2000 WUSA player allocation

August 2023 The 200 WUSA player allocation distributed 24 players from the United States women's national soccer team to the eight founding teams of the WUSA. The initial allocation list was announced on May 24, 2000, and consisted primarily of players from the American team that won the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup the previous year.WUSA kick-started http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2000/05/24/wusa_players_ap/ https://web.archive.org/web/20010713004930/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2000/05/24/wusa_players_ap/ dead July 13, 2001 Sports Illustrated 20 December 2013 May 24, 2000 Process The league allocated three players from the list of founding players based on three criteria: player's interest in playing for a particular team player's hometown or college town competitive balance amongst the teams Grainey Timothy F. Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer 2012 University of Nebraska Press 0803240368 47Wagman Robert Hamm is assigned to play in Washington as first 24 allocations are announced. http://www.soccertimes.com/proleagues/wusa/2000/may24.htm Soccer Times 20 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130510084736/http://www.soccertimes.com/proleagues/wusa/2000/may24.htm 10 May 2013 dead dmy-all 2000 allocation results Atlanta Beat Boston Breakers New York Power Orlando Tempest Philadelphia Charge San Diego Spirit Bay Area CyberRays Washington FreedomUSABriana ScurryKristine LillyTiffeny MilbrettMichelle Akers1Lorrie FairJulie FoudyBrandi ChastainMia HammCindy ParlowKate SobreroSara WhalenDanielle FotopoulosSaskia WebberJoy FawcettTisha VenturiniSiri MullinixNikki SerlengaTracy DucarChristie PearceTiffany RobertsMandy ClemensShannon MacMillanLaKeysia BeeneMichelle French 1 A shoulder injury ruled Akers out of the season, so she took on a spokesperson role for WUSA while hoping to return to playing the following season. When the Orlando franchise moved to Carolina, Carla Overbeck—who had intended to sit out 2001 in order to have another child—agreed to replace Akers as one of the team's allocated players.http://www.socceramerica.com/article/10300/wusa-where-will-akers-land.html Soccer America WUSA: Where will Akers land? May 2, 2001 January 4, 2013 Dean Caparaz See also Women's association football Sports Association football List of top-division football clubs in CONCACAF countries List of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada List of WUSA drafts 2001 WUSA season References External links WUSA Website (archive.org) WUSA on Fun While It Lasted Founding Player Allocation Category:Women's United Soccer Association drafts