Season ticket holders were invited to attend the draft, but I for one am not going to be able to go. Is WUSA going to have a website with the results?
The draft is set for February 2nd. http://www.wusa.com/press_room/334904.html Here is the draft order: First Round 1) San Diego+ 2) New York+ 3) Boston 4) Philadelphia* 5) Atlanta 6) Philadelphia 7) Philadelphia** 8) Carolina + - New York sends M Jen Lalor and F Wynne McIntosh along with the Power's first-round pick in the 2003 WUSA Draft (first overall) to the Spirit for M Shannon Boxx and Sherrill Kester, D Margaret Tietjen and San Diego's first-round pick in the 2003 WUSA Draft (second overall). * - Philadelphia trades F Mandy Clemens for San Jose's first-round pick (fourth overall) in the 2003 WUSA Draft. ** - Washington trades its first pick in the 2003 WUSA Draft to Philadelphia for future considerations. Second Round 9) New York 10) Atlanta* 11) Boston 12) San Jose 13) Atlanta 14) Philadelphia 15) Washington 16) Carolina *-Atlanta trades D Anna Kraus to San Diego for its second-round pick in the 2003 WUSA Draft (10th overall). Third Round 17) San Diego* 18) San Diego 19) Boston 20) Washington** 21) Atlanta 22) Philadelphia 23) Washington 24) Carolina * - New York sends M Sherrill Kester and its third-round pick in the 2003 WUSA Draft (17th overall) to San Diego for GK Carly Smolak. **- (2001) San Jose trades F Jacqui Little and third pick in the 2003 WUSA Draft (20th overall) to Washington for F Pretinha. Fourth Round 25) New York 26) San Diego 27) Boston 28) San Jose 29) Atlanta 30) Philadelphia 31) Washington 32) Carolina
nordby1 posted this link in the Courage forum.. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/wusa/2003-01-28-draft_x.htm 5. ATLANTA BEAT Selection: Susan Bush, F, North Carolina Credentials: Scored five goals and had a team-high 15 assists for the Tar Heels in 2002. A finalist for the 1999 Hermann trophy as a freshman, Bush tore a knee ligament in 2000 and again in 2001, limiting her play during her sophomore and junior years. Has 10 appearances and three goals for the national team. ---------------------------- IMNNSHO..Bush's previous leg injuries the past couple of years throw up a huge red flag. Remember when she came out of Texas? She was projected as the "Next Big Thing" and unfortunately that never really panned out.
Here is the complete list of players available for Sunday's draft: http://63.111.22.229/documents/WUSA_DRAFT_POOL.pdf ----------- Soccer America's predictions for the Beat... 5. Atlanta: Susan Bush (North Carolina), f-mf. 10. Atlanta: Abby Crumpton (Michigan), f-d. 13. Atlanta: Marcia Wallis (Stanford), f. 21. Atlanta: Andrea Morelli (Washington), d. 29. Atlanta: Jordan Kellgren (Florida), gk.
"Speculation" on what the team may need... From CyberSoccerNews: http://www.cybersoccernews.com/wusa/030130wusadraft.shtml From Soccer America:
From today's AJC: INSIDE SOCCER Beat can fill holes in draft By WENDY PARKER Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
Are any BigSoccer posters going th the meeting? I ran into Javier yesterday, and he said a lot of season ticket holders have said they'd drop by. I would hope we'd have good knowledge about Bush's knees... knees are of course a major source of soccer injuries... but they get better.
Her Bio: http://gostanford.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/withers_callie00.html Her Bio: http://tarheelblue.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/gaston_leslie00.html
She sounds like one of those Unknowns that could possibly do very well. I imagine she will fill in for 1 of the 2 forward slots left by Cagle and Sun
My guess is to fill space and delight the fans that are there. The draft is moving very slowly...time-outs, trades, etc. They are probably doing stuff to fill in the holes...the dead space.
Katie Antongiovanni Her Bio: http://denverpioneers.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/antongiovanni_katie00.html
Nah I orginally had Ruth Montgomery going to the Beat. You have Katia Antongiovanni's bio up quoting my Ruth Montgomery post.
With the 29th pick the Beat choose.... Sandra Kayulu from University of Hartford. She is a 5-7 midfielder.
So, what's everyone's opinion of the picks we chose? The predictions were a bit off. I think the Beat took one of the five soccer armerica predicted that they would take. And a question specifically for Fear... you're a Breakers fan now??