• Font Size    
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Bay Area To Get Women's Pro Soccer Franchise

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +
Sep 3, 2008 2:37 pm US/Pacific

Bay Area To Get Women's Pro Soccer Franchise

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Professional women's soccer will be returning to the San Francisco Bay area.

The Women's Professional Soccer league announced Wednesday it has reached an agreement with a local investment group to operate a team for the debut season in 2009.

The team's nickname, logo, and location will be announced later. Players from the national team will be allocated to the WPS squads this month.

The league will have teams in Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, New Jersey/New York, St. Louis, and Washington. The league plans to expand to Atlanta, Dallas and Philadelphia in 2010.

The now-defunct WUSA had a team in San Jose from 2001-03, winning the league's inaugural championship.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.