Tag Archive | WPS
National Women’s Soccer League Takes Shape
As we mentioned on the blog a few weeks ago, a new women’s soccer league in the United States is being subsidized by the USSF (U.S. Soccer Federation) in the U.S., and the Mexican and Canadian national teams. That league now has a name: the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL.) The league will have the [...]
Women’s Professional Soccer Returning (in Some Form) to the U.S.
Great news today: U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati held a conference call to announce the launch of a new women’s professional league. The league is expected to have 8 teams in cities Seattle W.A., Portland O.R., Chicago I.L., Kansas City M.O., Rochester N.Y., Boston M.A., Piscataway N.J. and Washington, D.C. Teams will play a 22-game season [...]
Sky Sports Prioritizes League One Final Over FA Women’s Cup PKs
The UK news outlet Birmingham Mail reported Monday on a broadcasting decision by Sky Sports, a large British media company that airs sports content across several channels. The FA Women’s Cup Final was broadcast on Sky Sports 2, and was an exciting match between the Birmingham City Ladies and the Chelsea Ladies. Birmingham City tied the match 2-2 in [...]
Women’s Professional Soccer Folds
Last Friday, Women’s Professional Soccer announced it was officially folding after three years of operation. The announcement seemed all but inevitable, as the league was embroiled in a legal battle with one of its team owners and had already announced it was suspending this year’s season. But still, barf. Inevitability is the consensus around the [...]
The Iconic Sports Bra
Let’s discuss the sports bra for a moment. After all, this is a website that focuses on gender on sports, we are women, and, well, I distinctly recall having a conversation with Lydia in July about how neither of us had worn anything other than a sports bra for over a month (it was a [...]
