The U.S. Women's National Team for soccer is in town this weekend for a World Cup tune-up match with New Zealand on Sunday at Soldier Field. The United States comes in to Sunday's match on a 45-game unbeaten streak; this will be their second to last friendly before they travel to China for the 2007 World Cup. Chicagoist sat down with former national team representative and two-time World Cup Champion Brandi Chastain to talk soccer... more ›

The United States Women's National Soccer Team has scheduled a series of international friendlies this year to help them prepare for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup that will be held in China this fall. At noon on August 12, the U.S. Women's team will take on New Zealand at Soldier Field, a game that will also be broadcast live on ESPN2. Soccer fans can start buying tickets as of today. The U.S. squad is... more ›

The Women's United Soccer Association was the first full-time women's soccer league in the world when it was founded in 2000. Franchises existed in Atlanta, Boston, Chapel Hill & Cary, NC, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Jose, and Washington D.C. After three full seasons, the WUSA suspended operations in the fall of 2003. The WUSA failed for a variety of reasons including a lack of attendance and significant television ratings, and blowing through $100... more ›

This Sunday, the Windy City Rollers are hosting the Roller Derby Season Playoffs at Cicero Stadium. All four teams of the Windy City Rollers league will be competing to see who will play for the Joy King Cup on November 12. Doors open on Sunday at 5 p.m. The first match features the #2 Double Crossers versus #3 The Fury at 6 p.m. The second match of the night will be between the the top seed Manic Attackers and #4 Hell's Belles immediately following the first match. Tickets to the two matches are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. A portion of the proceeds will benefit PAWS. more ›

The old man of porn, Chicago-based Playboy, announced that it will raise the newsstand price of its magazine $1 and promised advertisers less sales. The price increase is only expected to effect teenagers scamming a copy at the corner magazine stand/porn hut and horny businessmen buying copies at the airport, since 89% of of Playboy's readers subscribe and have their copies subsequently stolen by the mailman. more ›

The 4th Annual Lunafest will be dropping into Room 120 of the DePaul University Student Center this Friday. Initially, we read this wrong and thought someone was holding Ludafest, which we imagined would be an evening devoted to the music of Dirty South rapper Ludacris. Sadly, we were mistaken. But this evening should be fun just the same. Lunafest (with-an-N) is a touring festival of short films that are for, or about, women and presented by Luna, the nutrition bar that is strong enough for a man but made for a woman. more ›

World premieres run amok in Chicago this week, with Sunday’s kick-off of the never-fully-produced Tennessee Williams play "One Arm" at Steppenwolf and the upcoming debut of director Robert Altman’s "A Wedding" at the Lyric Opera. more ›