Women's Professional Soccer

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defunct sports league professional women's soccer league

Women's Professional Soccer was a former top-tier women's soccer league in the United States that operated from 2009 to 2012 before folding.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Women’s Professional Soccer 2
Women's Professional Soccer playoffs 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct sports league ⓘ
professional women's soccer league ⓘ
aimedTo provide top-level professional opportunities for women soccer players in the United States ⓘ
announcedSuspensionOfOperations 2012 ⓘ
competitionFormat league and playoffs ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 2012 ⓘ
featuredPlayer Abby Wambach ⓘ
Christine Sinclair ⓘ
Homare Sawa ⓘ
Hope Solo ⓘ
Kelly Smith ⓘ
Marta ⓘ
Shannon Boxx ⓘ
foldedAfterSeason 2011 ⓘ
gender women ⓘ
governingBody United States Soccer Federation ⓘ
hadPlayoffFinalName WPS Championship ⓘ
hadTeam Atlanta Beat ⓘ
Boston Breakers ⓘ
Chicago Red Stars ⓘ
FC Gold Pride ⓘ
Los Angeles Sol ⓘ
Philadelphia Independence ⓘ
Saint Louis Athletica ⓘ
Sky Blue FC ⓘ
Washington Freedom ⓘ
magicJack ⓘ
inception 2009 ⓘ
levelOnPyramid top tier ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 3 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
precededBy Women’s United Soccer Association ⓘ
surface form: Women's United Soccer Association
reasonForDissolution financial difficulties ⓘ
legal disputes with a team owner ⓘ
regionServed United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
replaced Women’s United Soccer Association ⓘ
surface form: Women's United Soccer Association
seasonPlayed 2009 ⓘ
2010 ⓘ
2011 ⓘ
shortName WPS ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
succeededBy National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
televisionCoverage Fox Soccer Channel ⓘ
Fox Sports Networks ⓘ
surface form: Fox Sports Net
wasReplacedBy National Women's Soccer League ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago Red Stars → formerLeague → Women's Professional Soccer ⓘ
Boston Breakers → league → Women's Professional Soccer ⓘ
Western New York Flash → league → Women's Professional Soccer ⓘ
Aaran Lines → leagueCoachedIn → Women's Professional Soccer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Women’s Professional Soccer
Paul Riley → leagueCoachedIn → Women's Professional Soccer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Women’s Professional Soccer
Western New York Flash → participatedIn → Women's Professional Soccer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Women's Professional Soccer playoffs
National Women's Soccer League → replaced → Women's Professional Soccer ⓘ