Why are we waiting...
The 17 Clubs Around The World Who Have Been Waiting The Longest To Win Another Championship Title
Despite Holding The Record For The Most Championship Titles In Their Country
1. Club Colonial, Martinique (18 titles, last one - 1972)
2. Horseed, Somalia (8 titles, last one - 1980)
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USWNT beats Germany in Germany. From Melissa:
The crazy phsychic voodoo communication between Solo and Chalupny can probably be
attributed to their season together with the Saint Louis Athletica. It was a bit eerie at
times.
I'm Fake Sigi and I approve this message.
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The Netminder 15 September @ 04:04 PM EST
WPS personnel experts surely know more than overworked journalists, but from first glance here,
Philadelphia seems to have put together a ferocious backbone in just three picks. Lori Lindsey is a
quiet but effective central midfielder, Jen Buczkowski showed plenty of potential in Sky Blue's
playoff run, and Nikki Krzysik is a proven young player.
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Not many surprises here.
The WPS awards were handed out Saturday night ahead of Sunday's WPS All-Star game in St.
Louis.
The six award winners:
*Golden Boot Award - Marta (Sol)
*Defender of the Year - Amy LePeilbet (Boston Breakers)
*Coach of the Year - Abner Rogers (Sol)
*Goalkeeper of the Year - Hope Solo (Saint Louis Athletica)
*Sportswoman of the Year - Christie Rampone (Sky Blue FC)
* Player of the Year Award - Marta (Sol)
Quotable:
"Each player in the league has it as their goal to try for an award like this," said
Marta on being named WPS MVP.
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On Saturday, it will be Sky Blue FC making the trip to the Home Depot Center to face Los Angeles
(3:30pm - FSN) after beating Saint Louis 1-0 on Wednesday at the Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park. Keeley
Downing scored the game's only goal in the 30th minute. "I had possession of the ball, picked my
head up, and placed it with my left foot," Dowling said.
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Last Saturday was a historic day. It was the date of the first ever WPS Playoff Game. It was
also the first WPSÂ game I ever watched with my wife. She is not a huge soccer fan, but we were
killing time in a hotel room before meeting friends, and I got her to watch the 2nd half. Now she
is hooked.
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The Washington Freedom had home field advantage in the opening round of Women's Professional
Soccer, but it was Saint Louis Athletica overturning last week's loss on the same field to advance
to the semifinals with a 2-1 win. Saint Louis dominated opportunities, putting 10 of 24 shots on
frame to Washington's three from 12.
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Programming Note: ESPN finalized their deal to show a Saturday English Premier League game,
starting with Chelsea Hull at 7:45am. They also have the rights to the Monday live EPL game. WPS
playoffs on Fox Sports Net: Saint Louis - Washington at 4pm. TeleFutura has Toronto - DC at 4pm.
MLS on Fox Soccer Channel: Houston - Salt Lake at 9pm.
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kenn.com 10 August @ 10:48 AM EST
Women's Professional Soccer finished its inaugural regular season yesterday (something many
thought it wouldn't be able to do), with the final playoff berth not decided until the final
moments of the penultimate game on the schedule.
Your final standings:
Team W L T Pts GF GA Los Angeles Sol 12 3 5 41 27
10 Saint Louis Athletica 10 6 4 34 19 15 Washington Freedom 8 7 5 29 32 32 Sky Blue FC 7 8 5 26 19
20 Boston Breakers 7 9 4 25 18 20 Chicago Red Stars 5 10 5 20 18 25 FC Gold Pride 4 10 6 18 17 28
(Wait, let me get this straight.
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kenn.com 06 August @ 11:18 AM EST
Okay, I think I have the WPS playoff picture sorted:
- Los Angeles clinched a while back and they'll host the final two weeks from Saturday.
- St. Saint Louis has clinched second place and will host the "Super Semifinal" two weeks from
yesterday.
- Two of the three games this weekend have bearing on the playoff picture (with three teams - Sky
Blue FC, Washington and Boston battling for the two available spots).
