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In what was shaping up the be one of the most promising seasons and competitive teams the Beat
had put on the field in recent years everything crashed to a grinding halt. On Monday, January
30th 2012 the league issued a statement to suspend the 2012 season citing the pending legal issues
with former magicJack team owner Dan Borislow.
When a politician suspends his or her campaign, it effectively means the end of the campaign. Even
if it is restarted, all of the momentum generated has been lost and almost impossible to recover.
Sports league operations are no different, and especially soccer leagues in the USA. So the news
today that Women's Professional Soccer has suspended operations for the 2012 season is very bad.
Another milestone was achieved this past weekend for women's professional soccer in the United
States, as the U.S. women's national team qualified for the Olympics.
Unfortunately for the players, they might not have a domestic season in which to prepare for the
Summer Games.
The owners of the five-team Women's Professional Soccer have voted to suspend the 2012 season,
citing the costs associated with the legal wranglings involving magicJack owner Dan Borislow as the
primary culprit. A formal announcement is set for Monday at 1pm ET.
In a league issued e-mail that was sent to the players on Monday morning, the owners attempted
to find a way to circumvent costs of the lawsuit, but ultimately, could not find a way.
The Breakers searched far and near to find its four newest recruits for the 2012 season during
Friday's WPS Draft.
Forwards Stephanie Ochs (San Diego), Courtney Jones (North Carolina) and Jessica Luscinski
(Boston University), along with defender Melinda Mercado (Oklahoma State), all had their names
called by the club at the Kansas City Convention Center.
By Charlie Corr
Eclipse Select staff
Eclipse Select Soccer Club alumna and former Notre Dame midfielder Jen Buczkowski is coming off a
successful third season within Women's Professional Soccer.
The 26-year-old Elk Grove, Ill., native was named to the 2011 WPS Best XI as voted by select media,
and her Philadelphia Independence advanced to the WPS title match, eventually falling to the
champion Western New York Flash.
By FRANCO PANIZO
David Villa may not be living up to expectations this season with Barcelona, but that doesn't
mean the club is in any rush to get rid of him.
Pep Guardiola spoke to reporters in Japan ahead of Barcelona's FIFA Club World Cup campaign and
said he has no intentions of disposing of Villa, who has been linked to several Premiership
clubs.
Having faced uncertainty about its future in recent weeks and months, WPS appears to have
avoided doomsday. At least for now.
WPS reportedly received conditional Division 1 sanctioning for 2012 from U.S. Soccer's board of
directors on Monday evening despite it only having five teams and the minimum for Division I status
typically being eight.
Women's soccer in America has encountered another setback. The top-tier female league in the
United States, Women's Professional Soccer, is facing a loss of sanctioning by the U.S. Soccer
Federation as a Division I league. Entering its fourth season, WPS "terminated" its Florida
franchise, magicJack, bringing the number of teams down from six to five in early November.
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.
Jen Buczkowski (right) -- Getty ImagesEclipse Select Soccer Club alumna and Philadelphia
Independence midfielder Jen Buczkowski was named to WPS's Best XI of 2011. The Elk Grove Village,
Ill., native and Notre Dame product started and played in 18 regular-season matches for
Philadelphia, and capped off her 2011 season with an appearance in the WPS Championship against the
title-winning Western New York Flash.
*Rolling Hills Estates' Whitney Engen was named today to the Women's Professional Soccer Best
XI, along with former LA Sol star Marta.
Engen is a defender for the Western New York Flash, which won the league title last weekend. She
was also earlier named WPS Defender of the Year.
Hermosa Beach resident Abby Wambach was also named to the WPS team.
Palos Verdes Estates' Christen Press (magicJack) was named Rookie of the Year, while Rolling
Hills Estates Whitney Engen (Western New York Flash) received the Defender of the Year honor in
Women's Professional Soccer.
Engen, 24, led the regular season champions to a 13-2-2 record and missed just one game (while
on national team duty) all season; Press, the reigning 2010 MAC Hermann trophy winner out of
Stanford, scored eight goals for magicJack - almost one-third of the team's total - and just two
behind former LA Sol striker Marta, who took the Golden Boot Award despite playing in just 14
games.
