If you are a connoisseur of Twitter like me, then you've already stumbled upon the terms "twiggers" and "twitches" numerous times and you've undoubtedly already figured out what they really mean. So to pacify the Decency and Morals Subcommittee of World Cup Blog, I will be using those terms (well, actually only one of those terms) liberally during this post in order to avoid getting into twouble.

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Chicago Red Stars forward and University of Illinois All-American Ella Masar is headed to Augsburg, Germany, as she joins the U.S. Women's National Team for the squad's Oct. 29 match against defending FIFA World Cup champion Germany. However, the U.S. WNT loses another Red Star with midfielder Megan Rapinoe undergoing knee surgery Friday. Click to continue reading...

For the last time, it's pronounced HUE-clees!

The Boston Breakers site just announced Angela Hucles is retiring from professional soccer. She says:

I always wanted to involve myself in things I was passionate about and give 110 percent.

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Great video by the WPS! I only managed to interview one WPS player this year, Ella Masar and she was awesome, but next year I hope to do a lot more!

Loved the goal celebrations in this video and I love the fact that the girl's I coach have professional female role models to look up too!

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Chicago Red Stars forward Ella Masar will miss 4 to 6 weeks because of a hip injury suffered during Sunday's 1-all draw against FC Gold Pride in Women's Professional Soccer action. The team announced Wednesday that the former University of Illinois standout tore four muscles when colliding with FC Gold Pride goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart in the second half. Click to continue reading...

Got a nice link up for the JMS Podcast w/ Ella Masar last week on Soccer City FC. They are pretty good about posting cool soccer news and also sell soccer gear if you need any.

If you haven't heard it yet definitely listen to the JMS Podcast with Ella Masar! She was awesome and her and the Chicago Red Stars play the LA SOL this Wednesday at the Home Depot Center!

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This week's guest on the Jared Montz Soccer Podcast is Chicago Red Stars forward, Ella Masar. On the pod she talked about what it is like playing in the WPS, how the Red stars are doing, how it will feel to score her first goal for the Red Stars, how she is adjusting to life in the big city, the style of her English coach Emma Hayes, took some user submitted questions, talked about her personal blog, and previewed their upcoming game against the LA SOL.

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The Chicago Red Stars' preseason docket is starting to come to a close, and the next several days are jam-packed with events and exhibitions leading into their Women's Professional Soccer debut April 4 at St. Louis. Now that the organization has its a href="http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid10556. Click to continue reading...