From the Washington Post: A Women's Movement Washington Mystics, Freedom Bid for Titles By Sally Jenkins Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, August 24, 2002; Page A01 For Freedom and Courage, Same Path, Final Destination By Brian Straus Special to The Washington Post Saturday, August 24, 2002; Page D01 Check out the pics! ----------------------------- From Yahoo! Sports: Hamm tries to add another milestone to brilliant career By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer August 23, 2002 Some pics from Yahoo! Sports: http://sports.yahoo.com/wusa/gallery/20020823/1030143784wusa_championship_axb104.html http://sports.yahoo.com/wusa/gallery/20020823/1030140364wusa_championship_axb103.html
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution: WUSA playing a role in U.S. youth movement By WENDY PARKER Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer Longtime foes meet in WUSA title game By WENDY PARKER Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer Forget Justin and Lance: We want Mia By CARLOS FRÍAS Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer Clarifying futbol for football fans By CARLOS FRÍAS Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer Fed up? Support the antidote
From the league site: Wambach Prefers to Defer By Dan Lauletta From the Washington Times: Freedom, Courage unlikely finalists By Ken Wright THE WASHINGTON TIMES From the Durham Herald Sun: Hamm, Overbeck are familiar foes By Jim Furlong : The Herald-Sun Notebook: Riise’s value to Courage not found in goal total By Ray Glier : Herald-Sun correspondent Q & A with Anson Dorrance By Jim Furlong : The Herald-Sun From CyberSoccerNews: Two Cinderella teams meet in Founders Cup II Tied for last in 2001, the first place Carolina Courage and third place Washington Freedom vie for the big trophy on Saturday. by Nat Alderman Defending with attitude Freedom's team defense has played a key role in their success this year by Chris Snear
Apparently I am the only Freedom fan that did not make the trip to Atlanta this weekend. From the Raleigh News & Observer: Rookies of rare vintage Slaton, Wambach compete for title
If you consider not supporting your favorite WUSA team, re-read this article. He articulates very well how professional athletes (and sports in general) should behave.
Mia's 2nd goal was a beauty. So nice to see her on the field cutting right and sending the far post a nice present from her feet. Take that Carolina!
I loved the column (now at http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/sports/columns/bradley/082402.html). Should be required reading for all WUSA management. Is there some way of rephrasing "We're not jerks!" into something that could be used as the league's motto?