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Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:30:00 GMT en-us http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/columnist/100205-lauletta-new-horizons.aspx http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/columnist/100205-lauletta-new-horizons.aspx Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT Karina LeBlanc laughed and said she never expected to find herself part of a soccer draft in which she would be selected ahead of Marta.  Brittany Bock laughed when reminded of a conference call nearly a year ago when she was mostly ignored by reporters who preferred querying Marta and head coach Abner Rogers. “She’s such an amazing player, and not only that but she’s such a humble... http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/press_releases/100104-dispersal-draft-results.aspx http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/press_releases/100104-dispersal-draft-results.aspx Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:57:00 GMT Four-time FIFA Player of the Year Marta to Stay in California with FC Gold Pride SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 4, 2010) – Women’s Professional Soccer held its dispersal draft today for players’ rights previously held by the Los Angeles Sol, whose operations were discontinued last Thursday, January 28. Saint Louis Athletica, which traded several... http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/general/100104-pre-dispersal.aspx http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/general/100104-pre-dispersal.aspx Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:11:00 GMT Today’s Dispersal Draft is set to begin at 1pm Eastern and could last up to one or two hours. Please check back for complete draft results or go to the league’s Twitter page at www.twitter.com/womensprosoccer where the full list of selections will be tweeted out upon the conclusion of the draft. A news release of today’s draft will follow online shortly after. DRAFT ORDER... http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/columnist/100203-dispersal-draft.aspx http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/columnist/100203-dispersal-draft.aspx Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:54:00 GMT From the ruins of the Los Angeles Sol rises the WPS Dispersal Draft, a bittersweet exercise in which the now eight WPS clubs will add players from the Sol roster.  “It’s a bonus,” Emma Hayes said of the extra player(s) her Chicago Red Stars will get, but added, “I won’t lie, I hate the thought of it.  I really hoped LA would have made it.”  Unlike the college draft three weeks ago, Hayes... http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/press_releases/100202-schedule-parameters.aspx http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/press_releases/100202-schedule-parameters.aspx Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:41:00 GMT 24-game Regular Season and WPS Playoffs to Run April 10-September 26 SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 2, 2010) – Women’s Professional Soccer has finalized the dates of its 2010 WPS Season schedule. In 2010, the league will expand from a 20-game regular season schedule played in 2009 to a 24-game schedule in which each of the eight WPS teams will... http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/press_releases/100209-white-house http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/press_releases/100209-white-house Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:41:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 9, 2010) – Women’s Professional Soccer was represented today in Washington D.C. by Washington Freedom Goalkeeper Briana Scurry, who took part in the kick-off ceremony for the First Lady’s formal unveiling of a nationwide campaign to address the serious epidemic of childhood obesity. For the first time ever, the First Lady will set a national goal of solving the... http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/general/100202-stl-atl-trade.aspx http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/general/100202-stl-atl-trade.aspx Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:07:00 GMT (Feb. 2, 2010) - Saint Louis Athletica announced Tuesday that they have acquired the first pick in the February 4th Los Angeles Sol dispersal draft from the Atlanta Beat. Saint Louis will send defender Kia McNeill, midfielder Angie (Woznuk) Kerr, the rights to its third round draft choice in the 2010 WPS Draft, Amanda Poach, and Athletica’s second round choice in the... http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/press_releases/100128-sol-discontinues http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/press_releases/100128-sol-discontinues Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:26:00 GMT Dispersal Draft Scheduled for Next Week SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 28, 2009) – After several weeks of negotiations with a potential new ownership group fell through at the last minute, Women’s Professional Soccer discontinued operations of the Los Angeles Sol on Thursday. The rights to the 19 players currently held by the Sol will be dispersed during a special draft for... http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/spotlight/100128-loyden.aspx http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/spotlight/100128-loyden.aspx Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:56:00 GMT Jill Loyden insists that, had she remained Hope Solo’s understudy in St. Louis, it would have been just fine with her.  The 24 year old was one of three backup goalkeepers coveted by WPS’s two expansion clubs.  But when Philadelphia acquired Val Henderson from Los Angeles and Allison Whitworth was traded to Atlanta, it looked like Loyden would remain with Athletica for at least one more... http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/off_the_field/091214-akers http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/off_the_field/091214-akers Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:48:00 GMT All Proceeds Will Go to Help Rebuild Flooded Horse Rescue Farm of Soccer Great San Francisco, CA (January 27, 2009) –  As previously announced, Women’s Professional Soccer is auctioning off game day items from its Inaugural Season to benefit the Michelle Akers Horse Rescue (MAHR), a farm founded by soccer legend Michelle Akers to protect, heal, and provide a happy...