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(92 days until the WPS Draft)
US Women's Soccer coach Pia Sundhage named the roster that will play against Germany on October 29th. Sundhage released the roster on October 5th after a 12 day training camp. The 18 woman roster includes 15 players currently under a WPS team contract and 2 (Brittany Bock and Shannon Boxx) from the Los Angeles Sol.
The team will be led by Lori Chalupny who will take the place as Captain in the absence of Christie Rampone who is out on maternity leave. Here is the full roster:
GOALKEEPERS (2):Nicole Barnhart (FC Gold Pride), Hope Solo (St. Louis Athletica)
DEFENDERS (6): Brittany Bock (Los Angeles Sol), Rachel Buehler (FC Gold Pride), Lori Chalupny (St. Louis Athletica), Amy LePeilbet (Boston Breakers), Heather Mitts (Out of Contract), Cat Whitehill (Washington Freedom)
MIDFIELDERS (8): Yael Averbuch (Sky Blue FC), Shannon Boxx (Los Angeles Sol), Tobin Heath (UNC), Angela Hucles (Boston Breakers), Lori Lindsey (Philadelphia Independence), Carli Lloyd (Out of Contract), Heather O’Reilly (Sky Blue FC), Megan Rapinoe (Chicago Red Stars)
FORWARDS (2): Amy Rodriguez (Philadelphia Independence), Abby Wambach (Washington Freedom)
For more info log on to ussoccer.com
I recently had the pleasure of speaking to Los Angels Sol midfielder Manya Makoski. Manya will be one of the vital parts for the Los Angels Sol next season. But since the season is over, I took the opportunity to ask her about life on and off the field.
Manya is living her dream of playing the game of her chilhood idol Christine Lilly. But the soccer superstar was not the reason Manya began playing soccer. It was after watching her older brothers that she decided soccer was what she wanted to do.
" I looked up to my brothers and I always wanted to do everything they did"
As we all Sol fans know the season ended in disappointing fashion. No one more disappointed than Manya.
" I think about it everyday. But, I was thankful to be have played in [the championship game] it was an awesome experience."
Many's life is not all about soccer, she admitted that she loves to dance. So if there was any way that Manya could cheer herself up, it would be by dancing to the beat of a nice Hip Hop song. I was trying to figure out how she became a Suns fan since she grew up in Trumbull, Connecticut, but then I realized she also attended Arizona State.
Manya has a many great soccer years left in her career but once her career is all said and done, she wants to leave her own mark.
" I want to play at the national team level and I want to look back at my years, and say that I gave it my all"
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