The online site for WPS postseason award voting was down much of yesterday with some glitch, so voting has been extended through Monday. (You can find the link here.) In what may speak to the fan base in St. Louis,…
By Wednesday night, some of the Athletica players were headed to their year-round homes. Backup goalie Jillian Loyden was on her way back to New Jersey after the game. Lisa Stoia is headed back to West Virginia, to resume her duties as…
Fan voting is underway for the league’s postseason awards. You can do it here on the league website. Three of the seven finalists for MVP play for Athletica: Lori Chalupny, Hope Solo and Eniola Aluko. (Though if Marta doesn’t win, I’ll be…
In one of those announcements you could see coming, Athletica goalie Hope Solo was one of seven players added to the WPS All-Star team. In addition, the five players who finished next in voting were added to the team to…
St. Louis fans will recognize at least two players in the starting lineup on August 30, when the WPS All-Stars take on Swedish Club
Umeå IK at A-B Soccer Park in Fenton. Forward Eniola Aluko, midfielder Lori Chalupny and defender…
As the week beings, St. Louis, Chicago and New York are all tied for fifth — or for last, if you’re a glass half-empty type — in the WPS. New York — that would be Sky Blue FC — has…
As readers of this blog were first to report — your check is in the mail (just kidding) — Athletica is moving its games for the rest of the season to the Soccer Park in Fenton. The team finally announced…
U.S. Soccer announced two friendly matches for the U.S. women’s team, against Canada on July 19 in Rochester and again against Canada on July 22 in Charleston, S.C. Athletica has games on July 18 at Washington and then a game…
Back in 1996, I was working in Los Angeles and covered the first season of the L.A. Galaxy of MLS. On an amazing April night at the Rose Bowl, the Galaxy played their first game. They opened the doors and…
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…
