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Women’s soccer just cannot get a break. After a five-year stretch notable for bad news (two World Cup semifinal blowout losses), and more bad news (the retirements of just about all the players you’d ever heard of), the sport found a pulse again in 2009 with the launch of Women’s Professional Soccer.
The league started with realistic expectations in realistic stadiums. It was anchored by a Los Angeles franchise featuring the world’s best player, Marta, that set the on-field standard with a 12-3-5 regular season record. Attendance at Home Depot Center was better than average, too. But somehow it was not enough, and late Thursday the league announced that the Sol was folding. Where once there was a flagship club, now there is a vortex sucking much of the credibility and hope WPS established in its first year.
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