Western New York has boasted its share of extraordinary professional athletes: the region produced Bob Lanier and Calvin Murphy; featured Dominik Hasek, Ryan Miller and the French Connection; and bred NFL Hall-of-Famers in O.J. Simpson, Thurman Thomas and Jim Kelly.…

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…

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…

As the local soccer season nears, positivity surrounds both amateur men’s soccer in FC Buffalo and professional women’s soccer in the Western New…

The quest for a fourth-straight title will be the toughest slate yet for the Western New York Flash, who debut with two road matches before their home opener on April 27 at Sahlen’s Stadium.

Today, the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) unveiled…

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…

Establishing an enduring women’s top-tier professional soccer league in the United States is no easy task, the WUSA, WPS and WPSL-Elite have learned.

A new unnamed league is on the horizon, the president of U.S. Soccer Sunil Gulati announced in a conference…

U.S. women’s soccer teammates Alex Morgan and Sydney Leroux poked fun at fellow American Olympians over the weekend, dressing as champion gymnasts McKayla Maroney and Gabby Douglas.

Morgan, who played for the WNY Flash in 2011, gave the camera her best…