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Friday Recap: WPS updates, Duke, Stanford advance
The drama continues to unfold in Women’s Professional Soccer’s quest to stay relevant – and even existent. But that has been slightly overshadowed by championship weekend in all three divisions of the NCAA. Stanford
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FIFA women’s executive backs WPS
An AP report released on Tuesday quoted Tatjana Haenni, head of women’s competitions for FIFA, as saying that Women’s Professional Soccer’s future is important to the future of women’s soccer around the globe. In
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WPS players push for USSF sanctioning
Women’s Professional Soccer players realize the implications of the league losing sanctioning from the United States Soccer Federation. Sunday’s introduction of a formal petition means WPS players are getting serious. And so is the
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WPS issues statement on sanctioning
Women’s Professional Soccer issued the following statement on Friday on its quest to be sanctioned by U.S. Soccer as a Division 1 league in 2012. The league will again require a waiver from the
Read More »WPS still seeking 2012 sanctioning
Just when you think things are looking up, reality smacks you in the face. Perhaps the proximity of the few journalists who regularly cover Women’s Professional Soccer skews our perception, but it seems like
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Sky Blue FC making early free agency splash
Sky Blue FC is the team making the early free agency splash in WPS with recent signings of Canadian goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc, Canadian defender Candace Chapman and Dutch striker Manon Melis. The 25-year-old Melis
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Mike Lyons: I left magicJack on my own terms
Mike Lyons, former magicJack and Sky Blue FC coach, recently shed some light on his experience with magicJack in Boca Raton, Fla. Lyons, who helped guide Sky Blue FC to the 2009 WPS title
Read More »WPS, magicJack break-up a potential growing point
And so it ends. We think, anyway. The 11-month blind date of a romance concluded on Tuesday when the WPS Board of Governors voted to terminate the magicJack franchise. The termination should serve as
Read More »WPS terminates magicJack franchise
One of sport’s most publicly turbulent relationships has ended. Women’s Professional Soccer announced on Thursday that the league’s board of governors voted on Tuesday to terminate the magicJack franchise. The news comes just one
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New WPS CEO talks 2012 vision
Jennifer Pogorelec O’Sullivan was recently appointed as WPS CEO, taking over for former CEO Anne-Marie Eileraas on September 26. O’Sullivan recently took the time to talk about how it has been settling into her
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