By Charlie Corr
Eclipse Select staff
CHICAGO -- Former Eclipse Select Soccer Club player and coach Leslie Osborne was one of many
Women's Professional Soccer players waiting to hear about the league's future this week. And for
the past several months, Osborne's WPS franchise, the Boston Breakers, has been trying to secure
additional ownership after majority owner Gary Loveman put his share of the organization on the
market.
By Charlie Corr
Eclipse Select staff
CHICAGO -- Former Eclipse Select Soccer Club player and coach Leslie Osborne was one of many
Women's Professional Soccer players waiting to hear about the league's future this week. And for
the past several months, Osborne's WPS franchise, the Boston Breakers, has been trying to secure
additional ownership after majority owner Gary Loveman put his share of the organization on the
market.
BOCA RATON, FL Keelin Winters' 31st minute goal wasn't enough to lead the Breakers back to the
WPS semifinals this season, as the Breakers fell to magicJack 3-1 Wednesday night at FAU Soccer
Stadium.
The rookie midfielder's tally leveled it after Abby Wambach's first goal gave the home club the
early lead in the 6th minute.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. The Boston Breakers welcomed back all eight of their World Cup competitors last
night and one of them Kelly O'Hara stepped up with a two-goal effort in a 2-2 draw against the
Western New York Flash before a record crowd of 6,222 at Harvard Stadium.
O'Hara scored in the 20th and 84th minutes, while the Flash countered with goals in the 38th and
87th minutes from World Cup stars Marta and Alex Morgan, respectively.
PRESS RELEASE
Allston, MA (July 10, 2011) The Breakers got a goal each from rookie Keelin Winters and
first-year Breaker Katie Schoepfer, and keeper Alyssa Naeher made three saves to record her
league-leading fourth shutout of the season in Boston's 2-0 win Sunday night over the Atlanta
Beat.
Midfielder Leslie Osborne (Brookfield/Waukesha Catholic Memorial) suffered a
fractured wrist in the Boston Breakers' 0-0 draw with the Atlanta Beat in a Women's Professional
Soccer match back on June 19.
Osborne wrote in a WPS chat on Twitter that she's been training with a "cute purple cast" on and
expects to be ready to play when the Breakers resume WPS action on July 10, also against the
Beat.
Players from all six WPS teams as well as Boston Breakers' Leslie Osborne representing PUMA's
Project Pink unveiled the new 2011 WPS uniforms
Sportlifestyle brand PUMA kicked off the 2011 women's soccer season during a launch event
Thursday night, while celebrating a momentous year for the sport, a new season for Women's
Professional Soccer (WPS), and the debut of the PUMA Women's Soccer Training Collection.
With the FIFA Women's World Cup on the horizon, PUMA pulled out all the stops to showcase its
longstanding commitment to women's soccer, the best female players on the planet, and the millions
of young rising stars throughout the world.
The U.S. veterans just can't stay away from camp. Shannon Boxx and Rachel Buehler, despite being
given the camp off by Pia Sundhage, again joined training today while Heather Mitts also made an
appearance (see below with her soccer twin Leslie Osborne).
Meanwhile, Pia Sundhage is in now in camp after fulfilling her duties to FIFA at the Gala Awards in
Zurich.
