Alexa Borisjuk Midfielder Sarah Dacey Defender/Midfielder Allie Kemp Forward/Midfielder Sarah Yohe Midfielder Breakers Roster Cut To 14 25 Players Enter Waiver Draft
And those waived by other teams: Mercy Akide Forward San Diego Spirit Ann Cook Midfielder Washington Freedom Amanda Cromwell Defender Atlanta Beat Justi Baumgardt-Yamada Midfielder New York Power Meredith Beard Forward Washington Freedom Krista Davey Midfielder New York Power Carey Dorn Midfielder San Jose CyberRays Fan Yunjie Defender San Diego Spirit Erin Fahey Goalkeeper Washington Freedom Ronnie Fair Defender New York Power Sherrill Kester Midfielder San Diego Spirit Tara Koleski Midfielder Philadelphia Charge Erin Martin Forward Philadelphia Charge Rebekah McDowell Midfielder Washington Freedom Wynne McIntosh Forward San Diego Spirit Tracey Milburn Forward Washington Freedom Kim Montgomery Forward New York Power Minna Mustonen Forward Carolina Courage Theresa Wagner Midfielder San Jose CyberRays Staci Wilson Defender Carolina Courage Maite Zabala Goalkeeper Philadelphia Charge Several foreign players waived, including Fan Yunjie, a defender taken by San Diego in the first round in the inaugural draft. She will likely miss a lot of the season with the Chinese WNT. New York's 2002 first rounder, Minna Mustonen, is up for grabs, too. I wouldn't mind seeing Staci Wilson in Breakers blue, great speed and amazing strength in a 5'1" package. Amanda Cromwell has always been a favourite of mine, but I don't see her coming too far north. A great soccer mind, but lagging legs, at 33 she may move onto the coaching side of the game.
After reading that, I thought I remembered reading that she already had gone into coaching. And thanks to Google, I found the answer...the University of Central Florida: http://www.centralfloridasocceracademy.com/girlsCoaches.asp
I'm with Nat on Staci Wilson.Hard nosed, good positioning and decievingly tough.I must say I was suprised that the team values Heather Aldamo who was beaten regularly last season over Allie Kemp who definetely added pace and energy to the game when she was (often belatedly) brought in.
Allie played most of the second and third 35-minute periods of the Spirit's game with the U-21 team. And she looked good doing it. I'm not sure if she scored the second of three Spirit goals (there was a logjam in the U-21 box after Shauna Rohbock centered the ball into it) but I did see her make the pass to Sherice Anders, who did score the third goal. Allie looked good, really made the U-21 mids and backs work hard to keep her from scoring some other times.
Losing Allie is a big mistake. She is a huge fan favorite and added a big spark to the offense. And the Breakers need the fans behind them. One of the best Breakers game came when Hoffman was finally axed, and John Cunningham helped coach the game. He gave Allie some real playing time in that game and she showed that she really belonged on the pitch. The fans have lost a great player...
Hoffman was not released until after the 2002 season was over. I'm not sure what game you are referring to, but the only other coaches used last Fall were Jape Shattuck at the Akers Tribute match in Boston (Sept. 14th), then Pia Sundhage coached in Wilton, CT against NYP (Oct. 10th) and Oneonta, NY against PC (Oct. 14th).
Of course it was the Tribute match. Sorry I didn't specify that. Jape and John were both on the bench for that game, but the point was Allie played and played well.