Breakers To Face Off Against Independence in 2010 Home Opener

The Boston Breakers announced they will face off against the expansion Philadelphia Independence in their opening home game of the 2010 Women’s Professional Soccer season on Sunday, April 18 at 6:00 p.m. at Harvard Stadium.  

Philadelphia Independence is one of the two 2010 WPS expansion franchises and features former Breakers Heather Mitts, Amy Rodriguez, and Sue Weber.

Boston’s Home Opener will be featured on Fox Soccer Channel and it will be the first television appearance for the Breakers in 2010.

WPS play will begin the weekend of April 10-11, two weeks later than the start of the inaugural season in 2009.  The Breakers’ season opener will be on the road against the Washington Freedom on April 10 at the Maryland SoccerPlex.  The remainder of the 2010 schedule is anticipated to be announced in early February.

Fans can secure tickets for Opening Night with the Breakers annual one-day pre-sale Friday, December 18 from 9:00 am to 6:00 p.m. 

This is the only opportunity to purchase single game tickets for Opening Night until the official single-game on-sale date in late February 2010.  

Tickets will be available in both Category I ($27) and Category II ($20) seating areas.  Online ticket orders may be printed at home and are subject to an additional $2 per ticket convenience charge. 

There are two ways to order Opening Night tickets during Friday's pre-sale, either by phone at 781-251-2100 or online at www.breakersgroups.com  between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. 

To order online, enter the following password to access the ticket sale: opener10 (password activates at 9 a.m. on Friday and de-activates at 6:00 p.m.).

About Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS)

Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) is the premier women’s soccer league in the world and the global standard by which women’s professional sports are measured. 

The Inaugural Season kicked off in March 2009 with seven WPS teams based in the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Jersey/New York, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. 

The league’s eighth and nine franchises, Philadelphia and Atlanta, will begin play in the 2010 WPS Season, which begins April 2010. For more information, visit www.womensprosoccer.com .

The previous story is excerpted from a Press Release by the Boston Breakers of the WPS by What's News.

What's News is the alternate profile of Bleacher Report writer Todd Civin and is used to re-post Press Releases for the AHL, The WPS and the NY-PENN baseball League.

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