The Chicago Red Stars, led by Lori Chalupny, host the Boston Breakers today in a match between a
pair of undefeated WPSL Elite squads. The Breakers include US WNT midfielder Heather O'Reilly and
Kristine Lilly is an Assistant Coach.
Gametime is 5pm and the Red Stars are offering a live Webcast of the match.
Katie Schoepfer scored two goals in Friday's 4-0 win over FC Indiana. (Photo: Chris
Aduama/aduama.com)
The Boston Breakers extended their winning streak to five in Friday night's 4-0 thumping of FC
Indiana.
Katie Schoepfer scored two goals while Kyah Simon and Bianca D'Agostino each put one through
while goalkeeper Alice Binns made six saves to preserve her league-leading third shutout of the
season.
Katie Schoepfer scored two goals in Friday's 4-0 win over FC Indiana. (Photo: Chris
Aduama/aduama.com)
The Boston Breakers extended their winning streak to five in Friday night's 4-0 thumping of FC
Indiana.
Katie Schoepfer scored two goals while Kyah Simon and Bianca D'Agostino each put one through
while goalkeeper Alice Binns made six saves to preserve her league-leading third shutout of the
season.
The Boston Breakers claimed their franchise-best third straight victory to start the season in
Wednesday's 2-1 win over the New York Fury at Hofstra University in Long Island, N.Y.
Tameka Butt (10′) and Katie Schoepfer (19′) each scored first half tallies while Merritt
Mathias (66′) scored the lone Fury goal.
SOMERVILLE, Mass. The Boston Breakers welcomed back a sellout crowd at Dilboy Stadium with a 4-1
thumping of FC Indiana on Friday night. The Australian combination of Kyah Simon and Tameka Butt
combined for three goals while Katie Schoepfer scored once to give the Breakers their third
straight victory.
Article by Leanne ElstonIn disappointing but not altogether surprising news, Women's Professional Soccer announced today
that after three seasons, it has folded. The league had already ceased operations for the 2012
season and had hoped to return in 2013, but the cancellation is now permanent.
Four months after it suspended the 2012 season, Women's Professional Soccer announced that it
had ceased operations on Friday.
The league, which began play in 2009, saw a number of teams fold in its three seasons. But after
poor attendance and litigation related to the Dan Borislow/magicJack dispute put the league further
in the red, there appeared little else the league could do to revive itself.
While the newly formed Philadelphia Fever have been quietly assembling a NCAA-compliant roster
that includes a number of standout players with local connections, former WPS teams Western New
York Flash and Boston Breakers, not to mention former Philadelphia Independence coach Paul Riley's
New York Fury, have been grabbing the Elite League headlines.
It was a debut to remember for the Boston Breakers, who claimed a 3-0 win over the ASA
Chesapeake Charge in their first WPSL Elite contest on Thursday.
The Breakers, who played in WPS for three seasons before the league suspended operations in
January, overwhelmed the Charge with a fast and furious display of firepower as Veronica Napoli,
Jessica Luscinski and Katie Schoepfer all scoring inside of 20 minutes.
It was a debut to remember for the Boston Breakers, who claimed a 3-0 win over the ASA
Chesapeake Charge in their first WPSL Elite contest on Thursday.
The Breakers, who played in WPS for three seasons before the league suspended operations in
January, overwhelmed the Charge with a fast and furious display of firepower as Veronica Napoli,
Jessica Luscinski and Katie Schoepfer all scoring inside of 20 minutes.
On Thursday, the WPSL Elite League released its official 2012 schedule. Below is the schedule
for the Philadelphia Fever, which will being playing its home games at two New Jersey grounds and
one in Pennsylvania. Please note that the locations of some of the home games have changed from the
preliminary schedule that was released in late March.
Riley Houle (left) and Therese Smith are two players the Mutiny added to the roster on Monday.
(Photo: New England Mutiny)
With the May 12 season opener less than three weeks away, the Mutiny added seven more players to
its roster on Tuesday.
Forward/midfielder Caitlin Alves, midfielder/defender Sarah Brochu, defender Danielle Dakin,
defender Allie Fitzsimmons, midfielder Riley Houle will join New England veterans Karyn Riviere and
Therese Smith for the team's first season in WPSL Elite.
Leslie Osborne and the Breakers beat Boston College 3-1 in a preseason match on Wednesday.
(Photo: Chris Aduama/aduama.com)
The Boston Breakers found goals from three players in a 3-1 exhibition win over Boston College
on Wednesday.
