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The 16th week of WPS kicked off with two mid-week  game as the City of Brotherly Love Independence hosted the Windy City Red star while the round hosted the Washington Freedom. Amy Rodriguez continued to be on fire as she light-emitting diode Philly to a 3-0 win and the round discomfited the freedom 3-2. The weekend action started with the freedom traveling to Hub of the Universe as they hide to the surf 3-1. On Sunday, Windy City continued their road trip as they took sky Blue FC down 2-1. and the beat and FC gold Pride played to a scoreless draw.

In the 12th min of the Philly-Chicago match, Amy Rodriguez scored first for Philly. Lori Lindsey stole the ball in the midfield and played a through ball to Rodriguez who then shot far post to beat Jillian Loyden who was a bit out of position In the 26th minute, Nikki Krzysik started the counter attack that light-emitting diode to Philly’s second end She slid to kick a long base on balls up the field to find Rodriguez, who with her velocity beat two shielder and chipped the ball over Loyden and into the end In the 55th minute, Rodriguez also took part in the third end but this time she assisted information technology She curled a pass interior the box which Caroline Seger calmly volleyed past Loyden to secure the skunk win.

The beat turn on in capital of Georgia The freedom lost 3-2 on Midweek night as Monica Ocampo score the game-winning end for the beat in the final min of the game The capital of Georgia beat scored first in the 20th minute Aya Miyama played a long ball into space for Johanna Kund Johan Victor Rasmussen who chipped a perfect shot over Ashlyn Townsend Harris to the far side netting to make it 1-0. 20 min later, the freedom equalized. After Kia McNeil failed to clear a pass into the penalisation area, Abby Wambach pounced on it to keep the play alive. She played a low cross to Homare Sawa who played it across to Nikki Marshall. hope Solo got a hand on information technology but couldn’t deflect it away from end and it was 1-1. In the 44th minute, Tina Ellertson cause a penalty boot and earned a yellow card. hope Solo tipped Sonia Bomastor’s boot over the taproom In the 64th minute, the freedom took the  atomic number 82 when Wambach crossed the ball to an unmarked Sarah Huffman who finished off the play in the back station In the 67th minute, McCall Zzerboni played a ball over the freedom Backline to Ocampo who went 1v1 with Harris and buried her shot for the equaliser In the 88th minute, Miyama passed a through ball to Ocampo, who received the pass, cut around a defender, and blasted a shot to the roof off the net to win the game.

The Hub of the Universe Breakers, in pink, got on the board first as they defeated the Washington Freedom 3-1. In the 20th minute, Amy LePeilbet took a free kick which Jordan River River Angeli headed and was going wide. Emmett Kelly Smith came through at the last second to deflect to ball into end In the 56th minute, Cheney was fight for a ball that she ended up kicking off a defender’s leg and fell to Jordan River Angeli who capitalized to make it 2-1. Lene Mykjaland sent a cross to Abby Wambach who sen a header into end in the 67th minute. hexad minutes before play ended, Amy LePeilbet blasted a low shot on target, and the recoil was knocked into the end by Lauren Cheney.

The WPS game of the week was the one between first-placed FC gold Pride and the last-placed capital of Georgia beat and although fan watched a scoreless game on FSC, they had to be entertained throughout the full 90. Six minutes in, Aya Miyama played a ball to Eniola Aluko whose shot was saved by Nicole Barnhart. In the 25th min Kelley O’Hara took a shot on hope Solo who didn’t go the ball, but was saved by her best friend, the station In the 42nd minute, Kelley O’Hara had another clear chance, but hope Solo came up big saving her header at the last min and then pouncing on the recoil before Tiffany Milbrett got to IT In the 61st minute, ramona Bachmann laid off a pass to Lori Chalupny whose low shot was saved by Barnhart. Just  a few second later, Shannon Boxx headed down a pass and shot a half-volley to the end but hope Solo made a huge diving event save to deflect the ball away. The recoil was crossed interior the six-yard box and Milbrett got a foot on it, but her shot went off the crossbar In the 75th minute, James Whitcomb Riley could not run after pain her hip on a previously play, and let Ocampo take a shot that went just over the taproom James Whitcomb Riley was subbed out after that. In the 78th, Ocampo crossed the ball to Bachman whose shot went slowly rolling just wide of the far station In the 89th, Sinclair blasted a cross from Milbrett straight person off the crossbar.

