We've admittedly given short shrift to the fate of the WPS, which announced that it was suspending operations for 2012. Over the years, we had expressed cautious optimism about the league both on this site and elsewhere. The three year old league has definitely had some ups and downs in the last couple of years.

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Before I get too far into discussing the decision of WPS to cancel the 2012 season, let me say that my initial reaction when the news first broke was that I was simply gutted. Gutted for every fantastic person I've met covering the Independence and women's soccer in general.

Virginia Online Soccer News reached out to Dan Borislow, owner of the magicJack team that has been battling with the WPS since he purchased the former Washington Freedom club. Borislow is currently taking a lot of blame via social media outlets concerning his perceived role in today's announcement by the WPS that it will suspend the 2012 season.

The day after U.S. soccer fans celebrated the women's CONCACAF win and their Olympic qualification comes word that the WPS is on ice for the 2012 season.

Word began to filter out via players and bloggers on social networks like Twitter Monday morning, and the league officially made the announcement midday.

Becky Sauerbrunn, the former Washington Freedom player and University of Virginia product is teaming up with her former Freedom coach Jim Gabarra. According to a report by Sentinal, Sauerbrunn has been signed by Sky Blue FC of the WPS.
You can also follow Becky Sauerbrunn on Twitter: @beckysauerbrunn.

Becky Sauerbrunn, the former Washington Freedom player and University of Virginia product is teaming up with her former Freedom coach Jim Gabarra. According to a report by Sentinal, Sauerbrunn has been signed by Sky Blue FC of the WPS.
You can also follow Becky Sauerbrunn on Twitter: @beckysauerbrunn.

File this under "This can't be good" for D.C. United fans: MLS has survey to gauge interest in Baltimore Craig Stouffer Cheers & Jeers Washington Examiner
I would guess the only thing worse than losing the most championed team in MLS history would be to have them move about an hour away to a rival sports city.

By CALEB SONNELAND

Chelsea may not be bolting from Stamford Bridge for a new home after all.

The club came up short in its attempt to convince the necessary majority of the Chelsea Pitch Owners to sell back the stadium land that the club sold to the supporter-spearheaded group, and as a result, the club can't regain ownership of the entire grounds.

With the news just released today that the WPS has officially terminated the former Washington Freedom franchise now known as magicJack is their now a glimmer of hope for fans in the D.C. area that a return of the Freedom may be in the making?
Dan Borislow did respond to the Washington Post about the termination of his team: Read his response here
WPS Press Release:
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 26, 2011) – After careful consideration, the Board of Governors of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) voted on Tuesday to terminate the Boca Raton based magicJack franchise.

Last year D.C. United and Washington Freedom players helped raise awareness of the Let's Move campaign in Washington, D.C.
South Lawn Series Continues at White House | Oct. 13, 2010
The White House will be teaming up with professional soccer players again as Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) has announced six players will join First Lady Michelle Obama in hosting a Let's Move!

Last year D.C. United and Washington Freedom players helped raise awareness of the Let's Move campaign in Washington, D.C.
South Lawn Series Continues at White House | Oct. 13, 2010
The White House will be teaming up with professional soccer players again as Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) has announced six players will join First Lady Michelle Obama in hosting a Let's Move!

Brittany Bock -- Getty ImagesEclipse Select and W.N.Y. Flash Communications
Eclipse Select Soccer Club alumna, University of Notre Dame product and Naperville, Ill., native Brittany Bock is returning to the Western New York Flash for their 2012 Women's Professional Soccer season. Bock and the Flash won the 2011 WPS Championship on Aug.

The tragedy of 9/11 affected everyone differently, and especially being from New York and speaking first-hand as having friends and former teammates who passed away in the terrible tragedy, it certainly makes you step back and think of the things that are really important in your life.
John Hayden of the Washington Times writes of how 9/11 affected Major League Soccer 10 years ago.

I've written very little on the running feud between WPS and the Dan Borislow, owner of Magicjack (née Washington Freedom), but events just after my last piece on the uncertain future of women's pro soccer have rendered me past due. Beau Dure's post will bring you up to speed on how the troubles with magicJack and Borislow started and then expanded earlier in the year:

Borislow moved the team to South Florida and renamed it after his product, magicJack, the device that allows users to make phone calls over the Internet.

Do you ever wonder "What happened to the Washington Freedom?" Well, ever since Dan Borislow has taken over the team it has been what one could only describe as "strange" and "unbelievable" and the...
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Do you ever wonder "What happened to the Washington Freedom?" Well, ever since Dan Borislow has taken over the team it has been what one could only describe as "strange" and "unbelievable" and the...
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Once teamates for the Washington Freedom of the WPS, quarterfinal hero Abby Wambach is set to face her former Freedom teamate Sonia Bompastor as the USWNT battle France for the chance to advance to...
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By Ulysse Pasquier, writing from Paris

An entire country, in which "World Cup" was still synonymous with "controversy", is rediscovering football through the Women's World Cup. Reaching the semi finals of the tournament for the first time in their history, Les Bleues have enchanted France after beating England on penalties.

On Monday afternoon we tweeted about the fantastic overnight ratings for the USA/Brazil match on Sunday. The game drew a 2.6 rating, the highest figure since the 1999 Final. That entire tournament was based in the United States and had been heavily promoted by a wide array of media outlets including ESPN.

