Up next for Sol: vs. FC Gold Pride

VS. FC GOLD PRIDE

Time: 1.

On the air: None.

Where: Home Depot Center.

Records: Sol 2-0-0; Pride 1-0-1.

Record vs. Sol: First game.

Update: The Sol strengthened its so-far impenetrable defense last week with the acquisition of Canadian international Martina Franko, a winner of two W-League championships with the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2003 and 2005. Franko, 33, is the seventh foreign international to join Coach Abner Rogers’ unbeaten team. The Sol will be missing Chinese national team striker Han Duan, who is participating in the Chinese Provincial Games. The Gold Pride, based in the Bay Area, features former U.S. Olympic gold medalist and world champion Tiffeny Milbrett, as well top Canadian striker Christine Sinclair, who played in college at Portland, and the Brazilian midfield duo of Adriane and Formiga.

-- Grahame L. Jones