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Somebody needs to remind Sky Blue FC that they're supposed to be in crisis. Days after losing their
second coach - this time to an impromptu resignation - Sky Blue won again to keep them in the
playoff race with one game left in the season. Chicago 0 - Saint Louis 2 With Saint Louis knowing
they've taken second for the season and Chicago out of playoff contention, it was the home team
putting on.
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The Sol's Brazilian star Marta was the top vote-getter overall, being named on all coaches
ballots, 94 percent of media ballots (hello, media types), but finishing second to Boston Breakers
defender Amy LePeilbet on players ballots (hmm, guess Marta is not exactly popular among her
peers?). And the top three players fans voted for?
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Women's Professional Soccer on Tuesday announced the selection of the league's First XI and the
WPS All-Star Team Head Coach in preparation for its 2009 WPS All-Star Game. Each of the players
selected are invited to the 2009 WPS All-Star Game. The players were selected based on votes by
fans (25%), media (25%), coaches (25%) and players (25%).
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Women's Professional Soccer on Tuesday announced the selection of the league's First XI and the
WPS All-Star Team Head Coach in preparation for its 2009 WPS All-Star Game. Each of the players
selected are invited to the 2009 WPS All-Star Game. The players were selected based on votes by
fans (25%), media (25%), coaches (25%) and players (25%).
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Saint Louis will wait to see who ends up finishing the season in third and fourth, with Athletica
taking second-place on Sunday. Under the Women's Professional Soccer playoff system, the
second-place club advances directly to the semifinal against the winner of the third vs fourth
place clubs. As regular season champions, the LA Sol are already in the final.
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kenn.com 24 July @ 04:20 PM EST
The Los Angeles Sol have clinched the regular-season title in the inaugural season of Women's
Professional Soccer and they'll host the championship game on Saturday, August 22. They'll have
just over three weeks to sell tickets to the final (tickets aren't even on sale until July 29 - I
guess they either figured "Why give ourselves as much time as possible?
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Saint Louis used their home field advantage and a 48th minute goal from Eniola Aluko to put
themselves in second-lace in Women's Professional Soccer. "I could see the defender playing around
with the ball a bit and I knew she was a bit uncomfortable so I pressed her," said Aluko. "(Saint
Louis coach) Jorge Barcellos talked about how they would give up a ball if we pressed them.
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All three of the weekend games ended 1-0 in Women's Professional Soccer. With the idle Sol firmly
in control of first-place, Boston moved into second, Saint Louis has third, and Sky Blue FC have
the final slot with their win over Chicago. Saint Louis 0 - Washington 1 Homare Sawa got the only
goal of the game 74th minute, with Washington part of a WPS/MLS doubleheader at RFK Stadium.
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Check out this video to see Saint Louis' 1-0 win over Los Angeles, ending the Sol's 11-game
unbeaten run and handing Marta and company their first home defeat. The video starts with a
well-worked Athletica goal --
Eniola Aluko masterfully working her way along the
end line and centering to
Amandi Cinalli.
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U.S. Women's National Team goalkeeper
Hope Solo turned in a stellar performance
for the visiting Saint Louis Athletica, who became the first visiting team to win at the Home Depot
Center on Wednesday night. With the 1-0 victory, Saint Louis stays in the hunt for the WPS regular
season championship.
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In a game that started at noon local time, the Los Angeles Sol's undefeated streak ended at home.
Saint Louis midfielder Amanda Cinalli got the only goal of the game in the 11th minute, with Hope
Solo needing four saves in the shutout. "The loss today is a small bump in our successful season,"
Sol coach Abner Rogers said.
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Today was one of the few home games I didn't attend at the Home Depot Center, and the No. 1
ranked LA Sol suffered a loss at the hands of the Saint Louis Athletica. Would the outcome have
been different had I been there? Probably not but I still feel a bit guilty.
Despite the loss, the Sol remain in first place the WPS standings at 11-2-4 (37 points), while
the Athletica tighten their grasp on second with a 23 points and 7-5-2 record.
