The Boston Breakers return to women's professional soccer under a new ownership group, Boston Women's Soccer LLC.  Originally founded in 2000 as a charter member of the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) the Breakers were one of eight teams in the first U.S.-based women’s professional soccer league that played three seasons (2001, 2002, 2003) before the WUSA suspended operations in September of 2003.  League founding players Kristine Lilly, Kate Sobrero (now Markgraf) and Tracy Ducar headlined the Breakers roster all three seasons along with international stars that included Maren Meinert and Bettina Wiegmann (of Germany) and Dagny Mellgren and Ragnhild Gulbrandsen (of Norway). 

During the three year tenure in the WUSA, the Breakers were a successful organization both on and off the field:

• In 2001, Kate Sobrero received the WUSA “Humanitarian of the Year” award and the Breakers organization hosted the WUSA Championship Game at Foxboro Stadium which drew over 23,000 fans.


• In 2002, the Breakers team received the WUSA “Community Service Award” and Joe Cummings, President and General Manager, was honored by the league as the Executive of the Year.  The front office was recognized for their efforts in notching league leading attendance and total ticket revenue figures.


• In 2003, the Breakers finished the regular season in 1st place and moved on to the WUSA playoffs (where they eventually lost to the Washington Freedom).  Other accolades achieved by the Breakers included Coach of the Year (Pia Sundhage), League MVP (Maren Meinert), WUSA All-Star Game MVP (Maren Meinert), and for the second year in a row, Joe Cummings was recognized as the Executive of the Year.

In April of 2007 the Boston Breakers were re-established as one of seven team franchises announced in the Women’s Soccer Initiative (now Women’s Professional Soccer – WPS).  Boston's ownership group is comprised of six individuals:  Gary Loveman, Lyman Bullard, Alex Zecca, Louis Hernandez, a silent partner, and managing partner, Michael Stoller.

The front office staff is led by Joe Cummings (President and General Manager), who was involved in the four-year league revival effort and served in the previous Breakers organization.  Joe also holds the COO title in the WPS organization, thereby having a dual role with the Breakers and the league. 

Head Coach Tony DiCicco will lead the soccer operations and team side of the organization.  As the former U.S. Women's National Team head coach, DiCicco bring an unprecendented amount of experience, achievement and knowledge to the team.

As an organization, the Boston Breakers will work towards the mission statement of Women's Professional soccer, which is "to be the premier women's soccer league in the world and the global standard by which women's professional sports are measured".  We will also serve to fulfill our mission as a professional women's soccer and sports entertainment business.  We will serve the New England sports/soccer market by featuring world-class athletes in a fun environment at affordable prices and through this, we will fill the women's professional sports void here in the greater Boston area.

It is with great anticipation and excitement that we look ahead to Opening Day in April of 2010!