WPSL NW Week 4 Recap: Seattle area trio showing dominance in the division

The fourth week of the WPSL Northwest season saw the Seattle trio and Tualatin Hills United separate themselves at the top of the table from the rest as six of the seven contests were showdowns featuring teams from Washington playing Oregon. The northern state got the better of the weekend's contests with a 4-1-1 record, bringing the overall season record versus their southern foes to 7-2-1 with six games left between the two states.

WPSL NW Recap: Cordner brace highlights opening weekend

The Seattle Reign Reserves presented by Issaquah SC (SRR Issaquah) put an emphatic end to their holdover stalemate from last year with local rival Emerald City, blanking them 3-0 Friday evening on a brace from Kennya Cordner. Meanwhile, newcomers Westside Timbers earned a win in their opener while splitting a two-game road trip.

Handful from NW make NWSL opening day rosters

Maybe the league should be renamed the California Women’s Soccer League. Examining the opening day rosters (as published by TheEqualizer) by state, there was a significant abundance of players from the state compared to the rest, including the northwest foursome of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

Of the 152 players available for selection this week, the Golden State features 36 players that either are either native to California or attended college in the state. The northwest foursome featured only 15 combined, though is a respectable figure considering the population of the four states is only 35 percent of California’s. Nine players represented Oregon and six were from Washington. Idaho and Montana have zero players slated to play in the NWSL.

Spokane's Mykines scores for Reign; Shine's Schrader among Sounders Women hopeful

Former Spokane Shadow and Mead High School product Marissa Mykines made a bit of a splash in Wednesday for the new professional NWSL side Seattle Reign in a preseason international friendly, scoring the second goal in a 3-1 victory against Fukuoka J Anclas.

Schedules set, NWSL ready to kick off April 13

The new National Women's Soccer League, the first of the three incarnations of professional women's soccer leagues to feature teams in the Northwest, announced it's inaugural schedule Tuesday. Fans will not have to wait long for the Cascadia duo to square off as the Seattle Reign and Portland Thorns will meet in Oregon at Jeld-Wen Field April 21 during the second week of play.

Emerald City’s Berrier bound for Kansas City in NWSL; Seattle and Portland pick final players

Berrier helped ECFC limit Spokane to one goal total in their two meetings | Photos: Gerald Barnhart

After finishing as the all-time games played leader at Loyola University (Chicago) in 2009, Casey Berrier looked bound for a career off the field over a year ago, but a stint with Emerald City as a youth coach and WPSL player started a journey that led to her being selected by FC Kansas City of the new professional National Women’s Soccer League in the Supplemental Draft.

Report: Expanding WPSL Northwest set for 2013; league AGM marred by turmoil

The Northwest Division of the Women’s Premier Soccer League has set forth the infrastructure for the 2013 campaign, expanding from five clubs to eight with four teams each in Washington and Oregon. New to the division will be a controversial third Seattle-based club and two new teams to replace the departed Portland Rain.

Chasing a challenge: Spokane’s Megan Lindsay discusses post-collegiate future

Megan Lindsay finished as one of SPU's all-time best scorers | photos: Wilson Tsoi / GoalWA.net

It is free agency week for the new pro National Women’s Soccer League and the league’s supplemental draft will quickly follow, but don’t expect Spokane native and Seattle Pacific University All-American standout striker Megan Lindsay to be among those signing on the dotted line. Despite a desire to play in the league, the city’s record high school scoring leader is looking for new adventures.

“I would be interested in play for any team in the NWSL, but my real hope is to play for a team overseas,” Lindsay, who recently wrapped up her collegiate career at Seattle Pacific. “I would especially love playing for the Seattle Reign and representing my amazing city, and I also was looking to play for the Boston Breakers, and even Chicago for a while.

MLS and NWSL draft results for the Northwest

Portland's Kendall Johnson was lone player chosen from a NW school in NWSL draft | photo: Gerald Barnhart

No players from the Inland Northwest were selected the past two days in the Major League Soccer or National Women’s Soccer League drafts at the NSCAA Convention in Indianapolis, but there was plenty of action for the Northwest on the other side of the Cascades.

The Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers picked up three players, combined, and their NWSL counterparts Reign and Thorns tabbed four players each in the new league’s inaugural college draft.

NWSL allocation results keep Richland’s Solo in Seattle

US Women’s National Team goalkeeper Hope Solo (Richland, WA) was among the seven American, Canadian and Mexican national team players assigned to the newly-formed Seattle Reign in Friday’s announcement by the new professional National Women’s Soccer League being operated by the US Soccer Federation.