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Sky Blue Hopes to Open on Positive Note
By Tom Slater on 04/14/2017
By TOM SLATER Everyone wants to start the season on a winning note, and for the last four years Sky Blue has won its National Women’s...
Sky Blue’s Rampone: Gazing at Europe From N.J.
By Tom Slater on 03/30/2017
by TOM SLATER As the Sky Blue defender and team captain Christie Rampone prepares for her final professional soccer season, she looks at a quartet...
In Camp, Sky Blue Looks Strong
By Tom Slater on 03/24/2017
by TOM SLATER Last March, Sky Blue’s new coach, Christy Holly, was using the National Women’s Soccer League preseason to simply find pieces that fit...
Rampone Bids Farewell
By Jack Bell on 03/05/2017
by JACK BELL HARRISON, N.J. — Christie Rampone closed the circle on a superlative career with the United States women’s soccer team, bidding farewell after...
Rampone, a Jersey Girl, to Be Honored By U.S. Soccer
By Tom Slater on 02/14/2017
by TOM SLATER It will not be a farewell match in the traditional sense, but U.S. Soccer plans to honor its former captain and New Jersey native...
NWSL announces Game of the Week Partnership with Lifetime Channel
By Tom Slater on 02/02/2017
by TOM SLATER For years, the lack of a sustained television coverage has been the bane of the National Womens Soccer League (NWSL). Not anymore....
Dissecting the NWSL Draft: Sky Blue FC added important pieces to the puzzle
By Tom Slater on 01/13/2017
By TOM SLATER Dissecting winners and losers of any college draft may not be obvious until several years following the selections. But suffice it to...
Best of WoSo 2016: Hello Mallory Pugh, Goodbye Cap’n America and HAO; Rapinoe’s strange year
By Tom Slater on 12/29/2016
by TOM SLATER The year in women’s soccer was as diverse as the women playing the game. There were victories and defeats – and even...
Silence may be golden for Sky Blue FC in the NWSL off-season
By Tom Slater on 12/01/2016
by TOM SLATER For the second year in a row, it’s been a pretty silent fall for Sky Blue FC. While other National Women’s Soccer...
Sky Blue extend options on 16 players for 2017 NWSL season
By Tom Slater on 10/19/2016
By TOM SLATER The good news for Sky Blue FC fans is that most of the familiar faces from this past summer will be back...
Rampone named to NWSL’s Second XI Team
By Tom Slater on 10/07/2016
by TOM SLATER Christie Rampone hasn’t decided whether she will return to Sky Blue FC for the 2017 season. But if Rampone does decide to...
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Sky Blue FC falls short to Portland Thorns FC in NWSL season finale, 2-1.
By Tom Slater on 09/25/2016
by TOM SLATER It wasn’t the ending anyone was hoping for — unless you’re a Portland Thorns FC fan. The visiting teams used one goal...
Sky Blue wants to finish season on a strong note
By Tom Slater on 09/23/2016
by TOM SLATER Portland Thorns FC will visit New Jersey Sunday hoping to leave with the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Supporter’s Shield as the...