Transcript: Women's Professional Soccer League Returns

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March 29, 2009
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JACKI LYDEN
NPR Weekend All Things Considered
03-29-2009
Women's Professional Soccer League Returns

Host: JACKI LYDEN
Time 19:00-20:00 PM

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JACKI LYDEN, host:

This is not a story about a company laying off workers or a franchise declaring bankruptcy or a nonprofit going under. This is a resurrection.

Women's soccer is going pro again. The inaugural game of the new Women's Professional Soccer League, or WPS, is today in Los Angeles.

Remember 10 years ago the excitement of the U.S. team winning the Women's World Cup? Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain became rock stars to legions of young girls, including one at a soccer tournament in suburban Maryland this weekend.

Ms. EMILY COTT(ph): ...

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