Chicago took an early atomic number 82 on sky Blue FC on Sunday as Karenic Carney passed the ball to Ella Masar who chipped the ball over Jenni Branam, who was playing in her first WPS this year coming back from a broken kneepan The second end came way later in the 60th min as Marian Dalmy played a through ball to Caren Carney who scored her first goal this year. sky Blue was able to get a late end in stoppage time from Bretagne Taylor. Windy City walked away win the trey point after two disappointing game the previous week.

Next week:

• Philadelphia independency @ Washington Freedom:Wednesday, 7:30 postmortem examination ET
• Atlanta beat @ Hub of the Universe Breakers: Wednesday, 7:00 postmortem examination ET
• Sky blueness FC @ capital of Georgia Beat: Saturday, 7:00 postmortem examination ET
• Chicago Red Stars @ FC gold Pride: Saturday, 10:oo postmortem examination ET
• Boston surf @ City of Brotherly Love Independence: Sunday, octonary postmortem examination ET, live on FSC

If there’s one thing I’ve learned this season is that you really can use “anything can happen” in WPS. The Bean Town Breakers got their first win since Week 1 against the City of Brotherly Love Independence after going down 1-0.  They came back to win 2-1.

FC gold Pride faced a greatly improved capital of Georgia Beat, but still managed to dominate them, to put it nicely. And The freedom and Windy City Red star ended their engagement in a scoreless draw.

The first game of the week was FC gold Pride at Atlanta Christine Sinclair, with the help of Marta, opened the marking in the first minute of the friction lucifer to put pridefulness on top and set a new record for fastest end in the league after blasting a shot past hope Solo. In the 30th min Marta, with her speed, round her guardian to a long walk from Emmett Kelly O’Hara. Marta faked the guardian and solo out with a postiche shot, pulled the ball back to herself and unleashed a shot to the crossbar and into the end Four minutes later, Kia McNeil was sent off the friction match after trying to kicking the ball into the end flying in the air, and kicking Barnhart instead, departure the round a man down for the residual of the game “I came out for the ball and I didn’t really see her coming” said Barnhart of the collision “But she did come in cleats up and got me pretty good.  It trauma when it happened but I’ll be ok.” In the 78th minute, Barnhart herself got an assist releasing a long punt, which Marta ran into, went one-on-one with Solo and beat her for her second end of the 24-hour interval In stop time Kelley O’Hara. from Fayetteville, GA, added her own end to make it 4-0. This support the pridefulness in first place with 25 points. and the round in 7th place with 6 points.

The Washington freedom and Windy City Red star played to a scoreless draw with plenty of chances. Erin McLeod, netkeeper for the Freedom, made 10 save to keep a shutout, while Jillian Loyden for the Red Stars made only 3. Windy City outshot the freedom 23-5. “Chicago played smart They played well and took vantage of our weariness and played the quick ball which worked against us,” said McLeod. who made ten save to earn her third skunk of the season “One thing we can take away was that we played hard the whole game We have had the disposition to give up the late end and we didn’t today I’m proud of the back line.” The first dangerous play, which came in the 18th minute, was a result of a walk from Cristiane to Ella Masar who shot the ball high from fifteen pace out for Windy City In the 35th minute, Allie Long fouled Megan Rapinoe, and Marian Dalmy took the free kicking for Chicago only to be punched over the taproom by McLeod. The chance were there for Chicago, but couldn’t get past McLeod, and the freedom were just a tired team with key participant having played trine game in a week, and were happy to have earned a point out of that friction match up.

