Temryss Lane Beyond The Pitch

Our female Futbolr Temryss Lane was interviewed by Beyond The Pitch Radio and spoke on her take of the complications with the WPS. She also spoke about her new project with Nike called N7 which deals with the empowerment of the Native American & Aboriginal communities through sport.

Game On

words by Ana Raya

The answer that every WPS fan was waiting for came as an early Christmas present this month as The U.S. Soccer Board of Directors approved the Women’s Professional Soccer league to continue its fourth season in 2012, with five active teams. The approval came with certain conditions that are related to the league’s expansion in the future years.

The power of the social media showed US Soccer the tremendous amount of support from fans around the world. Over 50 thousand people signed the petition to let their voice be heard and US Soccer listened.

Now the fourth season is around the corner and will begin in April 2012, Atlanta Beat, Boston Breakers, Philadelphia Independence, Sky Blue FC and Western NY Flash will battle it out in a five-month schedule.

The next step in helping this league grow is attending these games. It’s not enough to sign a petition, it’s not enough to tweet your favorite players, and it’s not enough to read articles on WPS. What will help this league expand and stay alive is for you to buy tickets and be a witness to the beautiful games these ladies showcase on a weekly basis. The best players around the world are here in your backyard, all you have to do is dedicate 90 minutes of your life per week and I guarantee you, you will not be disappointed. When the players reach the field and they look out to the stands, they are looking for you. You are who they perform for, you are who they play their hearts out for, you are who they sacrifice family and special events for, you are who they leave everything on the field for. You are who they look forward to seeing, You are who they play for, NOW the time has come for YOU to be there for them.

Please help this league grow and show up for the games. Thank you.

Today is the day you help save WPS!

For 3 years Womens Professional Soccer has been showcasing the best female soccer players under one roof here in the US. For young girls across the country, this league not only provided great role models to follow but also provided a dream. A dream to someday become a professional soccer player and follow the footsteps of Abby Wambach, Hope Solo or Alex Morgan to name a few. Today, this dream may be crushed as WPS finds itself in crisis. U.S soccer requires all professional leagues to have a minimum of 8 teams in the league. Last year, WPS applied for a waiver from U.S Soccer to retain its status as a Division 1 professional league playing only with 6 teams. U.S Soccer agreed. This year, WPS has again applied for a waiver but only has 5 teams in the league, (Atlanta Beat, Boston Breakers, Sky Blue FC, Philadelphia Independence and the 2011 Champion: Western NY Flash. The final decision from U.S Soccer is set to be revieled this Tuesday December 6th. If you are wondering what happened with the 6th team: Magicjack, The league decided to terminate the team due to turmoil with its owner Dan Borislow. Now, the league is fighting for its survival and all we can do is wait for U.S Soccer to determine whether the waiver has been granted.

Alex Sahlen, Western NY Flash club’s president started a petition to present to U.S Soccer. Last Monday it had 3,000 signatures, now it has over 40,000 thousand signatures, from WPS players, Pro Soccer players around the world to little girls holding on to their dream. With your help, we can make this dream come true for the next generation of female professional soccer players. Today is the day you stand up for women soccer and let the world know, women professional soccer is here to stay for good. Today is the day you put women soccer players on a pedestal and give them the recognition they deserve. Today is the day you help save WPS!
Please sign petition http://www.change.org/petitions/support-womens-professional-soccer-wps-remaining-a-sanctioned-league



WPS blog written by Ana Raya

Off The Cheney

This weekend, could have been a completely devastating one for the US National Soccer, but Lauren Cheney decided to even things out with this brilliant 40 yard strike in the 92nd minute to break the stalemate versus Mexico in a WWC warm-up match. Pure Class!