http://wps.theoffside.com News from the Women's Professional Soccer league Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:19:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I spent a considerable amount of time today writing out my thoughts on the political aspects of the upcoming Games as well as the history of protests among Olympic athletes. Unfortunately, I did this in lieu of the stuff that actually pays me but, uh, expect to see those ... http://wps.theoffside.com/team-news/ive-got-olympics-on-my-mind.html I was a bit busy on Saturday losing my phone in the Bayview while watching a large metal sculpture shoot fire, so I missed the part where the W-League playoffs schedule and division titles were announced. These titles are for, what I can only assume are, the best records ... http://wps.theoffside.com/watching-the-game/w-league-playoffs-set.html A few months ago, I had a completely ridiculous conversation with a friend and she told me a story about how she set her alarm to play the song “Secret Lovers” every morning. The point of this was to see how long it took before her boyfriend noticed. ... http://wps.theoffside.com/w-league/w-league-winds-down-onward-to-the-olympics.html To say it's been a hard couple of days for me is a bit of an understatement. I've heard precarious arguments from our President regarding this oil crisis. I've heard disturbing comments from our Federal Reserve Chairman regarding this oh-no-it's-really-not-a recession, and I've heard one of our presumptive ... http://wps.theoffside.com/team-news/are-we-really-just-a-nation-of-whiners.html It's not looking good for Jersey Sky Blue to make the W-League playoffs. The Washington Freedom just clinched berth #2, and The Long Island Rough Riders sit in third place with the same points, but less games played. And since I last wrote, FC Indiana clinched a spot ... http://wps.theoffside.com/team-news/better-luck-next-year.html Amy Rodriguez scored the game winner against Brazil today, wrapping up the score at 1-0. Perhaps the July 16 friendly is Abby's chance to hit 100 and the chance for the rest of us to come up with a brilliant drinking game to celebrate. So while we all ... http://wps.theoffside.com/team-news/not-yet-abby.html I'm starting this post out not entirely WPS related but did ya see last night's Classico? Great game. Nice to see Guzan finally coming back into form – and not just because I named my car after him. But on a slightly relevant note, the Classico started ... http://wps.theoffside.com/somewhat-off-topic/on-playoffs-and-head-coaches.html Today, WPS announced the USWNT allocation draft will happen after the Olympics – in September – with a number of drafts and combines to follow: WPS will begin securing domestic talent with the post-Olympics allocation of the U.S. Women’s National Team (WNT) and U.S. WNT Player Pool in mid-September, to be ... http://wps.theoffside.com/team-news/mark-your-calendars.html Ok, so this Designated Player thing. I have to admit I really like all those blogs and I've been subscribed to their rss feeds for a while now, but I don't see the benefit to them "branding" themselves at all. I can't shake the sense that the whole ... http://wps.theoffside.com/team-news/something-thats-been-on-my-mind.html In a few minutes, the USWNT kick off against Norway, in Norway. There are no known broadcasts or streams that I'm aware of (go figure). The under 20s are off to their World Cup and the under 17s are off to try to qualify for theirs. The Pali Blues continue their ... http://wps.theoffside.com/completely-off-topic/short-quick-and-to-the-point.html