STILL ALIVE Sky Blue’s playoff race comes down to last game of season
Tasha Kai had the best chances for Sky Blue in its scoreless tie at Atlanta.
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With one game left in the season, Sky Blue FC are still in the hunt for the fourth and final WPS playoff berth after paying the Atlanta Beat to a scoreless draw Sunday at KSU Soccer Stadium. Complete story
STILL ALIVE Sky Blue’s playoff race comes down to last game of season
With one game left in the season, Sky Blue FC are still in the hunt for the fourth and final WPS playoff berth after paying the Atlanta Beat to a scoreless draw Sunday at KSU Soccer Stadium. Complete story
TOUGH TIE Bay area rallies to 1-1 draw with Sky Blue
Becky Edwards broke Sky Blue FC’s hearts in the first minute of stoppage time with a goal off a Camille Abily free kick to lift FC Gold Pride to a 1-1 draw in front of 3,412 at Yurcak Field Wednesday night. The result put Philadelphia and Boston into the Women's Professional Soccer playoffs and ended any hope of Sky Blue hosting a post-season game. More importantly, the dropped points left the Washington Freedom with a two-point edge and the head-to-head tiebreaker with two matches to go for each team. Complete story
A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE Sky Blue has very little room for error
For the first time this season Sky Blue FC find themselves in a position when even winning the rest of their games may not be enough to earn a return trip to the Women's Professional Soccer playoffs. For a team whose only three-game win streak came during last year’s playoffs, the outlook is less than rosy heading to the season’s penultimate home game, Wednesday night at Yurcak Field against FC Gold Pride. Complete story
DEAR ABBY Wambach strikes for 2 late goals as Freedom stops Sky Blue, 2-1
For 79 minutes Saturday night, it appeared that Sky Blue FC (7-10-4, 25 points) was going to hold on for a massive win and three points behind a 31st minute goal from forward Tasha Kai. Unfortunately, the tide quickly turned on the visiting side at that moment, and host Washington Freedom (7-8-7, 28 points) rallied all the way back on a pair of late goals from striker Abby Wambach to steal a 2-1 result. Complete story
