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So much for Olympic marketing for WPS
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The Women's Pro Soccer league announced it's allocation/draft process, the bulk of which will take place in September, when things like pro and college football, along baseball's pennant races won't be crowding the sports landscape. RIGHT. A missed opportunity, it would seem. There'll also be a WPS/W-League combine in September. Details here. |
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It's the eve of what isn't necessarily a crucial game for the U.S., but tomorrow's match against England is massive for a number of U.S. players' careers. Take Michael Bradley, for instance, who to my understanding can qualify for an English work permit with two more caps. Hmm, can we say Premiership next season? Also auditioning for new European jobs: Josh Wolff, Nate Jaqua, Carlos Bocanegra, Dominic Cervi.... I also hear Kasey Keller to Bayern Munich is a no-go. As for Major League Soccer moves, instead of more South Americans, look for some African trialists to arrive next week, including New England Revolution midfielder Sainey Nyassi's twin brother, Sanna. Speaking of the Revs, look for Sainey Nyassi, Kenny Mansally and Kheli Dube to be called up to the Gambian and Zimbabwean national teams, respectively, for World Cup qualifying. Another step or two below MLS, a couple other tidbits: Second-year Premier Development League franchise FC Fredericksburg qualified for the U.S. Open Cup with a 2-0 win over Hampton Roads that included two assists by American University midfielder Cameron Petty. The Gunners could play any of three area USL-2 teams: Real Maryland, Crystal Palace USA, or Richmond in the first round on June 10, the date on which all 32 non-MLS teams are slated to begin their tournament campaigns. The Women's Pro Soccer league announced it will add Philadelphia as an expansion team in 2010. |
The Freedom to get ahead
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Story on deck in tomorrow's paper about the Washington Freedom, who are favorites to roll through the W-League again this year after a 12-1-1 championship showing last summer. Made we wonder if they could actually stockpile players ahead of the 2009 launch of Women's Pro Soccer. Maybe, just maybe. Here's Freedom coach Jim Gabarra, first on the talent pool for 2009 compared to good ol' days in the WUSA: "The pool’s probably deeper, but the real top talent, I don’t know how many of the international players will come the first year." My conspiracy theory: the Freedom ignores certain players this year in order to scoop them up after all the drafts and allocations are done for 2009. Gabarra's response: "It’s a tricky game because you want to win and you want to put out the best possible team this year. I’ve found that everybody probably sees players a little bit differently. Some people think different players are better. In drafts, there’d be players that I’d never even invite to a tryout. Everybody’s different, and there’s always a couple that everybody wants. You can’t have all of them. You've just got to find out what the mechanism is and just deal with it the best that you can. For us, having a player here and play with us this summer and maybe another coach sees her and likes her, and we lose her, is more important to us than saying 'Well, we’re not going to show any interest in you because we are interested in you for next year.' We can really tell what a player is like on day-to-day basis if we have them for 3-4 months rather than just watching them play in college or for some other team." Looking forward to updates from the Women's Soccer Celebration this weekend in Colorado. Allocation process decisions, perhaps? |
Craig Stouffer
The Washington Examiner's Craig Stouffer blogs about soccer.
The Washington Examiner's Craig Stouffer blogs about soccer.
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