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…

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…

Athletica forward Eniola Aluko is in Europe right now for England’s game against Iceland on Thursday, but after the game, she will to Washington and join the team for Saturday’s game against the Freedom. England is also supposed to play Denmark…

Free Kicks has invited members of St. Louis Athletica to share their thoughts as the season goes on, and we’ll have their guest blogs here on the site throughout the season. The current plan is that all of these will…

Athletica coach Jorge Barcellos has decided to start Melissa Tancredi and Eniola Aluko at forward for tonight’s game, sitting Kerri Hanks, who started the first three games. Making her first start for Athletica will be Francielle, who’s in for Niki…

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…

Lori Chalupny, Hope Solo and Angie Woznuk of Athletica were chosen for the 18-player team the United States will take to Portugal for the Algarve Cup. In non-Olympic or World Cup years, Algarve is the biggest tournament in women’s soccer,…