The quarterfinals of the WWC are starting this weekend and the US will play Brazil on Sunday at 11:30. The match will air on ESPN, Galavasion and ESPN3.com. Ian Darke will do the play by play for US audiences. The tournament has not made a significant impression on the US sports psyche. Although the games have been televised and promoted, this US team has not captured the imagination of the American public.

Former U.S. Women's national team star and Washington Freedom alumn Mia Hamm along with her husband Nomar Garciaparra are bringing their annual Celebrity Soccer Challange to Washington,...
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Group B encounters with the Ferns taking on the Nadeshiko. Look out for Japan with their midfield creativity in Aya Miyama and captain Homare Sawa.

Miyama played for the Los Angeles Sol and St Louis Athletica in the WPS before they folded up while Sawa is Abby Wambach's team mate in the Washington Freedom.

There is plenty of bad blood left over from the way Dan Borislow took the Washington Freedom away and the complete mess he has made of the once great franchise. Luckily fans of top level women's...
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Today following many issues dealing with magicJack owner Dan Borislow, theWomen's Professional Soccer league has released an official statement regarding the recent sanctions imposed on the former Washington Freedom franchise, now called magicJack.
WPS OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 14, 2011) -Warning the owner of the magicJack women's soccer club that it will not tolerate his contractual failures and disparaging statements, Women's Professional Soccer took action to ensure the team can meet obligations.

Today following many issues dealing with magicJack owner Dan Borislow, theWomen's Professional Soccer league has released an official statement regarding the recent sanctions imposed on the former Washington Freedom franchise, now called magicJack.
WPS OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 14, 2011) -Warning the owner of the magicJack women's soccer club that it will not tolerate his contractual failures and disparaging statements, Women's Professional Soccer took action to ensure the team can meet obligations.

Since being sold to Dan Borislow and turned into one of the sorriest excuses of a "professional sports franchise" in recent American sports history, the once proud Washington Freedom are now the...
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The Philadelphia Independence played their second game of the 2011 season which ended in a 2-1 defeat to magicJack on Sunday, May 1. The Indies went up early on a goal by Tina DiMartino in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, this was followed up by the goal by magicJack's Abby Wambach later in the first half.

After only four weeks of action the attendance figures for the WPS are looking very bleak.
Jenna Pel of AllWhiteKit.com is reporting that league wide average attendance this past week was only 1,987.
The former Washington Freedom franchise now known as magicJack is not helping those numbers at all.

After only four weeks of action the attendance figures for the WPS are looking very bleak.
Jenna Pel of AllWhiteKit.com is reporting that league wide average attendance this past week was only 1,987.
The former Washington Freedom franchise now known as magicJack is not helping those numbers at all.

By Pieter Brown - The little known South Florida WPS team magicJack SC took to the field in front of a reported 1,008 fans to beat Philadelphia Independence 2-1 this past Sunday.
Some Miami Ultras and Flight 19 members made the trip to FAU Soccer Stadium for the first time to see what this was all about.

D.C. United Women join USL W-League
Washington, D.C. (March 30, 2011) - D.C. United announced today the launch of D.C. United Women into the United Soccer Leagues (USL) W-League for the 2011 season. Under a partnership agreement with the Nothern Virginia Majestics, United Women will represent the Black-and-Red in the competitive Northeast Division of the league.

D.C. United Women join USL W-League
Washington, D.C. (March 30, 2011) - D.C. United announced today the launch of D.C. United Women into the United Soccer Leagues (USL) W-League for the 2011 season. Under a partnership agreement with the Nothern Virginia Majestics, United Women will represent the Black-and-Red in the competitive Northeast Division of the league.

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers continue to make noise in our community this time with a successful charity event where a large crowd helped raise money for the Red Cross relief efforts in Japan.

Stars of the ATP Tour in Miami to play the Sony Ericsson Open joined with the NASL's Fort Lauderdale Strikers to help raise funds and awareness for Japanese relief.

CHICAGO (March 15, 2011) – U.S. Women's National Team head coach Pia Sundhage has named a roster of 23 players to travel to the United Kingdom on March 21 in preparation for the USA's first match in England on April 2 at Brisbane Road in East London. The game will be televised live on ESPN2 at 3 p.

Hola muchachitas y muchachitos! Burrito want to tell you about his new love. Her name is Hope Solo and she gonna play in South Florida! Well, at least that's what SI.com say and Burrito believe anything they say cause they always have the swimsuit issue an if that no give you credibilitys then nothing will!

Hola muchachitas y muchachitos! Burrito want to tell you about his new love. Her name is Hope Solo and she gonna play in South Florida! Well, at least that's what SI.com say and Burrito believe anything they say cause they always have the swimsuit issue an if that no give you credibilitys then nothing will!

This week we start with MLS Miami expansion news as ESPN is reporting that MLS to Miami might be closer than we thought.

Talk is heating up that Beckham will, when his contract expires after this season, execute the clause in his contract that allows him to purchase an MLS expansion team, and that Miami is the best bet.

This week we start with MLS Miami expansion news as ESPN is reporting that MLS to Miami might be closer than we thought.

Talk is heating up that Beckham will, when his contract expires after this season, execute the clause in his contract that allows him to purchase an MLS expansion team, and that Miami is the best bet.

The schedule for the Philadelphia Independence 2011 campaign was released on Thursday.

Widener University's Leslie Quick Stadium, the new home of the club, will be the site of the home opener on Saturday, April 16 at 7pm.

Very affordable season tickets are available. Group tickets and flex plans are also available by calling 1-877-WPS-PHIL (1-877-977-7445).