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from ESPNW: The Women's Professional Soccer league has folded after three seasons. "We sincerely regret having to take this course of action," said T. Fitz Johnson, Atlanta Beat owner and chairman of the WPS. The league had canceled the 2012 season in January, at the time hoping to return next year. But the remaining five owners announced in a ...

via Yahoo Five-time FIFA player of the year Marta will return to the Swedish league after three seasons in the WPS. Swedish club Tyreso on Wednesday presented the Brazilian star as its latest player at a news conference in Stockholm. Marta played three seasons in the U.S. Women’s Professional Soccer league. The WPS suspended the 2012 season ...

via WPS Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) announced today that its Board of Governors has voted to suspend the 2012 season to permit the League to focus on the resolution  of certain pending legal issues and  the challenges that now face the League as a result of its ongoing dispute with a former owner. "We are proud of what the League has ...

U.S. WNT forward Sydney Leroux was taken first in the 2012 WPS Draft by the Atlanta Beat on Jan. 13. US Soccer's cameras were there to follow her through the big day. Shouts out to Sydney going 1st in the draft. Looks like that cat from UCLA will be getting a free dinner. I like his style, I see you working Kelyn Rowe ... I need to see this dog ...

screen cap via wps.com/atlanta UCLA Forward Sydney Leroux joins Duke’s Andrew Wenger as #1 Pick Overall for the class of 2012 WPS and MLS drafts respectively. Leroux is a native of British Columbia who powered the UCLA attack from 2008-2011. She held three consecutive seasons as the Bruins’ leading scorer and finished with eight ...

WPS News - Board Of Govenors Terminate magicJack Franchise via ESPN WPS has decided it can go without owner Dan Borislow, who bought a majority stake in the Freedom from Hendricks, moved the team to South Florida, renamed it after his core product magicJack, stocked it with world-class players, and clashed with the league throughout a tempestuous ...

via WPS Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) announced today the appointment of Jennifer Pogorelec O'Sullivan as the League's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  The former Vice President of Legal & Labor Affairs for the Arena Football League (AFL) picks up where her WPS predecessor left off, leading the business and organizational aspects of the ...

Flash defeated the Philadelphia Independence 1-1 (5-4) "Following a summer-long battle for first place, the Western New York Flash and Philadelphia Independence remained inseparable through 120 minutes of soccer before the Flash prevailed 5-4 on penalties Saturday at Sahlen’s Stadium.  The Flash looked as if they would ride a Christine ...