Thursday, September 25, 2008

International Draft

Here are the results for the international draft for the WPS. The players get drafted and then decide on whether or not they would like to play.

FIRST ROUND

Bay Area: Formiga (Brazil)
Boston Breakers: Kelly Smith (England)
Los Angeles: Marta (Brazil)
St. Louis: Daniela Alves (Brazil) *Trade with Washington Freedom
Chicago Red Stars: Cristiane (Brazil)
Washington Freedom: Homare Sawa (Japan) *Trade with St. Louis
Sky Blue FC: Sarah Walsh (Australia)

SECOND ROUND

Bay Area: Christine Sinclair (Canada)
Boston Breakers: Fabiana (Brazil)
Los Angeles: Aya Miyama (Japan)
Washington Freedom: Sonia Bompastor (France)
Chicago Red Stars: Heather Garriock (Australia)
St. Louis: Renata Costa (Brazil)
Sky Blue FC: Rosana (Brazil)

THIRD ROUND

Bay Area: Eriko Arakawa (Japan)
Boston Breakers: Maycon (Brazil)
St. Louis: Lotta Schelin (Sweden) *Trade with Los Angeles 4th Round
Washington Freedom: Lisa De Vanna (Australia)
Chicago Red Stars: Karen Carney (England)
St. Louis: Melissa Tancredi (Canada)
Sky Blue FC: Ester (Brazil)

FOURTH ROUND

Bay Area: Erika (Brazil)
Boston Breakers: Shinobu Ohno (Japan)
Los Angeles: Han Duan (China)
Washington Freedom: Louisa Nécib (France)
Chicago Red Stars: Caroline Jonsson (Sweden)
Los Angeles: Margret Lara Vidarsdottir (Iceland) *Trade with St. Louis 3rd Round
Sky Blue FC: Kelly Parker (Canada)


Man, this is really hard! I still have no idea who I'm going to cheeer for! Do any of you?

2 comments:

Shazam said...

Chicago it is!!! Although all the games should be excellent! Can't wait! Do you know who their coaches are?

zoe said...

I know! I'm really into Chicago! Cristiane!!

I know the coach of the Boston Breakers is Tony DiCicco, former USA WNT head coach.

St. Louis' coach is the Brazilian WNT head coach. Interesting how he has Hope Solo...

I'm not quite sure who else is coaching, but I'll keep you posted.