USSF's take on the upcoming season

http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=29541

Armchair Midfielder
A monthly column about the State of U.S. Soccer that takes a hard look at everything from the performance of the U.S. National Teams to pro soccer in the good ‘ole U-S-of-A . If you’re looking for a viewpoint that you won’t see in a generic, nuts-and-bolts U.S. Soccer press release, you’ve come to the right place.

Just like last month’s dissection of MLS off-season moves, the Armchair Midfielder turns the same skeptical eye on their female counterparts.

Now on Year Three, it’s as if this off-season became the right time to shake things up, with teams dismissing players that may not have lived up to expectations over the first two seasons and ushering in a new set of coaches. As a direct result, Year 3 looks all the more exciting, with the only drawback being the time away from the WUSA that the league’s top players will be spending with their respective national teams in the build-up to WWC ’03. (Rookies and bench-warmers rejoice!!!)

So here goes, with a list of major pick-up’s and major losses, as well as a mini-prospectus, for each WUSA team for 2003, broken down into Who’s UP, Who’s DOWN and Who’s STUCK in the MIDDLE:
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