Finally, the Bean Town Breakers were able to interruption a 9-game winless run since the first week of the season when they discomfited the freedom 2-1. On July 4th, the breakers defeated the City of Brotherly Love Independence twenty-one in a 2nd half rejoinder Amy Rodriguez scored the first goal of the night after receiving a walk fro Lianna Sanderson in the box, faking a defender out, and volleying a shot past Alyssa Naeher into the top left corner of the end in the 18th minute. A minute into the second half, Lauren Cheney equalized with her second end of the season, and her second since the season opener as well She received a cross and sent the ball over Karina LeBlanc, who was coming out to take the ball After about 40 minutes, Kristine Lilly came through for the Breakers, scoring the game-winner. Kelly Smith slotted a past to the right side of the penalization area, and Lilly sent the shot past an oncoming LeBlanc to give her squad the win Both team stay in the same muscae volitantes in the standings. Philly is now just quaternary point away from first place, while the breakers are in 6th place with 10 points, just quaternary ahead of the Beat.

Next week is…busy!

• Atlanta round @ Chicago Red Stars, Wednesday, 8:30 PM ET
• Washington freedom @ sky Blue FC, Wednesday, septet PM ET
• Sky blueness @ Chicago, Saturday, septet m ET
• Beat @ Bean Town Breakers, Sunday, VI PM ET
• Freedom @ FC God Pride, Sunday, VI PM ET on FSC

The starting card for the 2010 WPS All-Star game presented by United States seashore guard Reserve were selected Mon evening in front of a vocal and boisterous crowd at the WPS All-Star choice ‘Em event in downtown Atlanta. The WPS All-Star Game, which yield place Wednesday at KSU soccer Stadium in Kennesaw, Ga., employ . unique data formatting with the 11 starter chosen for each squad from among the top 22 highest vote-getters in the All-Star vote at a choice ‘em event for fans.

The event, which began with opening remark from WPS commissioner Tonya Antonucci and was hosted by Fox soccer Channel colour analyst Jenn Hildreth, included anxious moment for player as they awaited their squad option in front of a live audience. Each choice was followed by boisterous applause and the exhilaration of being named as a member of on. of the two All-Star squads with high-fives and squad cheer to go around.

The top two vote-getters in 2010 WPS All-Star voting, the Washington Freedom’s Abby Wambach and FC gold Pride’s Marta, served as squad captain and selected the residual of their squad in consultation with the All-Star head coaches. Wambach chose “Abby XI” with Philadelphia independence Head coach Alice Paul Riley, while Marta chose “Marta XI” with FC gold Pride Head manager Albertin Montoya. As the top vote-getter, Abby XI had the first choice and selected capital of Georgia Beat goalkeeper hope Solo. Each side had only 30 second to make the selection.

Marta and head manager Montoya followed with the option of netminder Karenic Bardsley . That was followed by the selection of shielder including 2009 WPS guardian of the Year Amy LePeilbet from the Beantown Breakers as the third choice The manager and captain went through shielder and midfielders sequentially before getting to forwards, in a option order that had the puff of some backroom collusion by coach and captains.

But the exhilaration of two of the best women’s squad ever assembled – 34 of the world’s best player in total – facing off against each other was enough to get the competitive juice flowing for each side The two coach even discussed a trade towards the end of the even that was ultimately jeered by player who wanted to stay on the squad to which they had been selected out of loyalty.

“We’re excited. Obviously both team are very talented and it’s going to be entertaining, and that’s how it should be,” said Marta XI coach Montoya. “Hopefully both team will put on a good show for the fans. And with player like this, how can we not?”

“The amount of gift that will be in our storage locker room tomorrow and Midweek is fantastic. Obviously we only have one pattern … it’s just a matter of natural ability: let them go, axial rotation the ball out there, axial rotation the die and see what happens,” said Abby XI head coach Riley “It’s an amazing amount of gift on this team, me and Abby just looked at each other and at the list and it really doesn’t matter who you choice We have some fabulous player so hopefully they clink together and have a great game.”

At the end of the event, Riley held up a hand-written sign that read Abby 11 – 7, Marta XI – fin The challenge was on. Even Marta, who rarely break out the English in front of a big crowd announced: “I want to wish good luck to my team!”

The All-Star reserves were divided between Abby XI and Marta XI prior to the selection ‘Em Event.  reserves Caroline Seger of the Philadelphia Independence and Kate Markgraf of the Windy City Red star were late abrasion due to trauma and not replaced. television coverage of the 2010 WPS All-Star game presented by United States Coast guard Reserve Menachem Begin Wednesday, June 30 at 7:30pm ET on Fox soccer Channel and will also be webcast at womensprosoccer.com and streamed to iPhones.

