Burn hires Soccer Nut as its GM - Ft. Worth Star-Telegram United States eager to Defend its World Cup Title - Cleveland Plain Dealer San Ramon Native back on US Team - San Francisco Chronicle Fire has Shot at MLS Lead against woebegone Burn - Chicago Sun-Times Half Empty Cup - N.Y. Post Wizards hope that Eight is Enough - K.C. Star Will you watch the Women's World Cup? - Denver Rocky Mountain News D.C. United vs L.A. Galaxy - Washington Post Donovan will help with Youth Event - San Francisco Chronicle Burn announces Elliot as new GM - Dallas Morning News Carson: Top Volleyball, Soccer set - Long Beach Press-Telegram Can 'Girls of Summer' win Cup, draw Fans in Fall - New Haven Register Tim proving Surprise Hit in Manchester - Manchester Evening News Burn's Interim Coach begins Trial with Fire - Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Next Superstars ready for World Cup's Stage - St. Petersburg Times Cup Fever not running over - Washington Times http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sp...0125E3B?OpenDocument&Headline=Demise+of+women's+league+is+liberating -Demise of Women's League is Liberating - St. Louis Post-Dispatch Tiny Swede is a Titanic Scorer - Chicago Tribune Galaxy seek to set aside Doubts with hot United - Carson Daily Breeze Galaxy searches for its Focus - L.A. Times Norway Chance rests on a Knee - L.A. Times Edson Buddle returns Home with Columbus - Morris County Daily Record Will anyone notice World Cup? - Morris County Daily Record Metros vs Columbus - Newark Star-Ledger Closing Time - North Jersey Herald News Nerves over World Cup give Foudy a Kick Start - N.Y. Daily News Example of Patience by Absent England - N.Y. Times Everything different for U.S. this Time - San Jose Mercury News Wagner's ready for her Close-up - San Jose Mercury News Earthquakes at K.C. - San Jose Mercury News They have a Score to Settle - Boston Globe This World Cup full of Differences - Boston Globe Revs focused on Scoreboard - Boston Herald Same old Twellman, sort of - Haverhill Eagle Tribune US Women Team Capsules - South Coast Standard-Times World Cup sparks Interest in WUSA - South Coast Standard-Times Metros not thinking about Collapsing - North Jersey Herald News Heres the Chant no one ever Heard "W-U-S-A" - L.A. Times Home Field Advantage - Charleston Post & Courier Thunder on Road again, looking for Title - St. Paul Pioneer Press Wizards play on Break the Record Night - K.C. Star (day late)
I guess St. Phil applies to only one "religion.": "When John Hendricks founded WUSA after the 1999 Women's World Cup, he and other investors asked MLS to draw up a business plan for them. Mark Abbott, MLS executive VP, did so, calling for a partnership. But WUSA summarily rejected it, and many in MLS felt used. No wonder major MLS investor Phil Anshutz turned WUSA down when the league came looking for money two weeks ago." http://www.nypost.com/sports/40475.htm From the same post article that called WNBA "somewhat successful"
: p The WUSA thought they'd be bigger and better than MLS and didn't want to share their successes but more importantly their failures. MLS is lucky to have St. Phil and Hunt keeping the league alive. WUSA is foolish to not have relinquished its independence in the beginning to a billionare who knows how to make billions of dollars. You don't make money on a fledgling soccer league by spending your entire five year budget in the first year. Even I know that.