Women's Professional Soccer announced today that it will be suspending play for the 2012 season. They hope to resume for the 2013 campaign. The league voted this morning to suspend operations as it works through a lawsuit filed by the owner of the former MagicJack franchise. MagicJack was kicked out of the league last October, but a judge has ruled for MagicJack, saying that the league failed to follow it's own grievance procedures. More hearings in the legal matter are scheduled for this week.
A few weeks ago US Soccer granted the league conditional Division 1 status, despite the league only having five teams instead of the required eight. According to those terms, the league must field 6 teams in 2013 and eight by 2014 to retain it's top flight professional status.
The league has played three seasons, trying to ride the wave of popularity of women's soccer in the wake of the Women's World Cup. However it's been plagued by financial trouble and saw one of it's previous champions, FC Gold Pride, fold before the 2011 season.
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