The Boston Breakers, who opened their Women’s Professional Soccer season Sunday in Georgia with a 4-1 victory over the Atlanta Beat, will host a clinic Friday to raise funds for the earthquake relief efforts in Japan.

Two Breakers players, Taryn Hemmings and Claire Zimmeck, trained with the Japanese club TEPCO Mareeze and returned to the United States two weeks before the earthquake and tsunami struck Northern Japan. They are expected to be joined by one of their Japanese teammates Friday.

The Kicks for Japan clinic will be held from 3-5 p.m. at Harvard University’s Cumnock Field for those who donate a minimum of $40. Breakers players and staff will run technical skills stations and sign autographs.

The Breakers’ home opener is Sunday (6 p.m.) at Harvard Stadium vs. the Western New York Flash.

The Boston Breakers released their 2011 Women’s Professional Soccer schedule Thursday, featuring seven games that will be broadcast nationally on Fox Soccer Channel.

The Breakers open the season April 9 at Atlanta. Their first home game is April 17 against the expansion Western New York Flash at Harvard Stadium, the Breakers’ home field again this season.

Here is the entire schedule:

Saturday, April 9, at Atlanta Beat, 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 17, vs. Western New York Flash, 6 p.m. (FSC)
Saturday, April 23, at magicTalk SC, 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 1, vs. Sky Blue FC, 6 p.m. (FSC)
Sunday, May 8, at Philadelphia Independence, 6 p.m. (FSC)
Friday, May 13, at Western New York Flash, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 22, vs. Philadelphia Independence, 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 28, at Sky Blue FC, 7 p.m.
Sunday, June 5, vs. magicTalk SC, TBA (FSC)
Sunday, June 12, at Sky Blue FC, 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 19, at Atlanta Beat, TBA (FSC)
Sunday, July 10, vs. Atlanta Beat, 6 p.m. (FSC)
Sunday, July 24, vs. Western New York Flash, 6 p.m. (FSC)
Wednesday, July 27, vs. Philadelphia Independence, 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 30, at magicTalk SC, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 3, at Western New York Flash, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 6, vs. magicTalk SC, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 14, vs. Sky Blue FC, 4 p.m.

Leslie Osborne's day job is a midfielder for the Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer. (Boston Breakers photo)

Boston Breakers co-captain Leslie Osborne is one of the top midfielders in the nation, yet she still can’t decide whether she has more high heels or cleats kicking around in her closet.

Osborne, who signed with the Breakers as a free agent last October, takes runways and photo shoots by storm when she’s not dominating the pitch at Harvard Stadium.

Osborne's other passion is modeling, which she does frequently in Boston and beyond.

“I think it’s just a really cool thing for people out there to know what female athletes can be like off the field,” Osborne said. “It’s a different viewpoint now what female athletes can be. They can be nice and fashionable off the field, and on the field and they can still go out and be great soccer players.”

The Wisconsin native and Santa Clara alumna comes to Boston off her captainship with FC Gold Pride in 2009, and now leads Boston’s chapter of Women’s Professional Soccer alongside soccer legend Kristine Lilly.

Although Osborne admits her “California girl” style of vibrant colors and long dresses sometimes clashes with Boston’s neutral-colored fashion domain, she is still considered a trendsetter in the locker room.

“[My teammates] just think I’m funny because I come to the locker room and I’m wearing my Puma skirt and a tank top,” Osborne said with a laugh. “They can get funny because a lot of them don’t care much about how they look or what they wear, and they’re always like, ‘Oh, Leslie, you can pull that off but we can’t,’ and it’s like, ‘No, you guys can.’ It’s totally about how you feel in it, and that way it looks how you feel.

“I think they do give me a hard time when they have my Puma poster hanging up, but I think it’s pretty cool because I think that they appreciate it.”

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