Oh hurray! Portland is getting a new pro sport team!

[SlyPokerDog]

Women's soccer.

I'm...so...excited.

 

[Further]

I thought men's soccer was women's soccer

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I thought men's soccer was women's soccer

LOL!

Rep'd!

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Do you have a link to our newest pro team?

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Portland Rain? They've been around a while. Timbers recently started some alliance or something with them. I'd rather go to a Pilots match. Good luck to the Rain if the is who you are talking about.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Soccer-New women's soccer league launched in U.S.

Nov 21 (Reuters) - A new women's professional soccer league in the United States will begin play in March next year, U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati said on Wednesday.

The most recent women's league, Women's Professional Soccer, folded in May after three seasons but Gulati said the new structure would aim to be more "sustainable".

The Canadian and Mexican federations, along with U.S. Soccer, will fund the costs of their national team players featuring in the eight-team league.

"We are trying to find an economical model that is sustainable," Gulati said.

"If we see the federations as the government, we are subsidizing the private sector here to try to make this sustainable and the investments by the private sector smaller," he added.

U.S. Soccer will also finance the administrative office costs of the league.

The eight teams will be based in Boston, New Jersey, Western New York, Washington D.C, Chicago, Kansas City, Seattle and Portland, said Gulati.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-soccer-womenusl4n0913na-20121121,0,3549207.story

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Merritt Paulson ‏@MerrittPaulson Pleased to be supporting women's soccer. Want to give this new initiative the best chance at success...our market/fans as good as it gets

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Cool. I hope we get Rapinoe or Abby.

 

[PapaG]

Cool. I hope we get Rapinoe or Abby.

Rapinoe and Sinclair are more realistic. Wambach will play in New York, and Hope Solo will play in Seattle.

I'd bring my girls to a few games to see Rapinoe and Sinclair on the same team. Tickets can't be that expensive.

Weird there are no CA teams, though. That means Alex Morgan is a possibility, too.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Rapinoe and Sinclair are more realistic. Wambach will play in New York, and Hope Solo will play in Seattle.

I'd bring my girls to a few games to see Rapinoe and Sinclair on the same team. Tickets can't be that expensive.

Weird there are no CA teams, though. That means Alex Morgan is a possibility, too.

Yeah you're probably right, but Abby did buy a house in Portland.

 

[tlongII]

It will be interesting to see if there is a market for this.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

It will be interesting to see if there is a market for this.

I'd be surprised if the new league doesn't do well in Portland.

 

[Eastoff]

They will be called The Portland Thorns. I like it. Game of Thorns! Tlong is thorny for soccer women.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I like the name and really like the logo.
http://www.katu.com/news/local/The-name-is-in-Portland-Thorns-FC-183396191.html

 

[Nate Dogg]

I like the logo too, aggressive.
I hope the TA will show up with new chants and create new scarfs.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Women's soccer > Men's soccer.

Because when they flop, sometimes you get a little peek at a sports bra.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Oh, and Alex Morgan is teh hawt.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Oh, and Alex Morgan is teh hawt.

Indeed.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

wowwa we wuh.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Oh, and Alex Morgan is teh hawt.

PLEASE tell me she's on the Portland team!!

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

PLEASE tell me she's on the Portland team!!

She'll likely be on the Seattle team.