1/13/2024 0 Comments Sol angeles![]() However, the potential ownership group that WPS had been working with to take on the Sol backed out "in the 11th hour" according to league commissioner Tonya Antonuci. WPS ran the Sol for the next three months, completing trades, changing coaches, and participating in the 2010 WPS Draft. In November, AEG gave their share of the Sol back to WPS. They lost 0–1 to Sky Blue FC who made the playoffs when potential invitees Boston earned no points in their final regular season match against the Sol. (a 12–3–5 record) and a +17 goal differential.īeing regular season champions, the Sol received a bye to the August 22nd championship match. The lost 1–3 to the Chicago Red Stars and won 2–1 against the Boston Breakers to end their regular season, the win giving the Sol the title of the first team to beat every other team in the league. They then lost to the Saint Louis Athletica in their last home game of the season, which ended their streak and kept alive the hopes that some team other than the Sol could win the regular season title, but a 0–0 draw against FC Gold Pride (who was the worst team in the league) gave the Sol the regular season title with two games to spare. Though they did not win either of their next two games, they never dropped from first place in the table, and then went on an eleven-game unbeaten streak, with three draws and eight wins, at times having twice the number of points as the second-place team. ![]() The Sol won their next two games as well, totaling a +5 goal differential, setting them apart early as the best team in the league. The first goal in club and league history was recorded in the sixth minute of the match, when defender Allison Falk out-jumped a crowd of Freedom defenders in the penalty area to head in a free kick from Japan nationall team star Aya Miyama. The team played its first game on March 29, 2009, against Washington Freedom resulting in a 2–0 victory. USA Women's National Team midfielder Shannon Boxx was the first player in Sol history when she was allocated to the team on September 16, 2008. The Los Angeles Sol was officially unveiled on October 26, 2008. The formation of Women's Professional Soccer was announced on September 4, 2007, and it was also announced on that day that a franchise had been awarded to Los Angeles. It was announced on Januthat the team would cease operations. The Sol had played its home games at The Home Depot Center. The team was co-owned and operated by Blue Star, LLC and AEG, a subsidiary of the Anschutz Entertainment Group. ![]() The Los Angeles Sol was an American professional soccer club that was based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California that participated in Women's Professional Soccer.
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