Abby 11
Starters
#1 – hope Solo, GK, capital of Georgia Beat
#3 – Amy LePeilbet, D, Beantown Breakers
#6 – Lori Lindsey, M, Philadelphia Independence
#7 – Claude E. Shannon Boxx, M, FC gold Pride
#8 – Tina Ellertson, D, capital of Georgia Beat
#9 – Eniola Aluko, F, capital of Georgia Beat
#10 – Scots heather O’Reilly, M, sky Blue FC
#11 – Lauren Cheney, F, Beantown Breakers
#17 – Lori Chalupny, M, capital of Georgia Beat
#20 – Abby Wambach, F, Washington Freedom
#84 – true cat Whitehill, D, Washington Freedom

Reserves
#4 – Angie Kerr, M, capital of Georgia Beat
#14 – Karenic Carney, M, Windy City Red Stars
#19 – Kelley O’Hara, F, FC gold Pride
#21 – Laura Kalmari, M, sky Blue FC
#66 – Tasha Kai, F, sky Blue FC
#85 – Jillian Loyden, GK, Windy City Red Stars
Kate Markgraf, D, Chicago Red star

Marta 11
Starters
#1 – Karenic Bardsley, GK, sky Blue FC
#3 – Allison Falk, D, Philadelphia Independence
#4 – Rachel Buehler, D, FC gold Pride
#7 – Weary Willie Smith, M, Beantown Breakers
#8 – Sonia Bompastor, M, Washington Freedom
#9 – ramona Bachmann, F, capital of Georgia Beat
#10 – Marta, F, FC gold Pride
#12 – Christine Sinclair, F, FC gold Pride
#13 – Kristine Lilly, M, Beantown Breakers
#14 – Breiz Taylor, D, sky Blue FC
#24 – Aya Miyama, M, capital of Georgia Beat

Reserves
#5 – Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie Rampone, D, sky Blue FC
#11 – Becky Sauerbrunn, D, Washington Freedom
#17 – Amy Rodriguez, F, Philadelphia Independence
#18 – Erin McLeod, GK, Washington Freedom
#22 – Alex Scott, D, Beantown Breakers
#78 – Cristiane, F, Chicago Red Stars
Caroline Seger, M, Philadelphia Independence

Women’s professional person soccer announced XIV militia for the 2010 WPS All-Star game presented by United States government Coast guard Reserve, which kick off at 8pm on June 30 at KSU soccer sports stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia The militia were selected by the WPS commissioner and two WPS All-Star game Head Coaches, Albertin Montoya and Alice Alice Paul Riley , based on wide-ranging standard including demand at various positions, 2010 performance, income tax return from harm or inaction, and other individual honor and attributes.

With a unique All-Star game format selected for 2010, each squad captain will choose their starting squad together with the All-Star game head coaches. Washington Freedom forward Abby Wambach will choose “Abby XI” as the home squad together with Philadelphia independency Head Coach Alice Paul Riley, while FC gold Pride star Marta will chose “Marta XI” as the away team with FC gold Pride Head coach Albertin Montoya at a unique vacation spot pick-em event for fan on Monday, June 28. Immediately following the starting picks, reserves will be placed on Abby XI and Marta XI to round out the All-Star squads.

2010 WPS All-Star militia
Angie Kerr, meter
Alex Scott, vitamin cholecarciferol
Cristiane, degree Fahrenheit
Karen Carney, meter
Jillian Loyden, GK
Kate Markgraf, vitamin cholecarciferol
Kelley O’Hara, degree Fahrenheit
Caroline Seger, meter
Amy Rodriguez, degree Fahrenheit
Tasha Kai, degree Fahrenheit
Laura Kalmari, meter
Christie Rampone, vitamin cholecarciferol
Erin McLeod, GK
Becky Sauerbrunn, vitamin viosterol

The 2010 WPS All-Star Game, featuring Abby XI vs. Marta XI, will kickoff at 8pm ET. The game will be televised live nationally on fox soccer channel and regionally on select fox Sports cyberspace and Comcast SportsNet regional affiliate with coverage starting at 7:30pm ET with a half-hour pre-game show For information or to reserve ticket for the 2010 WPS All-Star game go to purchase ticket at www.theatlantabeat.com or call 678.298.4780. Group and individual ticket are now on sale.

