If Women’s Professional Soccer was “Call of Duty: Black Ops,” the screen would be blurry and red with a pounding heartbeat. But the game wouldn’t be over.
Despite folding its third club in less than a year — the latest casualty being the San Francisco Bay area’s FC Gold Pride, which won the 2010 WPS championship — WPS announced that it will forge ahead with its third year of existence in 2011.
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The Washington Freedom are one of six teams that have fended off their demise. Owners Maureen and John Hendricks have been seeking an additional investor, but the club hasn’t yet revealed its savior. Atlanta, Philadelphia, New Jersey (Sky Blue FC), Boston and expansion Western New York are also locked in. Chicago could be the seventh but remains in limbo.
The next intriguing question will be the distribution of the Gold Pride’s best players, including four-time FIFA world player of the year Marta and U.S. national team central midfielder Shannon Boxx. Either could change the fortunes of the team they join. If only it were that easy for WPS.
