The 2012 season of the WPS was cancelled today. The question hanging in the air is whether this is the death of the league (like the previous WUSA), or if this is an opportunity for the league to experience a successful rebirth?
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It’s been pretty obvious that the WPS, the top-tier women’s soccer league in the U.S., has been hanging on by its fingernails for a couple of seasons. While the business model is sounder than the previous WUSA, that doesn’t mean it might not meet the same fate.
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How to determine winners in multi-team leagues is always difficult. Someone is bound to be irked.
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I’ve been a women’s sports fan since the 70s. I’ve also been annoyed by the misogyny of media, politicians, and even religions toward these sports. If the playing field is never going to be level, then maybe the ladies should change the rules of the game.
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On May 7, WPS Commissioner Tonya Antonucci announced a 1-game suspension for both Abby Wambach and Kia McNeill for actions in a game played on May 3. Did the punishments fit the actions on the field?
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After too long an absence, the always entertaining women of soccer return to the professional pitch for the first time since the WUSA folded. Yes, it’s time for Women’s Processional Soccer (WPS).
Read more...On Monday, October 6, 2008, the Women’s Professional Soccer league (WPS) held its general draft for players not yet selected in the WNT player allocation or the International Player Draft. Here are the picks.
Read more...Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) has announced that it has a deal in place with Fox Soccer Channel (FSC) to air a live game of the week on Sunday nights starting in 2009, the WPS’s inaugural season.
Read more...Here are the results of the Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) drafting of negotiating rights for international players in preparation for the league’s inaugural season in 2009.
Read more...The new WPS (Women’s Professional Soccer) issued its player allocations from the United States women’s national team (WNT). The seven inaugural teams of the league will each be assigned three players. Here is the list and some comments:
Read more...After many years of work and restructuring, and hot on the heels of the USA’s win over Brazil in the 2008 Olympic Games, a new women’s soccer league in the United States is about to spring forth: the WPS (Women’s Professional Soccer). If history is any indicator, the play will be exciting and the players entertaining.
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