The end of September was a time for WPS teams to make roster decisions for next year, and there are now a lot of players looking for new teams. The Athletica let 10 players go on Wednesday, leaving plenty of…

U.S. coach Pia Sundhage is calling in 26 players for a 12-day training camp in Carson, Calif., starting on Sept. 21. It’s the first post WPS camp, and she’ll be looking at players to take to Germany for a match on…

The expansion draft for Philadelphia and Atlanta is Sept. 15. All teams will loses two players, and some will lose three. Teams can protect 10 players in the first go round, then protect two more after they lose the first,…

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…

The Athletica season ended with a 1-0 loss to Sky Blue FC on Wednesday in the WPS semifinal. I’ll have more on Thursday, but here are some quick thoughts on the loss:

Would the Athletica have been better off playing Washington,…

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…

I was talking to U.S. women’s national team coach Pia Sundhage this morning for a story I’m doing and I asked her about the Athletica and if anyone outside the two regulars on the national team, Lori Chalupny and Hope Solo,…

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…

The Athletica go on the road and take three of four games over the course of a month, and when they get home, they still are in the thick of a race for second in the WPS.

The Athletica fell back…

We’re tight on space in the Thursday paper, so here’s a lot more on the Athletica win over Los Angeles than we can fit there.

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Everyone in the WPS knows the road to the championship game is going to go through…