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Chicago Red Stars over Philadelphia 2-0
Boston Breaks Atlanta 3-1
New Jersey Sky Blue Tie FC Gold Pride 1-1
Chicago got a surprise win over Philly on goals by Veronica Boquete and defender Marian Dalmy.  Nevertheless, Philadelphia are in the playoffs.

Boston struck early and hard with a 3-goal victory over Atlanta on scores by Lindsay Tarpley, Kristine Lilly and Jordan Angeli.  Eniola Aluko got the lone goal for the Beat.  Boston wins a playoff spot.

Sky Blue FC was able to draw with the Gold Pride 1-1 on a goal by Tasha Kai.  Becky Edwards got a late game goal in the 90th minute for the Pride to even the match.
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Boston Breakers Top Philly 2-1
August 28, 2010:  The Breakers fell behind on an early Independence goal by Joanna Lohman in the 17th minute.  However, Stephanie Cox got the equalizer before the end of the first half in the 35th minute, and Kelly Lohman scored the go-ahead goal in the 60th minute to give Boston the victory, but keeping them in 3rd place, 2 points behind the Independence.
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FC Gold Pride Pounce on Atlanta 6-1
Washington Freedom Edge Sky Blue FC 2-1
August 27, 2010:  The Bay Area Gold Pride made their point:  6-1 in the second half of tonight's match.  Scoring goals from four different players, the Pride asserted itself on the field, beginning with Tiffeny Milbrett (43'), then Camille Abily (51'), and put a point on it with two goals by Marta (66'  & 70') and finally Christine Sinclair (80'), to assure there is no doubt who the WPS league leader is.  The Gold Pride are in 1st Place and will reap the benefits of that standing in the playoffs to follow.

Meanwhile, the Washington Freedom fell behind early to a Tasha Kai goal in the 39th minute, but redeemed itself in the second half on two Abby Wambach scores in the 79th and 84th minutes to garner the victory and move up in the standings.
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FC Gold Pride Hold Off Feisty Chicago 3-2
Sky Blue FC Edge Philadelphia 1-0
August 22, 2010:  In a surprising show of strength by the Chicago Red Stars, Ella Masar scored two goals (18' & 61') to lead the charge against WPS league leader Gold Pride.  Marta got the Pride's first goal in the 8th minute, followed by Rachel Buehler's score in the 33rd minute.  Marta got the go-ahead goal on a penalty shot in the 79th minute to hold off Chicago.

Sky Blue FC got back on track by edging Philadelphia 1-0 on a goal by Yael Averbuch in the 68th minute.  New Jersey was able to shut out Philadelphia, currently in second place in the Women's Professional League, and stopped their devastating slide in the rankings.

Standings are updated nightly. Home Away
Team GP W L T PTS GF GA +/- W L T W L T
z- FC Gold Pride 22 14 3 5 47 40 18 22 6 1 3 8 2 2
y- Breakers 22 10 7 5 35 36 26 10 5 6 1 5 1 4
y- Independence 23 10 9 4 34 36 32 4 7 3 2 3 6 2
Freedom 22 7 8 7 28 31 31 0 6 2 3 1 6 4
Sky Blue FC 22 7 10 5 26 20 31 -11 2 4 4 5 6 1
Red Stars 23 6 11 6 24 19 26 -7 3 5 3 3 6 3
Beat 22 5 12 5 20 20 39 -19 3 6 2 2 6 3
GP = Games Played
W = Wins
L = Losses
T = Ties
PTS = Points
GF = Goals For
GA = Goals Against
+/- = Goal Differential
z- = Clinched WPS Regular Season title
y- = Clinched playoff berth

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U.S. Women's Team to Face China
Aug. 23, 2010 – The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team will face China twice in early October in what will be the final matches for the U.S. team before it enters CONCACAF Qualifying for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The first match will take place at 6 p.m. ET on Oct. 2 at the Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium, home to the Atlanta Beat of Women’s Professional Soccer. The second leg will be contested at 7 p.m. ET on Oct. 6 at PPL Park in Chester, Pa., home to the MLS expansion Philadelphia Union. The match on the Chester waterfront will be broadcast live on ESPN2. It will be the first matches for the USA at the soccer-specific venues, both of which opened this year.

U.S. in CONCACAF Draw for 2011 Women's World Cup.

Aug. 12, 2010 – The groups and venues for the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament, to be held from Oct. 28-Nov. 8 in Cancún and Playa del Carmen, Mexico, were announced today after the draw was held at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City.

The United States has been drawn into Group B along with Costa Rica, Haiti and Guatemala. Group A features host Mexico, Canada, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana. Group A will play in the 9,000-seat Estadio Beto Ávila in Cancún, which is the regular venue for Mexican baseball team the Quintana Roo Tigres.

Group B will face off in Estadio Unidad Deportiva in Playa del Carmen, which holds around 7,000 fans and is home to the Inter Playa del Carmen soccer team in Mexico’s third division. Both stadiums feature natural grass surfaces. Playa del Carmen is just 42 miles south of Cancun on the Yucatán Peninsula.

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Women's Premier Soccer League
WPSL Championship
Boston Wins the 2010 National Championship


RICHARDSON, TX (08/01/10) - The 2010 Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) National Final would pit two of the more experienced sides against one another - Pacific Conference champion Ajax America (9-4-1) & East Conference champion Boston Aztec Breakers Reserves (12-1-1). Both survived scares from two young & dynamic sides in the Semifinals, and once again on this day, had to also brave the unrelenting Texas heat.

The Breakers Reserves put the heat on Ajax in the first half and the teams switched roles in the second, but in the 83rd minute, it only took one bounce of the ball to decide the 2010 WPSL National Champion. Boston's Mandi Back put a shot on goal that Ajax goalkeeper Anna Picarelli touched to the crossbar and would caroom right to Becca Mays, who cooly finished to cement the 2-1 victory for the Breakers Reserves.

For the weekend, there was a full share of dynamic soccer on display despite the sun & heat but in the end, Boston were the most consistent out of the four teams. Speaking of consistency, such was the play of 2010 East Player Of The Year Leah Blayney over the two matches and for her efforts, she was named the 2010 WPSL Final Four MVP.

But even more than the play of their star midfielder, it was a true team effort from all involved with the Aztec team as they weathered storms from their opponents, made adjustments and found a way to persevere. Head Coach Mike Kersker and his staff had done their homework on & off the field.

"I think it was good for us to see Ajax play yesterday [in their Semifinal vs. Oklahoma]," said Kersker. "It gave us an opportunity to make a couple tactical adjustments. We did that and it really made a big difference for us. Again, its the resiliency of this team. We went up early, [Ajax] came back to score in the beginning of the second half and we said to ourselves, 'we gave them a goal' and now let's get one more and that's it. Every player on the field was phenomenal."
Sun, Aug 1, 2010
  Alliance FC 2 - 2 Nationals FINAL
  Ajax 1 - 2 Aztec FINAL
Sat, Jul 31, 2010
  Nationals 1 - 2 Aztec FINAL
  Alliance FC 0 - 2 Ajax FINAL
WPSL UPDATE  
•   7/31/10 - BOSTON AZTEC BREAKER...
•   7/31/10 - AJAX AMERICA 2, OKLA...
•   7/30/10 - PLAYER Q&A: Ajax...
•   7/30/10 - 2010 ALL-PACIFIC TEA...

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