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…

Athletica coach Jorge Barcellos has told his forwards to be aggressive, to pressure defenders, and it paid off in a big way Wednesday when Eniola Aluko forced a turnover that led to the lone goal in a 1-0 win over…

Not surprisingly, Athletica backup goalie Jillian Loyden was named the WPS player of the week. (I say not surprisingly because a) I voted for her, so I know she had at least one vote, and b) because no player in…

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…

Athletica’s Lori Chalupny has won this week’s WPS player of the week award for her goal and general all-around play last weekend. (She got my vote.) She’s obviously the first Athletica player to take this honor; Daniela missed by one vote in…