In a huge mid-week game tonight in Maryland, Washington’s Abby Wambach scored the first goal against Boston in four games and made it hold up for a 1-0 win that puts the Freedom right into the thick of things for…

The Brazilian midfielder who was expected to be out for the season after suffering a knee injury in the team’s fourth game of the season is back on the practice field. At A-B Park in Fenton this evening, she played…

SLU’s soccer schedule, which will be announced in the next few days, doesn’t have the brand names SLU usually has, like Indiana or Connecticut, but it still has some high quality nonconference opponents, such as Akron, which was seventh in the…

I believe I wrote a few days ago that America’s fluke arrival in the Confederations Cup semifinals — a 3-0 win over Egypt, a 3-0 win by Brazil over Italy — meant that the United States would be playing South…

Athletica beat Missouri 7-2 in a scrimmage at the Scott Gallagher facility in Creve Coeur on Monday. It was the first chance for some of the national team types — specifically Lori Chalupny and Angie Woznuk — to hit the…

USA Today’s Beau Dure looks at the MLS expansion situation – I don’t think there’s anything new here — but the most relevant comment is from Commissioner Don Garber, who says:

“We still have a goal of announcing our expansion teams…

Jeff Cooper has always thought he’ll get an MLS expansion team for St. Louis, so the news of Miami dropping out of the race was interesting, but didn’t change his take on the situation.

“Obviously I’ve always felt good about where…

St. Louis Athletica, four days into practice, finally announced its first signing on Wednesday, agreeing to a deal with national team defender and St. Louis native Lori Chalupny. Not that there was a lot of suspense.

“Finally,” Chalupny said with a…

Here’s the official release from MLS about Miami dropping out. I’m sure the Miami paper will have more  on Wednesday, and it will be interesting to see what they say there. In any case, the four expansion candidates are now…

Prior to heading off to Portugal for the Algarve Cup, Lori Chalupny and Hope Solo debuted Athletica’s jerseys at a fashion show in New York. (Stills may not do justice to how Chalupny looked on the runway.) The U.S. team,…