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The Notion News
Published 1/17/2008 by brucio at du Nord
... The Women's Professional Soccer league which is set to launch a year from now, has unveiled their website and league logo. Mia Hamm is the silhouette in that logo. ...

From WUSA to WPS
Published 1/17/2008 by SF at The Offside Rules
... The ladies game is due for it's professional return next year, and from the looks of it they've issued their opening statement by launching a website (hat-tip to ...

Welcome to Women's Professional Soccer
Published 1/17/2008 by Mike H at My Soccer Blog
... The long awaited top-level women's soccer league now has a name and a logo. As you can see in the title, the name is Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). It might not be the most exciting of names, but it does tell you exactly what it is. ...

Mia Hamm's silhouette immortalized
Published 1/18/2008 by The Beautiful Game at The Beautiful Game
She gets the Jerry West treatment, and becomes the logo of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) -- the latest ladies' league. "I am extremely honored and humbled to personify the WPS brand," Hamm said, "knowing full well that this league will be revered by generations of soccer fans around the world."Hamm is the perfect choice. Well done. Here's a link to the league's home page.

Cary leads fan voting for 8th WPS team
Published 1/23/2008 at Triangle Soccer Fanatics
... The 2nd coming of the WUSA unveiled their official name, logo, and website this week. The Women's Pro Soccer league is set to begin play in 2009 in Los Angeles, Dallas, St. Louis, Washington DC, Boston, New York/New Jersey, Chicago, and one other yet to be named city. ...

Peter Wilt on how to market soccer in America
Published 1/29/2008 by Tom Dunmore at Pitch Invasion
... On the website of the brand spanking new Women’s Professional League it says “Countdown to Kickoff: 430:05:19:21″. That’s too many numbers for me to comprehend, but it’ll be happening some time in the spring of 2009. The question is, will those running the league convince enough people to keep watching for it to survive longer than the previous women’s professional league? ...

Arsenal Ladies Do the Double
Published 5/6/2008 by Tom Dunmore at Pitch Invasion
... The launch of the new Women’s Professional Soccer league in the United States in 2009 might deal a further blow, at least in the short term, to women’s football in England. It is not hard to imagine that some of the best and most ambitious female players and coaches might jump ship to a fully professional team across the Atlantic. ...

Sweet Home Chicago: Red Stars Arrive
Published 6/4/2008 by Tom Dunmore at Pitch Invasion
... Then, as music from Chicago blared appropriately and confetti was fired in the air, the name and logo of the team was announced: the Chicago Red Stars, their logo derived from that Chicago city flag. They will begin play in April 2009. ...

Tidbits
Published 6/26/2008 by Bob (noreply@blogger.com) at The DCenters
... After the DCU v SJE match, the Washignton Freedom defeated the Richmond Kickers Destiny with 4 goals in the first half and one more in the second (Andrzejewski, Lindsey, Welsh, Andrzejewski, Jiminez). WPS (Women's Professional Soccer) is slated to begin next year. More specifically, from the WPS website, ...

Tales From The Inbox - July 12, 2008
Published 7/12/2008 by Apryl DeLancey (noreply@blogger.com) at Women Like Sports
... Women’s Professional Soccer: The WPS League has announced their post-Olympic timeline for player recruitment. The WPS teams will build rosters through allocations of the Women’s National Team, international player draft, combines, other League drafts, and local team tryouts. Check their ...

Tonya Antonucci Interview: Women’s Professional Soccer CEO
Published 7/25/2008 by Kartik Krishnaiyer at Soccerlens
... Soccerlens got the opportunity to talk to Tonya Antonucci, the CEO of Women’s Professional Soccer, about the new WPS league and the work that’s going on behind the scenes to get everything ready for April 2009. ...

WPS profiles Denise Reddy
Published 7/28/2008 at Sky Blue Soccer Blog
Check out www.womensprosoccer.com, specifically http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid3958.aspx for an insightful and interesting article on Sky Blue coach Denise Reddy.

EMA - Payback Sucks
Published 8/28/2008 by Dan Levy at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
... in this country. Just not this year. I joked the other day Carli Lloyd has nowhere to cash in on her gold medal, but it turns out she just might. There's going to be a team in NY/NJ (I love when pro leagues refuse to disrespect either fan base) that will actually be playing close to Philly in 2009. Then Philly gets their own team the next year. Hey, I have a young daughter, so I wouldn't be shocked if you see me there in two years. For now, you can look at the Women's Professional Soccer League's website with hopeful anticipation. ...

Charlie Naimo Named GM of L.A. Franchise
Published 9/4/2008 at Sky Blue Soccer Blog
... will serve him well in his new job. I credit Charlie with getting me involved with Sky Blue, and work that is very inspiring and exciting. "Cleats (as opposed to hats) off" to Charlie on the new position! Don't forget to get your tickets the the USA Women's Nat'l team vs. Ireland at Giants' Stadium on Sept. 17. Look for Sky Blue there, and come by and say hello.In other news, Pat Santo Pietro drew my attention to the interesting articles below. Also, check out the article on www.womensprosoccer.com, (the WPS website) with comments on the WPSL combine by ...

EXPANSION: St Louis MLS Name May Just Be "St Louis" (VIDEO)
Published 28 days ago by MLSR (noreply@blogger.com) at MLS Rumors - For the time between the games
... in the new Women's Professional Soccer league and the the organization behind St Louis's MLS Bid revealed the name and logo of the women's team. ...

They Can Play and They Try To Write: Athlete Blog Wrap-Up
Published 18 days ago by Jeff Briggs at RealClearSports - Blog
... responds to complaints about the "voodoo doll" comment she made during the Olympics Chris Cooley recaps the Skins vs. Cardinals game and his role in it. Over the weekend, Cooley fought off a wasps nest at his house. He also wrote about meeting with the other executive producer from his movie, "Ghosts Don't Exist." Soccer player Heather Mitts learns she will be playing for the Boston Breakers in the new Women's Professional Soccer league.

Brandi Chastain Headlines This Weekend's Edition of SBR
Published 15 days ago by Berger at Sports Business Radio blogs
... Now we see equal prize money for men and women at Wimbledon. We see female athletes like Danica Patrick and Candice Parker competing with the men and securing lucrative endorsement deals. And the Women's Professional Soccer league will launch next April after several years of planning and securing stable owners and league sponsors. ...

Tuesday Midday Links
Published 3 days ago by kzfone@gmail.com (kzfone) at Fang's Bites
... with the NFL on Fox and the Phillies on TBS. Keith Groller of the Allentown (PA) Morning Call writes in his column that the Eagles and Phillies gave Philadelphia sports fans a workout flipping back and forth between Fox and TBS. In his blog, Keith has some leftovers from his column. Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News reports that TBS is seeing a big downturn in the ratings for the League Division Series through Sunday. And Mike adds that the new Women's Professional Soccer league has signed a TV contract with Fox Soccer Channel. ...