WUSA to hold waiver draft

by WUSA Press Release
Published on December 3, 2001 under Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA)

WUSA Press Release

New York, NY – WUSA Commissioner Tony DiCicco announced today 41 players have been made available for the WUSA's first post-season waiver draft on December 5, beginning at 5:00 pm ET. Below is the team-by-team list of draft-eligible players:

Atlanta Beat – Laurie Black, Kerry Gragg, Charry Korgel-Morris, Mary Pitera & Maite Zabala.

Boston Breakers – Sherice Bartling, Kim Calkins, Meotis Erikson, Elie Foster, Becky Hogan, Florence Omagbemi, Rebecca Hornbacher & Jen Tissue.

Carolina Courage – Sarah Yohe, Sarah Dacey, Kristin Bengtsson, Beth Sheppard, Allison Snooks & Julie Marslender.

New York Power – Raven McDonald, Jessica Reifer, Linda Strazzulla, Nicole Williams & Beth Zotter.

Philadelphia Charge – Jennifer Soileau, Laurie Pells, Vanessa Rubio & Courtney Saunders.

San Diego Spirit – Traci Arkenberg, Missy Wycinsky, Karissa Hampton & Holly Broome.

San Jose CyberRays – Megan Jeidy, Gina Oceguera-Eagleson & Linda Kurtyka.

Washington Freedom – Krista Davey, Keri Sarver, Louise Lieberman, Dawn Greathouse, Amy Gray & Kacy Beitel.

Each team will have two minutes to make a selection and there will be up to four rounds. A team with 18 players may draft a 19th player, but will have just 24 hours to waive a player to get back to a maximum roster size of 18. However, if after the first round a team is at 19, they must waive a player before making a selection in subsequent rounds.

The order of the draft was determined by the WUSA final standings for the 2001 season and will be held in reverse order of those standings. The order is as follows: Carolina Courage, Washington Freedom, Boston Breakers, San Diego Spirit, Philadelphia Charge, New York Power, Atlanta Beat and the San Jose CyberRays (WUSA Champion).

WUSA launched last April with the following eight teams: Atlanta Beat, Boston Breakers, Carolina Courage, New York Power, Philadelphia Charge, San Diego Spirit, San Jose CyberRays and Washington Freedom. The WUSA featured all of the members of the 1999 World Cup Champion and 2000 silver medal winning-team. WUSA's founding players are: Michelle Akers, Brandi Chastain, Tracy Ducar, Lorrie Fair, Joy Fawcett, Danielle Fotopoulos, Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Shannon MacMillan, Tiffeny Milbrett, Carla Overbeck, Cindy Parlow, Christie Pearce, Tiffany Roberts, Briana Scurry, Kate Sobrero, Tisha Venturini, Saskia Webber, and Sara Whalen. The league also featured over 25 of the top international stars from Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Norway and Sweden.

WUSA investors include John S. Hendricks, chairman and CEO of Discovery Communications, Inc., the parent company of Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, and other cable network services; Amos B. Hostetter, Jr., former chairman and CEO, Continental Cablevision, Inc., Comcast Corporation, which has majority ownership of QVC, Comcast-Spectacor, Comcast SportsNet, and The Golf Channel, and a controlling interest in E! Networks; Cox Enterprises; Cox Communications; and Time Warner Cable.

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