Susana Capra's Blog (7)

Kobe Bryant introduces Marta!

The Los Angeles SOL press conference just concluded at the Home Depot Center (SOL Home Stadium). It was a sure treat as the Los Angeles Laker's Kobe Bryant took the podium to introduce his soccer idol, Marta. He explained that he is a huge soccer fan and went to Beijing to do 3 things: Win the Gold Medal, watch Michael Phelps make history and watch Marta play. He was very charismatic and supportive of the women's game. Marta then came up and shared her excitement for the league, team and Los An… Continue

Added by Susana Capra on March 5, 2009 at 4:47pm — No Comments

LA SOL: Open Try Outs - Holding onto your Dreams...

Behind the Scenes at the Los Angeles SOL Tryouts

One of my first projects as a part of the LA SOL PATROL was to take some photos of the LA SOL Open Try Outs. And it was a treat. I thought I would share t… Continue

Added by Susana Capra on February 17, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

A Bittersweet Moment with Women's Pro Soccer

Goodbye WPS office, Hello LOS ANGELES SOL!

The league offices in San Francisco are a real treat if you ever get the chance to stop by. I have been lucky enough to be an intern at the League Headquarters for the past five months. It has been a great time and an incredible lear… Continue

Added by Susana Capra on January 30, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

A must see documentary: Football Undercover

Today, Jalila (another WPS Intern) and I took a break from the day to head to a movie theater in San Francisco's Castro district. The film, Football Undercover, was part of the Berlin and Beyond Film Festival. We att… Continue

Added by Susana Capra on January 21, 2009 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

College Excitement

Most of the WPS Draft players had stellar college careers. It is now the colleges' turn to show their pride. Here are a few links to university soccer homepages praising their graduating seniors/alum: With 2 players,… Continue

Added by Susana Capra on January 21, 2009 at 5:30pm — 4 Comments

The League is expanding...and so is the league office!

The WPS Draft was held yesterday in St. Louis and I kept a close watch through twitter as most of the fans did. I did not work from the WPS offices most of this past week because the staff took off to good ole St.Louis for the NSCAA Convention and even more excitedly, our draft! I was… Continue

Added by Susana Capra on January 17, 2009 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Who has the best potential WPS Squad? All players and positions...

Here is each team with USWNT players and possible International Players (chosen in the draft but yet to be signed) with their positions... (More player info and bios at Women's Pro Soccer Bay Area - Albertin Montoya Nicole Barnhart - Goalkeeper Rachel Buehler -Defender Leslie Osborne - Midfielder Formiga (Brazil) - Midfielder Christine Sinclair (Canada) -Forward Eriko Arakawa (Japan) -Forward Erika (Brazil) -Defender… Continue

Added by Susana Capra on September 30, 2008 at 2:29pm — 6 Comments