2000 WUSA player allocation explained

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.^[1]

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

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2000 allocation results

	Atlanta Beat	Boston Breakers	New York Power	Orlando Tempest	Philadelphia Charge	San Diego Spirit	Bay Area CyberRays	Washington Freedom
	Briana Scurry	Kristine Lilly	Tiffeny Milbrett	Michelle Akers^1	Lorrie Fair	Julie Foudy	Brandi Chastain	Mia Hamm
	Cindy Parlow	Kate Sobrero	Sara Whalen	Danielle Fotopoulos	Saskia Webber	Joy Fawcett	Tisha Venturini	Siri Mullinix
	Nikki Serlenga	Tracy Ducar	Christie Pearce	Tiffany Roberts	Mandy Clemens	Shannon MacMillan	LaKeysia Beene	Michelle 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.^[4]

See also

• 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

External links

• WUSA Website (archive.org)
• WUSA on Fun While It Lasted

Notes and References

1. Web site: WUSA kick-started. Sports Illustrated. 20 December 2013. May 24, 2000.
2. Book: Grainey, Timothy F.. Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer. 2012. University of Nebraska Press. 0803240368. 47.
3. Web site: Wagman. Robert. Hamm is assigned to play in Washington as first 24 allocations are announced.. 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.
4. News: WUSA: Where will Akers land?. Soccer America. May 2, 2001. January 4, 2013. Dean. Caparaz.