments and a crack in her tibia from Wambach’s tackle. Daniela is now out “indefinitely” and STL can kiss their most prolific goal scorer goodbye. So the new question is whether Wambach deserves more than a yellow card. This is something WPS is considering. COO [...]

May 4th, 2009

Red Stars sing at the Cubs game

By: Melissa | Comments No Comments

I was at the gym when this happened and actually in front of a tv except I forgot my headphones DOH!

May 4th, 2009

Whut up it’s a weekend review

By: Melissa | Comments No Comments

Talk about bizzarro weekend. The big word these teams can’t seem to get a good grasp on is consistency. Also, the veetle channel appears to be permanently offline now. Luckily justin.tv picked up the slack. Justin.tv actually saved my ass a few times and I hear Justin lives in San Francisco, [...]




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