Given the last two extended layoffs between games, the Western New York Flash must be antsy to return to the pitch.

Aaran Lines’ team has only played twice in the past month, but now the Flash embark on a seven-game-in-30-days stretch, five of which…

Energized by the returns of U.S. internationals Abby Wambach and Carli Lloyd from injury, the Western New York Flash no longer look like the National Women’s Soccer League doormat they were after three matches.

On the heels of May 1’s victory…

With Abby Wambach’s head injury saga firmly in the past, the Western New York Flash took advantage of their superstar striker in the lineup to beat…

Even though it was postponed for four days, Abby Wambach’s Western New York Flash home debut was sterling.

First-half goals from Wambach—her first in the NWSL—and 2012 WPSL-Elite leading scorer Adriana buoyed Aaran Lines’ team to a…

For a women’s professional soccer team with a tradition of championships, an 0-2-1 start for the Western New York Flash is simply unacceptable by the organization’s standards set over the last three seasons.

It was all but fitting that a U.S. Women’s national star scored the knockout blow to send the Boston Breakers past the Western New York Flash, who were without an American international in the lineup.

Heather O’Reilly (right in photo) spoiled…

Rochester-born international soccer superstar Abby Wambach will be forced to delay her professional homecoming a few more days after suffering a blow to the head at the end of last Saturday’s game vs. the Washington Spirit. The injury has not been officially…

It’s a little premature to worry about the state of the Western New York Flash (0-1), even though the local professional women’s soccer club dropped its season-opening match 1-0…

Hopefully the Western New York Flash are getting their hiccups out of the way early in the National Women’s Soccer League season.

Sky Blue FC defended its home turf to the tune of a 1-0…

Western New York Flash head coach Aaran Lines is as acclimated to winning as he is to change, and that’s a major reason why his professional soccer team had defied odds to win three straight championships in three different leagues.

While several organizations…

If you think drafting in the NBA and NFL is an inexact science, then you can imagine how difficult it is for the eight teams in the new National Women’s Soccer League to select a total of 32 college players.

While several of the NWSL organizations didn’t…

The Western New York Flash selected four players in today’s NWSL College Draft, addressing defensive concerns with their first pick and taking a widely-respected…

Even though the NHL lockout has finally reached its conclusion, the mood surrounding Buffalo sports has been sour this year. The absence of hockey, the plight of the Buffalo Bills and the lack of a professional basketball team left local sports fans continually craving…

After leading the U.S. women’s national soccer team to two gold medals and a World Cup Final, head coach Pia Sundhage surprisingly vacated her position after the first match of the Fan Celebration Tour in Rochester.

With Sundhage eying professional…

Nothing was easy about Western New York’s post-season run to a third straight championship. Conceding early deficits became the norm, as the Flash only led for a meager 12 minutes over the entire WPSL Elite playoffs and trailed for 121 of the 210 minutes in…