"womens-professional-soccer" Articles & Blogs:
Argentinian soccer, not just for boys...
| I thought everyone in Argentina was practically born dribbling a soccer ball between their feet. Silly me, what I meant to say was that everyone who is a boy is weaned on soccer. Girls, it turns out, are not necessarily welcome in the sport in that soccer...[Read on] |
Womens professional soccer engages over 200,000 Twitter followers
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Photo credit: Womensprosoccer.com / Twitter.com
While most of us in digital marketing know that corporate use of social media is not, by any means, a popularity contest and the number of “followers” you have is by no means a measure of success, the...[Read on] |
Wesleyan women’s rights activist shot and killed
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Johanna Justin-Jinich, a Wesleyan student, was shot and killed yesterday by Stephen Morgan, a man who had been harassing and possibly stalking her. He walked into the bookstore where she worked and shot her. He has not yet been apprehended, and may be ta...[Read on] |
WPS restructuring means loss of jobs, move towards decentralization
| Women’s Professional Soccer issued a public release on Monday evening stating, “League staff has been restructured…while league marketing resources have been shifted to the team level in order to focus locally on attendance a...[Read on] |
WPS surpasses 200,000 followers on Twitter
| I’m pretty sure this is the first WPS Press Release I’ve posted on my website, but, well…. this one’s at least worth a quickee cuz I’m stinkin’ proud!
WPS Surpasses 200,000 Followers on Twitter
League to Provide Behind the Scenes 2010 WPS Dr...[Read on] |
National Women’s History Museum bill moves to the Senate
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This is pretty cool. The House of Representatives recently passed a bipartisan bill (HR 1700) that would set the stage for a National Women’s History Museum to be built on the National Mall. It now moves to the Senate. The House passed HR 1700 on a v...[Read on] |
WPS Unveils 2010 Uniforms
| Women's Professional Soccer unveiled the uniforms for the 2010 season (click picture for larger image). In all honesty, they look way better than last years ill-fitted uniforms with the odd, square-shaped neck line. Yeah, I know I said last year's...[Read on] |
2010 Women’s Professional Soccer Draft
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The Women’s Professional Soccer draft takes place next week, on January 15th in Philadelphia at the NSCAA National Convention.
The folks at WPS have done a great job keeping fans in the loop and as we countdown to the big day, they’ve polled a number...[Read on] |
Soccer: Remembering the women
| I have not watched one second of the men's World Cup. And yet it seems to be the only thing I can blog about these days. (I do have a post coming about working out in skirts--so stay tuned for something non-soccer. Not that there's anything wrong with...[Read on] |
Video: Play Soccer So They Can
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If you play soccer or are a fan, you know why it’s called the Beautiful Game. Soccer is a global language that has the power to unify people. Last weekend, a group of players got together in Los Angeles so that others around the world can have the o...[Read on] |
The invisibility of female professional sports
| This might seem insignificant to some, but it is another example of how female professional sports are erased. Last night I was at the Sugarland concert at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Near the end of the concert Sugarland played a cover o...[Read on] |
Quick Hit: Grading the White House on Women's Issues
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Our girl Samhita is quoted in this recent Forbes piece about the White House and Women's Issues.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay, 32, executive editor of feministing.com, believes female support is slipping. "Using reproductive rights as a bargaining chip was a bi...[Read on] |
Party like it’s 1999
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The year was 1999. A team of inspired women and a tournament of historic proportions captured the hearts and minds of an entire nation. I was just a young girl (well not that young) and one of 90,000 fans at the Rose Bowl watching the epic final and...[Read on] |
Women’s pro soccer league to allow in-game ‘tweets’
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I admit it - I’m addicted to Twitter.
So it comes as good news that while in-game Twitter posts might be a technical foul of sorts in the NBA, at least one sports league is embracing the idea of having players use the social networking Web site during ...[Read on] |
Female fandom: Study says they don't like the pros
| A study out of Canada about the gendered nature of fandom reveals that women are not huge fans of professional sports. Not a shocker despite the plethora of popular media accounts of women forming fan clubs and becoming the latest target demographic for f...[Read on] |
Gearing up for the WPS Draft
| As yu may know, I’m the Web Coordinator at Women’s Professional Soccer – So I wanted to give quick update here from my department at the league office. First off, the 2010 WPS Draft will be held on Friday, January 15th at 10am in Philadelphia, PA, i...[Read on] |
Elizabeth Lambert Spurs Facebook Interest
| On Friday, we all saw the below video of New Mexico professional soccer player Elizabeth Lambert, who astonishingly displayed unsportsmanlike conduct in a game against Brigham Young University. (She’s since been suspended indefinitely from the leagu...[Read on] |
Marta wins fifth consecutive FIFA women’s world player of the year
| The amazing Marta won her fifth consecutive FIFA player of the year award, ahead of Germany’s Fatmire Bajramaj and Birgit Prinz.
The FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala, which took place in Zurich on Monday, raised the curtain on the new decade in style. Attractin...[Read on] |
Some good news about women and health care (for a change)
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The Women's Health Amendment was passed by the Senate yesterday with a vote of 61-39. Woot!
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) proposed this amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which will require all health care plans to cover women's...[Read on] |
Charlize Theron provides soccer opportunities to deserving kids
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Charlize Theron
I’m a huge fan of Charlize Theron so was delighted to learn that she’s a celeb who gives back. As a native of South Africa, it makes sense that her charitable efforts focus on the youth of her struggling but extraordinary country...[Read on] |
Women's 2009 Books Enjoyed a Banner Year
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Female writers in all genres and at all levels--from blockbusters to thought stirrers--have won a generous portion of this year's critical acclaim, sweeping up a large percentage of the major prizes and, partially thanks to a spate of new f...[Read on] |
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