In case you missed it, and unless you both subscribe to Fox Soccer Channel and are a women’s soccer fan*, you did, the Washington Freedom (previously of the WUSA) won North America’s premier soccer women’s competition yesterday. They defeated the Atlanta Silverbacks 3-1 in Rochester, NY. In an interesting coincidence, Washington v Atlanta was also the match-up of the last WUSA (the now-defunct professional soccer league) championship in 2003, in which Washington was also victorious.
There is talk of resurrecting the WUSA in 2008. I don’t know that it’s going to happen next spring, but with the continued expansion of soccer specific stadiums (thanks to MLS’s reasonable success), it will definitely happen eventually. When the league does relaunch, I just hope that I’m in/near a city with a team :-). This summer, I was lucky enough to live near a W-league team (NJ Wildcats), and I did attend one of their few home games.
*Alas, I am only the latter.