Heather O'Reilly, Katie Schoepfer and Bianca D'Agostino all scored for the Breakers in their
first preseason match of the spring.
Set to begin their first season in the WPSL Elite League, the New England Mutiny released their
2012 schedule on Monday.
The team will open the season at East Longmeadow High School (East Longmeadow, Mass.) on May 12
when they host the New York Fury at 7:00pm.
New England will play all but one home match (their Jul.
The Boston Breakers get their first season in the WPSL Elite League started on May 10 against
Charge MD in Maryland, according to the team's official schedule. A venue and start time has not
yet been announced.
The former WPS franchise kick off their home slate the following week at Dilboy Stadium, where
they'll face FC Indiana on May 18.
The Boston Breakers get their first season in the WPSL Elite League started on May 10 against
Charge MD in Maryland, according to the team's official schedule. A venue and start time has not
yet been announced.
The former WPS franchise kick off their home slate the following week at Dilboy Stadium, where
they'll face FC Indiana on May 18.
The New England Mutiny continued to the pieces in place for the first season in WPSL Elite on
Thursday, as the Springfield-based team added forward Vicki DiMartino, goalkeeper Alexa Gaul and
midfielder Kacey Richards to its roster.
DiMartino and Gaul have both spent time with the U.S. Women's National Team youth system while
Richards returns for her second season season with the Mutiny.
Although the Boston Breakers haven't released their 2012 schedule yet, an exhibition game
against USL W-League team D.C. United Women on May 12 was confirmed on Thursday.
The game will take place at the Maryland SoccerPlex, which formerly hosted defunct WPS side
Washington Freedom, in Boyds, Md.
Women's soccer fans eager to see the Philadelphia Fever, the newly founded team that will
participate in the WPSL Elite League, now have some dates to circle on the calendar after the
league released the 2012 schedule on Sunday.
The schedule consists of 14 games and includes teams as far north as former WPS club Boston
Breakers and as far west as former WPS club Chicago Red Stars.
It appears that New England soccer fans won't get the opportunity to catch Aztec MA face off
against Commonwealth rival New England Mutiny in WPSL Elite this year after Aztec put its plans on
hold for the 2012 season.
Only five weeks after undergoing a rebrand ahead of its inaugural season in WPSL Elite League,
Aztec MA, formerly Boston Aztec, will not compete in the newly-formed league after all.
Former Breakers' star Kristine Lilly returned to the Breakers on Friday - this time, as an
assistant coach (Photo: Chris Aduama/aduama.com.
Kristine Lilly, the most capped player in soccer history, was named as assistant coach of the
Breakers, the team announced on Friday.
The long-time U.
Good morning! News has, once again, been slow, but we will still be bringing you everything we
can find that you should be reading (apart from what you will find here). The biggest item on the
agenda in Revs nation is, of course, the injury crisis in defense. I swear, it seems like we're
having this problem every year, and I thought the new focus on strength and conditioning could
prevent this.
Veteran U.S. Women's National Team and WPS midfielder Heather O'Reilly will join the Breakers
this season in between National Team commitments, the club announced on Monday.
O'Reilly, who's won two gold medals with the National Team (2004 and 2008) and played in two
World Cups (2007 and 2011), has been capped 155 times at the senior team level.
The Sounders Women are continuing to add to their roster. It was announced yesterday that they
had signed Ferndale, Washington native Megan Manthey, who started playing soccer at age four. She
dreamed big, and was afforded the opportunity to leave Ferndale to attend the Pendleton School in
Bradenton, Florida.
The Boston Breakers will call Dilboy Stadium home in 2012.
The Boston Breakers will call Dilboy Stadium in Somerville, Mass. their home this season, the
team announced on Monday.
The 2,500 seat stadium, which features a synthetic turf field, underwent a $7.7 million
renovation in 2006 and hosts the Suffolk University soccer teams.
The Boston Breakers added former Notre Dame striker Melissa Henderson on Friday.
Former Notre Dame forward Melissa Henderson was added to the Breakers roster, the team announced
on Friday.
The two-time All American amassed 70 goals and 26 assists in her four years with the Fighting
Irish (2008-11).
The Breakers welcomed back defender Taryn Hemmings on Tuesday (Photo: David Silverman /
DSPics.com)
Another recognizable name will don the Breakers' blue this year, as team announced on Tuesday
that defender Taryn Hemmings is returning to the team for its first year in WPSL Elite.
Hemmings, who played for the Breakers for the past two seasons, will join fellow returnees
Leslie Osborne and Katie Schoepfer on the field for Boston this spring.