For the All-Star starters, visit my previous article.

FC gold Pride opened groundbreaker arena at CSU east bay with a win? against the Bean Town Breakers, which was the Breakers’ first loss on the route City of Brotherly Love defeated sky Blue FC in their own turf, and the capital of Georgia Beat got their first win of the season! They did IT They defeated the second worst squad in the conference right now, Windy City Red Stars, X at home What better place to get their first win?

I’ll start with the City of Brotherly Love Independence at sky Blue. Philly opened the grading in the 5th min of the match when Lori Lindsey played a through ball for Amy Rodriguez who then played it across to Danesha Samuel Sam Sam Adams to put the ball in the back of the cyberspace Adams, who was getting her first start, then returned the favor and assisted Rodriguez’ end in the 18th min to put Philly up 2-0. Samuel Sam Adams played the ball in behind the sky Blue defending team and Rodriguez shot it high and over backup goaltender Kristin Luckenbill. In the 26th minute Natasha Kai was taken down interior the penalisation box, and sky Blue were awarded a penalisation kick Rosana shot the ball to the roof of the net and the mark was 2-1. The scoring didn’t halt there as Philly scored another end ten minutes into the second half After Samuel Adams once again took a shot on end Luckenbill managed to get a hand on it, and Joanna Lohman knocked the rebound into the goal. In the 73rd minute, Lindsey continued to work as she played a ball over sky Blue’s defence Tina DiMartino took a shot from about twenty-five pace out and Luckenbill had no chance at it. Philly are in 2nd place with 17 points. while sky Blue FC base in 4th with 14.

FC gold Pride played at groundbreaker arena built at Cal State University east bay for the first time and gave the fan another win to be happy with. Kelley O’Hara scored her end in the 37th min after working a give-and-go with Christine Sinclair. Bean Town could not get on the board as they were twice denied by the crossbar The pridefulness stand strong in first place with 22 points, while the breakers base in 6th with 7 points.

Finally, the capital of Georgia Beat have a win under their belt from a Tina Ellertson goal in the 41st minute. Monica Ocampo had the aid as Ellertson headed her cross into the net The Windy City Red star were missing a few key player due to European World Cup modification in Karen Carney, Katie Chapman, and Kosovare Aslani in the midfield to create anything That probably explains why round goaltender Brett Maron made only one save in the stallion game The round were also without a few key players. hope Solo was in South Africa for a improver mission, Eniola Aluko was with England for World Cup qualifying, and ramona Bachmann was with Switzerland for World Cup modification as well All in all, this surely is a great weight lifted off the Beat’s back.

Next weekend, the capital of Georgia Beat will not play, but they do have a game this Midweek at home against the Philly independence at 7:30 autopsy ET.

The Bean Town Breakers are back at home with a game against Windy City on Fri at 7:30 autopsy ET. City of Brotherly Love will host the Washington Freedom at VI autopsy ET on Saturday, and on Sun on FSC, FC gold Pride will take on sky Blue FC at threesome autopsy PT.

The All-Star game is right around the corner as well After this weekend’s action, the best player in WPS will take on each other on Wednesday, June 30th at VI autopsy ET on FSC at the capital of Georgia Beat’s stadium With a unique All-Star game format chosen for 2010, each captain will select their starting squad together with the All-Star game head coaches. Wambach will choose “Abby’s XI” with Philadelphia independence Head coach Alice Paul Riley, while Marta will chose “Marta’s XI” with FC gold Pride Head coach Albertin Montoya at a unique resort area pick-em event for fan on Monday, June 28 prior to the 2010 WPS All-Star Game.

Week Little Phoebe of WPS saw deuce participant score their first goals of the season and career in Howard Howard Lindsay Tarpley and Kelley O’Hara, respectively, the gap of the first soccer stadium built just for women’s soccer, another early nominee for end of the Year, and some more of the best women’s association football on the world.

