WPS Stars

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FFCC99" ALINK="#FF9966" VLINK="#FF9966">  <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website</B></FONT>     |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="sundrystars.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sundry Stars">Sundry Stars</A>   |   <B>WPS Stars</B>   |   <A HREF="attractive.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="We Can Be Attractive Girls And Still Pla">"We Can Be Attractive Girls And Still Play Sport"</A>   |   <A HREF="worldpofy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FIFA Womens World Player of the Year">FIFA Women's World Player of the Year</A>   |   <A HREF="ambassadors.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FIFA Ambassadors">FIFA Ambassadors</A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04658020.png" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> WPS Stars</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="1078" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 722 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24f41d2c0.jpg" border=0 width="285" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="24f41d2c0.jpg" border=0 width="285" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="771"><div> Women's Professional Soccer kicks off in the USA in 2009, with seven clubs in its initial season, and a further three clubs - Atlanta, Dallas and Philadelphia - earmarked for 2010.</div> <bR> <div> The initial international draft of players was announced on 24 September, providing teams to begin a formal negotiation process with each selected player upon receiving permission from that player's current club.</div> <bR> <div> Pictured below are the 28 players chosen in this draft. Most should be starters in the new league, with each team able to sign up to five international players on their roster (ideally a few of them being Football Ferns!)</div> <bR> <div> The USA squad members have been liberally sprinkled among the seven teams, specifically:</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="756" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="146"><div> Club</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Extra Internationals</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="146"><div> Bay Area</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Nicole Barnhart</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Rachel Buehler</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Leslie Osborne</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Anja Mittag </div> <div> (Germany)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 40 ><NOBR><div> Boston Breakers</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Angela Hucles</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Kristine Lilly</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Heather Mitts</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Emma Byrne </div> <div> (Eire)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 40 ><NOBR><div> Chicago Red Stars</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Carli Lloyd</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Kate Markgraf</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Lindsay Tarpley</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Alex Scott </div> <div> (England)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="146"><div> Los Angeles</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Shannon Boxx</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Stephanie Cox</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Aly Wagner</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Camille Abily </div> <div> (France)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 40 ><NOBR><div> Sky Blue FC (NJ/NY)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Natasha Kai</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Heather O'Reilly</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Christie Rampone</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Collette McCallum (Australia)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 77 WIDTH="146"><div> St. Louis</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Lori Chalupny</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Tina Ellertson</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Hope Solo</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Eniola Aluko </div> <div> (England)</div> <div> Ingvild Stensland</div> <div> (Norway)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="146"><div> Washington DC</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Ali Krieger</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Abby Wambach</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Cat Whitehill</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Erin McLeod</div> <div> (Canada)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Allied to the players below, there should be some enthralling action on the park. </div> <bR> <div> Take the potential LA line-up - Marta and Han Duan up front, Aya Miyama down the left, the Icelandic flier down the right, Shannon Boxx and French star Camille Abily as midfield anchors, Aly Wagner supplying the bullets ... all this and Brazilian legend Sissi as assistant coach! The attacking potential of that team alone is frightening!</div> <bR> <div> As well as the three new teams in 2010, there's also an English professional women's league planned - exciting times!</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="1136" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 276 WIDTH="26"><div> <I><B>B</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>A</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Y</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>A</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>R</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>E</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>A</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24b90cfa0.jpg" border=0 width="268" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Formiga (Brazil)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="271"><div> <IMG SRC="24bba9fa0.jpg" border=0 width="169" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Christine Sinclair (Canada)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24bdf2fa0.jpg" border=0 width="242" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Eriko Arakawa (Japan)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24bfd6fa0.jpg" border=0 width="214" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Erika (Brazil)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 278 WIDTH="26"><div> <I><B>B</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>O</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>S</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>T</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>O</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>N</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>B</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>R</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>E</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>A</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>K</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>E</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>R</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>S</B></I></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="271"><div> <IMG SRC="24c19dfa0.jpg" border=0 width="157" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Kelly Smith (England)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24f2e4fa0.jpg" border=0 width="228" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Fabiana (Brazil)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24c4c2fa0.jpg" border=0 width="194" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Maycon (Brazil)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="271"><div> <IMG SRC="24c699fa0.jpg" border=0 width="153" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Shinobu Ohno (Japan)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 312 WIDTH="26"><div> <I><B>C</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>H</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>C</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>A</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>G</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>O</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>R</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>E</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>D</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>S</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>T</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>A</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>R</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>S</B></I></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24c9bffa0.jpg" border=0 width="191" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Cristiane (Brazil)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="271"><div> <IMG SRC="24cb95fa0.jpg" border=0 width="149" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Heather Garriock (Australia)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24cd09fa0.jpg" border=0 width="265" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Karen Carney (England)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="271"><div> <IMG SRC="24cf9dfa0.jpg" border=0 width="157" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Caroline Jonsson (Sweden)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 276 WIDTH="26"><div> <I><B>L</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>O</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>S</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>A</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>N</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>G</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>E</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>L</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>E</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>S</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24d1cafa0.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Marta (Brazil)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="271"><div> <IMG SRC="24d39ffa0.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Aya Miyama (Japan)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24d5b3fa0.jpg" border=0 width="179" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Margret Lara Vidarsdottir (Iceland)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="271"><div> <IMG SRC="24d7a5fa0.jpg" border=0 width="165" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Han Duan (China)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 276 WIDTH="26"><div> <I><B>S</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>K</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Y</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>B</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>L</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>U</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>E</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>N</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>J</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>/</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>N</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Y</B></I></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24d9cafa0.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sarah Walsh (Australia)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24e7eafa0.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Rosana (Brazil)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="271"><div> <IMG SRC="24e9a2fa0.jpg" border=0 width="162" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Ester (Brazil)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24f0c9fa0.jpg" border=0 width="201" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Kelly Parker (Canada)   <I>pic: El Paso Times</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 276 WIDTH="26"><div> <I><B>S</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>T.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>L</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>O</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>U</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>S</B></I></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24e5f7fa0.jpg" border=0 width="247" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Daniela (Brazil)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="271"><div> <IMG SRC="24ecadfa0.jpg" border=0 width="173" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Renata Costa (Brazil)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="271"><div> <IMG SRC="24dbaffa0.jpg" border=0 width="175" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Lotta Schelin (Sweden)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24ee0cfa0.jpg" border=0 width="268" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Melissa Tancredi (Canada)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 330 WIDTH="26"><div> <I><B>W</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>A</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>S</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>H</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>N</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>G</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>T</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>O</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>N</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>F</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>R</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>E</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>E</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>D</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>O</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>M</B></I></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="271"><div> <IMG SRC="24ddaefa0.jpg" border=0 width="174" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Homare Sawa (Japan)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24dff7fa0.jpg" border=0 width="247" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sonia Bompastor (France)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24e1dbfa0.jpg" border=0 width="219" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Lisa De Vanna (Australia)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="24e3c1fa0.jpg" border=0 width="193" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Louisa Necib (France)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="international_stars.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="International Stars">International Stars</A></div> <bR> </BODY>