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Old 09-15-2003, 04:14 PM   #1
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Default Stop Bending it like Becham-Women's Pro Soccer League Defunct

Women's soccer league suspends operations
03:55 PM CDT on Monday, September 15, 2003

Associated Press

ATLANTA – The Women's United Soccer Association – made up of eight professional teams across the country – shut down Monday, saying it did not have enough money to stay in business for a fourth season.

The decision was made by the Atlanta-based league's board of governors at a meeting in New York.

The league featured the best female soccer players in the world, including Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain. It had teams in Boston, Atlanta, San Diego, Washington, New York, San Jose, North Carolina and Philadelphia.

"A shortfall in sponsorship revenue and insufficient revenue from other core areas of the business proved to be the hurdles which the WUSA could not overcome in time for planning the 2004 season," said John Hendricks, chairman of the WUSA board of governors.

The WUSA's owners invested more than $100 million to fund the league, and some of the top players took pay cuts this season to help keep it afloat.

The decision to fold the league came five days before this year Women's World Cup.

The league was formed as a partnership between the owners and players following the huge success of the 1999 Women's World Cup in the United States, which the Americans won. Founding players took an active role in league management.

"The impact of the WUSA on women's sports and millions of fans has been extraordinary," said Julie Foudy, captain of the San Diego Spirit and the U.S. World Cup team and a member of the WUSA Board of Governors.

Foudy said she hoped publicity surrounding the Women's World Cup would help generate support that could revive the WUSA. Fifty-six WUSA players are to compete in the World Cup.

The tournament, which is sponsored by FIFA, soccer's international governing body, returns to the United States beginning Saturday in Philadelphia. It had been scheduled for China but was moved because of the SARS outbreak.
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It was a matter of time. Professional women's soccer was the lowest nationally broadcast event in USA history, there were games broadcast nationally that failed to garner a rating at all according to Nielson's. What that means, of all the Nielsen housholds, not one was watching women's pro soccer on TV.
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Old 09-15-2003, 05:07 PM   #2
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Default Stop Bending it like Becham-Women's Pro Soccer League Defunct

hmm, pro soccer women..
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Old 09-15-2003, 05:11 PM   #3
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Default RE: Stop Bending it like Becham-Women's Pro Soccer League Defunct

hey soccer and volleyball chicks are traditionally the hottest.

you know, i bet and women's indoor soccer league would be pretty cool. might actually make some money.

indoor soccer is cool anyway, and add decent-looking women to the mix. hell yeah!
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Old 09-15-2003, 06:58 PM   #4
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Default Stop Bending it like Becham-Women's Pro Soccer League Defunct

Speaking of "Bending it like Becham" - did you know that the star of the movie is being considered for the role of James Bond?
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