The Hub of the Universe Breakers played the Washington Freedom at the SoccerPlex in DC to a scoreless tie on an extremely air current 24-hour interval Abby Wambach had a shot in the 21st min but the current of air affected the shot, making the ball canvas high and wide of the goal.  Emmett Kelly Smith kicked what looked like an intended cross into the box, but her shot forced freedom goalkeeper, Erin McLeod, to make a diving event save to the top corner of the end in the 44th min Just s after that play, Kristine Lilly kicked a shot, but the current of air picked the ball up and kept it in play for Lauren Cheney to head just over and behind the crossbar Wambach came down in the 88th minute as she went up for a heading on a long ball from none other than Cat Whitehill. After Wambach collided with surf goalie Ashley Phillips, Phillips’ cleat hit Wambach in the face, causation a bloody nose It seems like a cleat to the face hurts her more than two broken bones in her leg Beverly Goebel replaced Wambach for her first minutes played in a professional person match Cheney had a shot in the 2nd minute of halt time that just went wide for the last significant opportunity at grading of the game You win, wind.

After many close opportunity for both teams, Allison Falk brought her squad down with an own end thymine put the St. Joseph Joseph Louis Barrow Barrow Athletica up decade at the end of the first half. As Eniola Aluko and Howard Lindsay Tarpley worked a one-two walk sequence, the final walk to Aluko deflected off Falk’s shin Karina LeBlanc dove to her right to endeavor to save the ball from going in, but was not able to get the ball out In the 60th min Tarpley scored her first goal in her first start of the season after recovering from an ACL injury that occurred late last season Chalupny played the ball into infinite interior the 18, Tarpley took the ball, spun around a defender and topographic point the ball interior the far post where LeBlanc had no opportunity of saving IT fourteen minutes later, Lindsey Patterson scored a recoil of hope Solo’s chest, but it was all the independence would score, and the Athletica came away with 3 points.

FC gold Pride shut out the Windy City Red Stars, earning their 4th win this season to ADD to their I loss After Ifeoma Dieke pushed Kelley O’Hara in the punishment box and was shown a red card for being the last defender, Tiffeny Milbrett took a punishment kicking that was saved by Jillian Loyden in the 25th minute. However, Milbrett made up for the missed opportunity in the 45th minute of the match Kelley O’Hara one-timed a long walk into the box to Milbrett who half-volleyed a shot to the crossbar The recoil went heterosexual person back to Milbrett who juggled it in blasted a burst that, this time, went into the end Kelley O’Hara scored her first professional end to sealing wax the win in the 78th minute after running down a walk from Kimberly Yokers and curving a shot past Loyden. FC gold Pride are still in first place, trine point ahead of sky blue FC.

The last game of this week featured the capital of Georgia Beat playing their first home game of the season hosting the reigning WPS Champions, sky blue FC, in their brand new, one-of-a-kind association football bowl After being on the road for a month, the beat got to finally entertain their own fan at home, but an own end from Vivien Leigh Ann Robinson spoiled the home opener Little Phoebe minutes into the first half. The capital of Georgia Beat dominated the match and constantly attacked Karen Bardsley’s end ramona Bachmann created mayhem in the offence third all night long along with her teammates, but great save from Bardsley kept them away from the scoreboard sky blue now have 9 point and are in 2nd place. Meanwhile, the capital of Georgia Beat have 1point with 4 losses and I tie, and sit at the underside of the standings. It’s not the way they planned on gap the season, but once they start finishing chances, they’ll start earning the points. There is too much natural endowment on that squad to be on a losing season so far.

Next week, the Hub of the Universe Breakers return home to take on FC gold Pride on Friday, May 14 at 7:30pm ET. The Philadelphia independence is back in the middle west to face the Chicago Red star on May 15 at 7pm ET. On Sunday, the St. Joseph Louis Barrow Athletica will play against sky blue FC, who will be on the road for the second week in a row, at 4pm ET. and the game of the Week on FSC will be in capital of Georgia once again as the beat facial expression to turn its luck around against the Washington Freedom at 6pm ET.