Happy Birthday Nicole!

Nicole Barnhart, the WNT back up goalie, turned 27 on October 10. Happy Birthday!

3 more games

The USA WNT will contiue their "Achieve Your Gold" with a 3 game series against South Korea. The first game will be on November 1 in Richmond, Virgina. The second will be on November 5 in Cincinnati, Ohio and the third will be on November 8 in Tampa, Florida.

The USA should be playing another 4 games after these 3 are over.

Another Draft

Sorry I haven't been blogging in awhile. Things have gotten kind of busy and the team is on a 3 week break.

But, on October 6, the WPS held the General Draft. The players in this draft are out of college. Some of them have played on the USA WNT for some games and rosters. I think that these are the players to watch as they will greatly improve and maybe make it onto the national team.


The results:

Round One
1. Washington Freedom:Sarah Huffman
2. Bay Area:Jill Oakes
3. Washington Freedom: Becky Sauerbrunn
4. Boston Breakers: Amy LePeilbet
5. Los Angeles: Karina LeBlanc
6. Chicago Red Stars: Danesha Adams
7. Sky Blue FC:Cori Alexander


Round Two
8. Sky Blue FC:Keeley Dowling
9. Chicago Red Stars: Ella Masar
10. Los Angeles:Kendall Fletcher
11. Boston Breakers:Nancy Augustyniak Goffi
12. Los Angeles:Christie Welsh
13. Bay Area:Kandace Wilson
14. St. Louis: India Trotter

Round Three
15. St. Louis: Angie Woznuk
16. Bay Area:Liz Bogus
17. Washington Freedom:Lori Lindsey
18. Boston Breakers:Sue Weber
19. Los Angeles:Manya Makoski
20. Chicago Red Stars: Marian Dalmy
21. Sky Blue FC:Kacey White


Round Four
22. Sky Blue FC:Jenny Anderson-Hammond
23. Chicago Red Stars:Ifeoma Dieke
24. St. Louis:Joanna Lohman
25. Boston Breakers: Kristin Luckenbill
26. St. Louis:Amanda Cinalli
27. Bay Area:Tracy Hamm
28. Washington Freedom:Emily Janss


Joanna Lohman, Kacey White, Angie Woznuk, India Trotter, Christie Welsh, Amy LePeilbet, and Becky Sauerbrunn have all played some games for the full USA WNT.

Marian Dalmy played on ther 2007 Women's World Cup team and Kristin Luckenbill was the backup goalkeeper on the 2004 Olympic team.

September Birthdays

Happy Birthday to Lindsay Tarpley and Lauren Cheney!! Lindsay Tarpley turned 25 on September 22 and Lauren Cheney turned 21 on September 30.

Happy Birthday to them both.
Lindsay Tarpley

Lauren Cheney

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?

Thanks Lori!!

Ok, so the USA WNT blog does this thing where it allows fans to ask questions to Lori Chalupny, a defender on the team. Many people ask questions, but she actually answered my question!!! I don't know why this feels so cool, but I guess it's neat that she took the time to answer questions from the fans.

zoe said...
Hey Chupa!
Congrats again on the gold!!

Just wondering..what was going through your mind as the ref blew the whistle at the end of the gold medal game? what was the most special moment for you?



Chalupa: Hi Zoe, thanks for the question. I will never forget the moment the whistle blew. I had always dreamed of winning an Olympic gold but never really thought about the final whistle. To tell you the truth, I don't really remember what I was doing or what I was thinking. I was just overcome by emotion. It's hard to pick out a favorite moment from that day, but I think standing on the podium, singing our National Anthem and watching our flag being raised was the most emotional for me. It was a moment of such joy but also pride. I was so proud to be standing there with the other 17 girls.