The 2009 All-Star Game is being played at The Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park in Fenton, MO, on August 30th with kick-off scheduled for 5:30pm ET/4:30pm CT. The game will be televised live nationally on Fox Soccer Channel and regionally on select Fox Sports Net affiliates (check local listings), starting at 5:00 p.m. ET with a half-hour pre-game show prior to kick-off.

The game is being played eight days following the WPS Championship, featuring a team of 18 WPS All-Stars, who will be selected through mix of voting (starting 11) and at-large selections by the head coach and the WPS Commissioner.

St. Louis Athletica's Hope Solo, left and Lori Chalupny unveil their team's soccer uniforms

Twenty-six players — but not most of the team’s big names — will be on hand when practice for St. Louis Athletica kicks off Sunday morning at Southern Illinois Edwardsville, the team’s home. The team opens its season April 4 at SIUE.

“It’s very exciting,” said Amanda Cinalli, a former midfielder and forward at Notre Dame who finished her career there in 2007 and stayed on as a volunteer assistant coach for a year so she could work out and stay in shape for the launch of Women’s Professional Soccer. “We’ve been looking forward to it since the draft in October. I couldn’t wait to get here. It’s surreal. The excitement is peaking right now.”

“It’s fun to truly get started,” said Jeff Cooper, the team’s owner.