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If all the people who showed up for the wake had actually bothered to attend even one game, there might still be a women's pro soccer league in America today. For all the good it did the WUSA, there were almost as many editorials lamenting its demise this week as spectators in some stadiums for the league's final regular-season games. "Critical mass will someday be reached when women athletes and their fans will demand, and sponsors will provide, another women's league. The shame is that that day is not here yet," opined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "It is highly regrettable," concurred...

<p>Whenever San Jose soccer star Brandi Chastain was going through tough times in life, a knee injury or some other setback, her mother always was there to provide guidance.</p> <p>She has reason to think about those words now. Her challenge is dealing with the unexpected deaths of her mother and father in just a seven-month period.</p>