Readers should know already that the WPS suspended the league for this upcoming season. (Some reports on the decision: Sports Illustrated/Associated Press; All White Kit; The Guardian.)
To say that the league has struggled would be an understatement. It's been plagued by the usual headaches of a nascent sports league - mismanagement, outsized ambition, financial troubles, finicky owners, fickle fans, crap media.

BBC News and Sky News are reporting that American Robbie Rogers has signed a deal with Leeds United of England's Championship. The 24 year old winger has been capped 18 times by the United States National Team and most recently played for the Columbus Crew in MLS. This isn't Rogers' first signing with a European club.

A quick round-up of where we stand on various transfers as we approach the final few hours of the summer transfer window:

Ju Young Park was officially announced this afternoon, the arrival means that the exit of Nicklas Bendtner is more probable, though nothing is currently in place.

Royston Drenthe amongst many were not paid their wages for months

Spain's domestic season is in danger of being delayed as the players association representing 110 professionals including Carles Puyol and Iker Casillas have called for a strike after an agreement on collective bargaining failed to materialize.

"I don't like your fashion business, mister." – Leonard Cohen
First they play Old Trafford. Then they'll play who, Hertha Berlin? What happened to the "inspirational" games to be played locally by a team wearing Umbro's retro-Cosmos gear? Nearly two years have passed since Paul Kemsley paid Peppe Pinton's ransom for the rights to the Cosmos brand.

Can the Hod bring a touch of Spanish sunshine to Hyde?

It might have escaped many people's notice this month, but one of the most intriguing lower-league stories of the week involves the return to England of one Glenn Hoddle, former national team boss and psychic-consulter extraordinaire.

The curtain went up at LiveStrong Sporting Park on Thursday night just after 10:00. Almost 18, 500 were in attendance at the inagural match providing a lively atmosphere. ESPN2 did an adequate job showing the new stadium, including shots of the locker rom, concourses, player entry tunnel and cheering crowds.

In an August 2009 Radio 5 Live programme on the Premier League's financial troubles, Supporters Direct Chief Executive Dave Boyle addressed the issue of the "chasm" between Premier League and Football League finances. "Once upon a time," he said to a gathering of football people including the then-Birmingham chairman David Gold, who wasn't ‘sitting comfortably', "relegation meant you'd not had a good season.

The draw for the quarter finals of the Champions League takes place on March the 18th and all the talk is of Barcelona after the way they dispensed with Arsenal on Tuesday.

Both Harry Redknapp and William Gallas have come out and said that they want to avoid the Spanish giants, but what of the other teams left in the hat?

Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan could be on the move to Tottenham after Spurs boss Harry Redknapp contacted the Spanish club over a potential £9 million bid for the Uruguayan striker.

Goal.com is reporting that Redknapp is contemplating making this move to bolster his strike force before the transfer window closes next week.

Liverpool is reportedly considering a bid for teenage Greek defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos.
The Schalke centre back has been earning rave reviews in Germany after signing from Olympiakos in the summer, and Liverpool have reportedly sent scouts to watch the player's progress.
Reports in Germany claim Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea have also sent representatives to take a closer look at the player, who is set to be sold by the Bundesliga outfit amidst financial troubles at the club.