The official announcement will come today, but the first three players on the St. Louis team in the new women’s league will be Lori Chalupny (we knew that was going to happen), goalkeeper Hope Solo and Tina Ellertson. While Chalupny…

The St. Louis team in WPS, the women’s professional league that starts next year, will announce on Wednesday that Jorge Barcellos, the coach of Brazilian women’s national team, will be their first coach and GM. There’s a story about it over…

Helped along by a key goal by Lori Chalupny just before the half, the United States came back from a 1-0 deficit to beat Japan 4-2 and advance to the Olympic final on Thursday (8 a.m., USA network) against new…

Ladue High’s Becky Sauerbrunn made her debut for the full women’s national team, starting in their match against Canada on Wednesday in China. The Americans won 4-0 and Sauerbrunn broke her nose, slamming it against the back of a Canadian player’s…