08.19.2009 11:33 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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,…
08.06.2009 5:01 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
When Athletica has scrimmaged against boys teams this year, I’m told one of the things the boys like most is to be able to say they scored on Hope Solo. Now, you have that chance. On this very website, we now…
07.21.2009 10:22 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
FENTON — Two surprises out on the field this morning as the Athletica practice at the Soccer Park: Lori Chalupny and Melissa Tancredi are on the field.
Lori’s back because her grandfather, who was one of her biggest fans, died and she’s…
07.19.2009 10:28 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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…
07.01.2009 11:26 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
It may not have been as stunning as Chicago scoring twice — twice!! — but the Red Stars 2-1 win over Washington on Wednesday night marked the first time a WPS team had fallen behind and come back to win.
A…
06.25.2009 12:35 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
After the game last night, I was talking to Sol coach Abner Rogers. “They’re a good team,” he said. “They’ll bounce back and they’re definitely going to cause problems.”
The Athletica are now past the halfway point of the WPS season,…
06.22.2009 1:39 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
When the dust settled on a disappointing weekend for the Athletica, the team had dropped into fourth place, but just two behind second place Washington and with a game in hand.
The downside of that game in hand is that as…
06.15.2009 4:02 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
As part of our ongoing series of guest blogs from members of the St. Louis Athletica, today we hear from defender/forward Melissa Tancredi, who is out with an injury and didn’t make the trip to Boston for Sunday’s game.
Here’s Melissa’s…
06.14.2009 9:31 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
After a slow start that left them in last place and without a goal after three games, the Athletica moved into sole possession of second place with a 1-0 win over Boston on Sunday.
The Athletica are still 11 points behind…
06.09.2009 1:19 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Paul Rogers, who is the goalie coach for Florida State women’s soccer team, has joined Athletica as the team’s goalie coach. He worked as Canada’s goalie coach at the Olympics last year and has been at Louisville. He has also…