The Atlanta Beat will welcome home several stars of the Women's World Cup this Saturday July
23rd at KSU Soccer Stadium.
WPS Women's World Cup Heroes include:
ATLANTA BEAT: CARLI LLOYD (USA), HEATHER MITTS (USA), KELLY PARKER (Canada)
MAGICJACK: ABBY WAMBACH, HOPE SOLO, MEGAN RAPINOE, SHANNON BOXX,
CHRISTIE RAMPONE, BECKY SAUERBRUNN (ALL USA)
The game starts at 7 PM but the pre-game celebration begins at 6:45 PM.
*Staff Writer Phil Collin has the Galaxy-Columbus Crew game preview. The game is live at 7:30
p.m. on Prime.
Watch:
Click here for $10 tickets to the game.
*In the wake of the ratings success of the World Cup final, Los Angeles-based Fox Soccer Channel
has added to its schedule tonight's WPS game between Abby Wambach's magicJack and the Western New
York Flash, which is based in the Hermosa Beach resident's home town of Rochester.
PUMA has launched the 2011 edition of their anti-breast cancer initiative Project Pink. You can
find out more about it at the PUMA Project Pink and PUMA Women's Professional Soccer websites. Here
are PUMA athletes and USA Wpmen's National Team Players Tasha Kai and Leslie Osbourne along with
The Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev kicking [.
Over the past six weeks, I've been on the road a ton, so just a quick check in here as my
various digital/soccer journeys continue. In early March, I was in Washington D.C. where I met the
fine folks at DC United and saw RFK stadium. Then I was off to Seattle for MLS First Kick and some
QT with the Sounders digital team.
A Woman's Game is a post from: Just Football
A decline in prestige in the women's game in the US has coincided neatly with an upturn in
the women's game in Europe, writes Ryan Keaney:
Women's football in America is forced to live with a rather depressing
notion.
Dynamo's Hunter Freeman The Houston Dynamo took on the New England Revolution in the last match of
the Atlanta Pro Soccer Challenge. I had high hopes for this match because the Revolution were not
very good in their opening match against the Columbus Crew. The Dynamo, on the other hand, played
at an extremely fast pace and barely lost to the Crew 1-0.
Above: In 2009, Kat (left) was the winner of Hope Solo Sister One Limited Edition sneakers.
Check out the story. (Source: Nike Women)
The Women's Professional Soccer season is drawing near... Coaches are solidifying their rosters,
General Managers are prepping their staffs for the season and the WPS league office is putting
final touches on the 2011 Schedule (due out this week according to @womensprosoccer).
Posted by Jared Montz
Image via WPS Howard C. Smith/ISIPhotos.com
Yesterday Women's Professional Soccer unveiled their 2011 uniforms by league sponsor Puma.
Always an exciting time for players and fans to see their new gear! To see more pics and read
about the gear click here.
Westford, MA & New York City, NY (February 3, 2011) – Sportlifestyle brand PUMA® kicked off the
2011 women's soccer season during a launch event today, celebrating this 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.
*According to several different sources, former D.C. United Coach Curt Onalfo is replacing Cobi
Jones as an assistant coach at the Galaxy. There's been no confirmation from the Galaxy and no
reply to an e-mail inquiry I made this morning.
*Pasadena City College product Yura Movsisyan looks to be headed to a Russian team from his
current Danish club.
Photo by Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com
By AVI CREDITOR
The Philadelphia Union's goalkeeping corps is down to a 39-year-old veteran and a 19-year-old
rookie.
The team elected to waive Brad Knighton Tuesday, parting ways with the 25-year-old netminder who
started eight games in the club's inaugural season.
Just this week, Brazilian player Marta was awarded the FIFA Player of the Year award for the 5th
consecutive year. As the soccer's number one female athlete, her career is still without
obstacles.
After joining the Women's Professional Soccer league from Sweden, her club the L.A. Sol folded
after one season.
