10th Anniversary of 1999 Women’s World Cup Runs June 19-July 10

Womensprosoccer.com, the official league website for Women’s Professional Soccer, began its three-week series of first-person accounts from WPS players, international soccer stars and soccer executives to coincide with the 10th Anniversary of the 1999 Women’s World Cup on Friday.

The opening contribution comes from Marla Messing, President and CEO of the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup™.

Additional first-person accounts will run throughout the next three weeks including memories of the tournament from WPS players such as Tiffeny Milbrett (FC Gold Pride), Karina LeBlanc (Los Angeles Sol) and Lori Chalupny (Saint Louis Athletica), as well as retired internationals Sun Wen (China) and Steffi Jones, head of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup™ Organizing Committee, among others.

Working with U.S. Soccer, all seven WPS franchises are featuring a 10th Anniversary Tribute Day at one of their WPS home games coinciding with the anniversary of the tournament dates of the 1999 Women’s World Cup.

Former U.S. Women’s National Team players will make appearances, sign autographs and be recognized for their accomplishments ten years ago. The 1999 World Cup trophy will travel to WPS venues during this time for photo opportunities with fans and a special collector’s edition 1999 World Cup autograph card will be printed for fans.

A tribute video will also be shown.

This weekend includes appearances from Mia Hamm, Joy Fawcett, Brandi Chastain (FC Gold Pride) and Tiffeny Milbrett (FC Gold Pride) in Los Angeles.

Remembering ’99 Tribute Schedule
Date          Match                                        Stadium                            TV Game
June 20      Saint Louis vs. Washington         Anheuser-Busch Park      
June 21      Los Angeles vs. FC Gold Pride  Home Depot Center         Fox Soccer Channel
July 4         Sky Blue FC vs. Boston            Yurcak Field
July 5         FC Gold Pride vs. Saint Louis    Buck Shaw Stadium      
July 5         Washington vs. Los Angeles       Maryland SoccerPlex      Fox Soccer Channel
July 12       Boston vs. Sky Blue FC             Harvard Stadium             Fox Soccer Channel
July 12       Chicago vs. FC Gold Pride        Toyota Park                    Comcast

The previous story was excerpted from a Press Release by the WPS. Information was provided to Todd Civin by the WPS to create this story. Photo credit: John Todd | isiphotos.net. Todd Civin is a freelance writer who covers the WPS for the Bleacher Report. BR is looking for writers to cover the Atlanta Beat and the Philadelphia Independence as they enter the league in the upcoming seasons. Write to toddcivin1@aim.com for details.

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