February 5, 2012 WHAT’S NEXT? WPS players weighing their options
For the members of the U.S. Women's National Team, there was almost no time to dwell on the fact that Women's Professional Soccer suspended its 2012 season. Just days after winning the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament and booking passage to the 2012 Summer Games in London, the national teamers were called into another camp.
But players who are not part of the national team pool are now having to decide what to do now that playing pro soccer is not an option.
February 2, 2012 CANADA CALLING U.S. men to face northern rivals June 3
CHICAGO - The U.S. Men's National Team will make a rare visit to Canada when it renews the rivalry June 3 at BMO Field in Toronto. Kickoff for the USA's first match on Canadian soil since 1997 is set for 7 p.m. ET, and the match will be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network.
February 2, 2012 QUICK TURNAROUND After qualifying, U.S. women called back to camp
CHICAGO - The U.S. Women's National team, isn't getting much down time after qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics, as coach Pia Sundhage has called 28 players in for an week long camp ahead of a game against New Zealand on Feb. 11 at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas.
February 2, 2012 JOB FAIR Union looking for game day staff
CHESTER, Pa. – Philadelphia Union will host a job fair at PPL Park on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. in an effort to fill a variety of seasonal, part-time positions. Candidates should enter through the Crozer Premier Gate located at One Stadium Drive in Chester, Pa.
February 1, 2012 INTENDED FOR TEMPLE Owls sign All-American Martinelli
After giving a verbal commitment to head coach David MacWilliams back in April, Cumberland Valley High School's Jared Martinelli (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) signed his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, making it official that he be playing his collegiate soccer at Temple University.
February 1, 2012 HEADING HOME Union send Nakazawa to Galaxy
CHESTER, Pa. – The changes to the Philadelphia Union roster keep on coming, and for the third day in a row, the team has made a roster move and not gotten a single player in return. This time, the Union sent midfielder Kyle Nakazawa to the LA Galaxy, along with a 2013 natural second round draft pick in exchange for an international roster spot.
February 1, 2012 PAIR OF FRIENDLIES Mexico to face Wales, Bosnia-Herzegovnia
The Mexican National Team will head to New York and Chicago for their third and fourth on Sunday, May 27 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ at 3:00 p.m. ET. The tour continues four days later when Mexico heads to Chicago to face Bosnia-Herzegovina at Soldier Field at 9:00 p.m. ET
January 31, 2012 “ALL ABOUT THE FUTURE” LeToux move part of a larger plan for Union
Suddenly it not the same Philadelphia Union any more. In a blink of an eye, the Union lost both its heart and soul, dispatching in the span of 24 hours one of Major League Soccer's top goalkeepers, and then the league’s top goal scorer over the past two years, with the free transfer of Faryd Mondragon and the sale of Sebastien LeToux.
January 31, 2012 VOTING BEGINS Meola, Reyna headline Hall of Fame ballot
CHICAGO - Ballots have been finalized for the National Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2012, and voting will begin immediately for the Player, Veteran Player and Builder categories. Voting will continue through Feb. 17, and the election results will be announced shortly after.
January 31, 2012 TRANSFER FOR TORRES Union acquires midfielder from América
CHESTER, PA. - The Philadelphia Used some of the new found cash from selling Sebastien Le Toux to exercise their option to acquire midfielder Roger Torres from América de Cali. Torres had been on loan from the Colombian side for the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
January 31, 2012 ADIEU, LE TOUX Union trade leading scorer
CHESTER, Pa. – The Philadelphia Union has traded the face of the franchise and its most productive player. After two years as the team's leading scorer, Sebastien Le Toux is heading to the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. In exchange, the Union is getting allocation money.
January 31, 2012 UNCERTAINTY A KILLER Halstead on decision to suspend WPS
There was no single thing that led Philadelphia Independence owner David Halstead to vote in favor of Women's Professional Soccer cancelling its 2012 season.
Needless to say, the players, coaches and employees of the various teams were "devastated," with "broken hearts" and "gutted" over the news that Women's Professional Soccer decided to suspend the 2012 season on Monday, according to Paul Riley.
