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’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…

Given two weeks after the NWSL College Draft to sign five free agents, Western New York Flash head coach Aaran Lines said he expected to lure back familiar…

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…

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…

The Western New York Flash has the opportunity to win its third consecutive title in its third league in three years. The match, at 1 p.m. Saturday at Sahlen’s Stadium, could vault the Flash from repeat champion to dynasty. Let that soak in for a second.

Despite dictating play, earning 16 corner kicks and generating quality chances, Western New York couldn’t solve the Boston defense in the Flash’s 1-0 loss to the Breakers in the final match of the WPSL Elite regular season.

The No. 2 seed Flash…

With a 4-0 win over the ASA Chesapeake Charge last Sunday, the Western New York Flash clinched a WPSL Elite playoff berth in front of 2,017 fans at Sahlen’s Stadium – a season-high. Three regular season matches remain, however, as Aaran Lines’ club jockeys…

Close to losing her spot in the lineup, Western New York Flash striker Omolyn Davis repaid head coach Aaran Lines’ trust. Held without a point in her first four appearances, the Jamaican international exploded for a goal and an assist in Western New York’s…

Saturday’s 3-1 victory over the New England Mutiny was a welcomed result for the Western New York Flash, who’d only taken one point from its previous three games. The three points were particularly valuable as a confidence boost, as Wednesday’s opponent, the…

Western New York Flash head coach Aaran Lines said all the right things before the match against New England. He praised the Mutiny’s combination of experience and youth, complimented a few players and highlighted the opponent’s above-.500 record.

Unfortunately for the Western New York Flash, dominating possession doesn’t win futbol games. By converting a corner kick in the 53rd minute, the New York Fury stood strong behind a one-goal advantage to hand the Flash its first loss of the 2012 campaign, 1-0.

Western New York pulled away late from FC Indiana in the Flash’s debut match in Women’s Premier Soccer League-Elite, winning 4-1 behind a…