Ajax America Women of the Women's Premier Soccer League team play the Oklahoma Alliance in the final four Saturday in Dallas. On Sunday, the victor faces the winner of the Boston Aztec Breakers Reserves-F.C. Milwaukee Nationals semifinal.

On Friday defender Dani Bosio of Ajax America (and midfielder Ann Marie Tangorra of LAFC Chelsea) were named Pacific Co-Player of the Year.

The Women's Premier Soccer League's Pacific Conference opens this weekend including games in La Canada and at Nansen Field on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, one of the hidden gems of the South Bay and home to 2009 WPSL National Finalist Ajax America.

Ajax America Coach Brian Boswell, a two-time WPSL coach of the year and native of England who is an occasional contributor to this blog, spoke as his team begins their pursuit of a fifth consecutive Pacific Conference title at 2 p.

Crunch time for goalkeeper Kevin Hartman and FC Dallas against the Galaxy Sunday (AP Photo).

FC Dallas goalkeeper Kevin Hartman, 36, who played high school soccer in the South Bay and also played for Cal State Dominguez Hills and UCLA, played about 300 games for the Galaxy between 1997 and 2006 before moving onto the Kansas City Wizards and now Dallas.

FC Dallas Coach Schellas Hyndman has the same sort of collegiate pedigree that Galaxy Coach Bruce Arena (Virginia) also boasts. Hyndman coached SMU for about a quarter century and boasted an overall record there of 368-96-38 before joining Dallas in 2008.

Trivia: Hyndman and Arena faced each other just once in the college ranks, back in October 1987.