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WPS Chief Operating Officer Mary Harvey got the crew together with pizza and soda to listen to
the Los Angeles Sol vs. Saint Louis Athletica on the audio broadcast. Tony Hubert, who's doing the
commentary, did mention I'd get a shout out on the radio... Tony I'm tuned in ;-)
Wanna know more?
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It's soccer moms and daughters day in Carson with the unusual kick off at noon at Home Depot
Center.
If the 11-1-4 Sol win today against the the 6-5-2 St. Louis Athletica they will host the WPS
final Aug. 22.
With five weeks left in the WPS regular season, the Los Angeles Sol have opened up a 17-point
lead in the WPS standings.
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It could happen, although it will take a combination of results from other games this
weekend.
Perhaps more interesting is the Sol gamble about the timing of its final regular season game:
essentially the club is betting it will draw more kids looking for something to do now school is
out at noon on a summer Wednesday after a holiday weekend than fans at a midweek evening game.
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The Los Angeles Sol added three points and four goals to the top of the Women's Professional Soccer
table, with Marta scoring two in the second half. Meanwhile, Saint Louis opened the scoring in the
second minute en route to their win over Sky Blue FC. Chicago 0 - Los Angeles 4 Bad game for the
Chicago Red Stars, who had no answer for the LA defense at the Home Depot Center.
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Confederations Cup: Spain - South Africa at 9am on ESPN2 and Brazil - USA at 2:30pm on ESPN.
SuperLiga on TeleFutura: New England - Atlas at 4:30pm and Kansas City - Santos at 6:30pm. WPS on
Fox Soccer Channel: Sky Blue FC - Saint Louis at 6pm. Colombian League on GolTV: Junior - Once
Caldas at 7pm. Mexico - Guatemala is on Telemundo at 8:30pm.
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Sol 4 Chicago Red Stars 0
Torrance's Shannon Boxx opened the scoring in the 14th minute, Camile Abily scored the second
five minutes later and Marta added the third and fourth goals in the second half.
The 10-1-4 league-leading Sol are undefeated in 10 games; the Red Stars are winless in nine
games.
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In the sweltering heat of Saint Louis where the temperature on the field was near 100 degrees,
the Wizards and Atlas ended in a scoreless draw, in a game that left alot to be desired for an
international competition.
Due to "scheduling conflicts" Kansas City traveled to Saint Louis to open their Superliga first
round in a game against Mexican First Division squad Atlas.
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Three clean sheets in Women's Professional Soccer over the weekend, with the Washington Freedom and
the Boston Breakers picking up road wins. Meanwhile, Marta scored her fifth goal of the season for
LA. Washington 1 - Saint Louis 0 Rebecca Moros' 83rd minute goal was the decider, as the Freedom
pick up the road win in front of 2,731 at Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park.
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Eniola Aluko scored the only goal in three games, giving Saint Louis Athletica three points. On
Saturday, Chicago, Washington, Los Angeles, and Sky Blue FC all ended up with a point. Chicago 0 -
Washington 0 On a hot and humid afternoon at RFK Stadium, Red Stars held up their undefeated road
record with eight saves from goalkeeper Caroline Jönsson.
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Confederations Cup on ESPN2: South Africa - Iraq at 10am and New Zealand - Spain at 2:30pm. MLS on
TeleFutura: Columbus - Chivas USA at 3pm. WPS on Fox soccer Channel: Boston - Saint Louis at 6pm.
Russian Premier League on Setanta: FC Moscow - CSKA Moscow at 6am and Rubin - Rostov at 9:15pm.
Uruguayan League on GolTV: River Plate - Liverpool and Juventud - Defensor Sporting at 2pm.
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After drawing with Chicago on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Sol put another game in the win column on
Sunday. Saint Louis Athletica joined them with a shutout of Sky Blue FC. Los Angeles 3 - Washington
1 Los Angeles took the lead in the 14th minute through Camille Abily and held it through halftime.
Washington answered back when Sonia Bompaster scored in the 58th, but the Sol responded quickly
with another goal from Abily in.
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