SF Chron Coverage

I could have gone on and on but I kept it sweet and short. Hopefully he gets the point



While I love seeing an article on WPS I think we need to try and keep it more positive. Remember Philly and Atlanta are brand new so while two were lost, two were also gained. I'd like to see more coverage of the team, especially the players. We all know about Marta but what about the other standouts like Sinclair, O'Hara, Riley, and Boxx. Thank you for the article and i'd love to see more in the future with a more positive outlook.

 

Sorry FreeKicks. I was not nearly as nice. We are Chron subscribers and their coverage has Sucked, with a capital "S":


Come on Chronicle. The Bay Area has the number one team in Women’s Professional Soccer, with a record 13 game unbeaten streak, and the only article you can come up with is gloom and doom. Ever think that your lack of coverage contributes to attendance problems? WPS games are exciting. The soccer is beautiful. The players are fierce on the field and gracious afterward, sticking around after the game to meet their fans and not leaving until every last autograph is signed. When they make the news, it is for their soccer achievements and charitable activities, not their shameful off-field exploits, like so many other pro athletes. These are exactly the types of excellent role models we should be putting forth for our kids, and I am happy to have them around for my 8 year-old daughter. Can you please show them some respect and give them the coverage they deserve?

 

Tonya Antonucci was awesome on ComCast Chron tonight in Bay area. She plugged the league, pushed the Final at Cal State EB in Hayward, and Brandi's tribute game on Oct 2 at SCU. Highlights were great as well. Nice coverage for WPS. Hopefully someone recorded it and can put it out on the internet on YouTube or WPS sites...All goodness though. FCGoldPrideGM, that was pretty good coverage after the disaster earlier today. Thanks for the alert it was there.

 

The coverage was crappy. The best coverage of soccer the Chron can manage is their list of bars to watch the World Cup at. It's a damn shame. The polarizing comments are typical for a discussion on women's soccer. But for the Chron to come down on the side of defeat is terribly dissappointing.

 

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What do you expect from someone or a site that doesn't even fact check the article.

From the article:

"It has U.S. national team members like Shannon Boxx -- driven to hone their skills between national team outings. There are older players like Tiffeny Milbrett, who held on for six years after the WUSA collapsed until another league was established.
And the Gold Pride includes dynamic young players just out of college -- like last year's Hermann Trophy winner (for the most outstanding collegiate athlete), Kelly O'Hara, and this year's WPS Rookie of the Year, Ali Riley -- who will likely be future fixtures on the national team."

Since when will Ali Riley play for the US National Team? Do you think the New Zealand National Team knows about this?

Also, it along with other articles about the potential demise of the WPS are quick to play up two teams have folded but rarely do they mention the addition of Atlanta this year. Incomplete reporting at best and biased reporting at worst.

 

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It is as if they are hoping for failure so they can have something juicy to write about, instead of writing about all of the positive aspects of the first two years of the WPS to provide a much more balanced and accurate picture of the state of affairs. Sad and disgusting.

 

Re: SF Chron Coverage & Add Killion

That's been corrected, at least.

 

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I liked the article.. I think the owners did a bad think in eliminating a commis.
I think they were just mad because the players formed a Union. But can we reallly trust their judgement. Please..

SI did suck on not looking at the Positive. But I hope they will do a follow up .. Year of the Women .. report