The Breakers added another piece to their roster by adding midfielder Amanda DaCosta on
Monday.
Former magicJack midfielder Amanda DaCosta was added to the Breakers roster, the team announced
on Monday.
DaCosta, who was recently invited to U.S. Women's National Team U-23 camp in January, was
drafted by magicJack in 2011 before signing with Sky Blue FC in the offseason.
The Boston Breakers added a trio of players on Thursday that signed with the club prior to the
suspension of the 2012 WPS season.
Australian internationals Tameka Butt and Kyah Simon and Longmeadow, Mass. native Bianca
D'Agostino were all added to the Breakers roster in advance of the team's first season in WPSL
Elite League play.
The Boston Breakers added a trio of players on Thursday that signed with the club prior to the
suspension of the 2012 WPS season.
Australian internationals Tameka Butt and Kyah Simon and Longmeadow, Mass. native Bianca
D'Agostino were all added to the Breakers roster in advance of the team's first season in WPSL
Elite League play.
Former Mutiny defender Kristin Smith (right) was named as the team's general manager on
Wednesday (Photo: New England Mutiny).
Former New England Mutiny defender Kristin Shaw was appointed as the team's newest general
manager on Wednesday.
Shaw, who played for the Mutiny in 2007 and 2008, helped lead the team to the NSPL National
Final in 2007.
Despite Women's Professional Soccer suspending operations for the 2012 season, Leslie
Osborne (Brookfield/Waukesha Catholic Memorial) will continue her professional soccer
career.
The 28-year-old midfielder re-signed with the Boston Breakers, who will play in the new Women's
Premier Soccer League Elite League.
Add the New England Mutiny to the growing list of teams joining the newly-formed WPSL Elite
League.
On Thursday, the Springfield (Mass.)-based squad announced on its official website that it has
accepted an invitation to play in the league. The Mutiny is the third team from the Commonwealth to
join the league, after former WPS member Boston Breakers and Aztec MA (formerly Boston Aztec)
joined in the last seven days.
Philadelphia Independence head coach Paul Riley has decided that he will not field a New York
Fury team in the new WPSL Elite Division.
Riley told Big Apple Soccer via email, "Decided not to put NY Fury into Elite part of WPSL. Not
enough time to get housing, facilities etc all sorted out."
Riley is director of football for the Fury, which already has two WPSL teams, when he is not
coaching the Independence.
Only weeks ago, it appeared that area fans of women's soccer would be without a team to cheer
for in 2012.
Now, they'll have a choice between two.
On Tuesday, Aztec MA (formerly Boston Aztec) announced that it will join the newly-formed WPSL
Elite League. Although the team is the latest team to join the Elite League, it is, by no means, a
stranger to WPSL.
Those looking for hopeful news about women's professional soccer in the US may have been
heartened by the announcement on Thursday that Western New York Flash and Boston Breakers had
officially committed to participate in the Women's Premier Soccer League's new Elite Division. As
PSP wrote last Wednesday, WPSL president Jerry Zanelli had extended an offer to WPS teams to join
the new league for the 2012 season so that players could maintain fitness and form while WPS worked
on the business of re-launching the league in 2013.
Those looking for hopeful news about women's professional soccer in the US may have been
heartened by the announcement on Thursday that Western New York Flash and Boston Breakers had
officially committed to participate in the Women's Premier Soccer League's new Elite Division. As
PSP wrote last Wednesday, WPSL president Jerry Zanelli had extended an offer to WPS teams to join
the new league for the 2012 season so that players could maintain fitness and form while WPS worked
on the business of re-launching the league in 2013.
The Breakers are back.
Less than two weeks after Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) folded its tent for the 2012 season,
the Breakers announced on Thursday that it will compete in the new Elite Division of the Women's
Premier Soccer League (WPSL) this year.
"The WPSL recognizes the importance of a professional women's soccer league in America," WPSL
Commissioner Jerry Zanelli said in a statement.
In the wake of decision to suspend the 2012 WPS season, the Boston Breakers announced that they
exploring "other options" for fielding a team this year.
On Monday, the team issued a statement on its home page that while the organization remains
committed to restarting WPS, they would not rule out the possibility of entering the team into the
Women's Premier Soccer League of the USL-sponsored W-League for 2012.
In the wake of decision to suspend the 2012 WPS season, the Boston Breakers announced that they
exploring "other options" for fielding a team this year.
On Monday, the team issued a statement on its home page that while the organization remains
committed to restarting WPS, they would not rule out the possibility of entering the team into the
Women's Premier Soccer League of the USL-sponsored W-League for 2012.
