Washington Freedom!

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She was out for some fun, sun and
boogie-boarding. She got the fright of her life.<br><br>LaKeysia
Beene, a Gold River, Calif., native and one of the Bay
Area CyberRays' original three allocated players, was
enjoying the waters of nearby Monterey Bay one summer day
when she encountered a Pacific electric ray swimming
alongside.<br><br>The rays, native to Northern California waters, have
a nasty reputation among surfers, scuba divers and
commercial fishermen for the powerful electric jolt they can
deliver.<br><br>Fishermen usually cut their lines as soon as they've hooked
one. Beene, a two-time all-American goalkeeper at
Notre Dame, never let the creature get that
close.<br><br>"It scared the heck out of me," she said. "I ran to
shore screaming because I was so scared."<br><br>Was
she aware of the ray's shocking
abilities?<br><br>"Not really," she said. "It was a creature that I
could just tell had a mean force. Just looking at the
thing I was completely terrified."<br><br>CyberRays.
Once she feared them. Now she's joined them.

What team does everyone think will bring home the first WUSA title?  Post your
opinions!

LaKeysia Beene - Goalkeeper<br><br>Born: March 9,
1978<br>Age: 22<br>Height: 5-8<br>Weight: 135<br>Hometown:
Gold River, Calif.<br>College: Notre Dame <br>
<br><br><br>LaKeysia Beene wrapped up her four-year career at Notre
Dame in 1999 by leading her team to the NCAA
championship game at Spartan Stadium. On the way to the
runner-up finish by the Fighting Irish, Beene faced the two
highest-scoring teams in the country, Nebraska in a four-overtime
NCAA quarterfinal match and Santa Clara in the semis,
and allowed just one goal in 240 minute of play. She
has played for the U.S. under-20 team since 1997 when
she earned a 1-0 shutout over Denmark in the Nordic
Cup, the top international tournament for that age
group.<br><br>LaKeysia will play keeper for the Bay Area Cyber Rays.
Check out their website at
<a href=http://www.bayareacyberrays.com
target=new>http://www.bayareacyberrays.com</a>

General Manager of the Raleigh Wings Dr. Hugo
Uyttenhove announced today the termination of its franchise
agreement with the United Soccer Leagues W-League. "We have
to make room for the professional WUSA Carolina
franchise, and in our market we should not compete," he
said. <br><br>The Wings were the most successful
W-League franchise with three divisional titles and two
national championship titles. The rosters featured
national team players and outstanding local players who
are positioned well to make it in the new WUSA
league. <br><br>The Raleigh Wings office will remain open
until the end of the month. <br>
<br><br><a href=http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/internationalwomenssoccer
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<a href=http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/wusasandiegofanclub
target=new>http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/wusasandiegofanclub</a><br>feel free to
join ;) btw- I like the colors for your club!<br>christel

Thanks-I fixed the welcome message and the description of the club, so no more
worries.  What's your club's address?

cool club :) just one correction- this actually
the LATEST club made- there's actually a bunch of
WUSA clubs made before this one- iv'e got one made
from August for SD Spirit... but the more the
merrier!<br>christel

Sun Wen may wind up playing in the WUSA afterall.
At a press conference in Shanghai yesterday that her
knee injury is her biggest obstacle to WUSA. <br>"I
must recover from knee injury soon," Sun Wen said in
Shanghai yesterday. <br><br>According to Sun Wen, the
hospital in Beijing has invited some foreign experts to
diagnose the injury on her left knee. After making a
definite diagnosis of the injury, they will take relevant
therapy, including surgical operation. Sun Wen has not
played in the China Women Premier League after Sydney
Olympic Games. <br><br>As to WUSA, Sun Wen expressed that
she really wants to go. She believes she will appear
on USA soccer pitch next April if the injury is OK.
<br><br>In a press conference held by CFA on yesterday
afternoon, the spokesman Feng Jianming expressed that CFA
supports women players joining the WUSA. <br><br>Feng
said, "The CFA received the official invitation from
WUSA on October. WUSA invited two to four players of
Sun Wen, Gao Hong, Liu Ailing, Fan Yunjie and Zhao
Lihong to USA. The officials of two associations will
negotiate the players transfer in Beijing this month.
<br><br>"CFA is glad to promote the communication with WUSA
and help the players playing abroad, Feng added. "CFA
will fully respect the local football associations and
players' wishes."

(Nov. 2, 2000) -- The Women's United Soccer
Association today announced that Julie Foudy will serve as a
voting player representative on the WUSA Board of
Governors. Carla Overbeck was selected as the alternate.
John S. Hendricks, Acting CEO and Chairman of the WUSA
Board of Governors made the announcement. <br>"The goal
of the WUSA Board of Governors was to create a
league, which from day one, would give its players direct
input into all aspects of its operation," said
Hendricks. <br><br>"Our founding players have been playing a
vital role in the formation of the WUSA and will now
have a unique opportunity to help shape the direction
of the league for years to come. I think Julie Foudy
is an outstanding person to be the first
representative." <br><br>The player representative and player
representative alternate were chosen by the WUSA founding
players and will represent all of the league's players as
a member of the Board of Governors. It is only the
second time in professional team sports history that a
league has a voting player representative on the Board
of Governors. The ABL was the first.

At least two high-profile college coaches will be
coaching in the WUSA next year, womenssoccer.com has
learned. <br>Notre Dame's Randy Waldrum appears set to
take over the first-year coaching duties with the Bay
Area CyberRays, while Penn State's Patrick Farmer
looks to be headed to the Philadelphia Charge.
<br><br>Waldurm's Fighting Irish, coming off a national title game
appearance last year, are ranked No. 1 nationally and
undefeated in 19 games with a record of 18-0-1. At Penn
State, Framer led the Nittany Lions to the NCAA
semifinals last season, and his team is currently ranked
seventh in the NSCAA poll with a record of 18-2-1.
<br><br>Both schools are very much alive in the post-season
picture, and official announcements will most likely wait
until after the programs have completed their seasons.
<br><br>The San Diego Spirit have also reportedly settled on
a coach, tabbing Carlos Juarez, currently the head
coach at Division II power Cal Poly Pomona. Juarez,
well respected in the American coaching community, led
Pomona to the national championship game last year in
the school's first-ever NCAA tournament appearance.
He has a three-year record of 50-25-17 at the
school. Before coming to Pomona, Juarez led Cal-State
Bernardino to a 125-88-19 record. <br><br>Juarez has also
served in various coaching capacities with the United
States Soccer Federation, including a two-year stint as
the head coach of the Under-16 girl's national team.
He was also an assistant with the U.S. Under-17 boys
during the 1995 Youth World Championships, and he worked
with the Under-20 women's national team from 1988 to
1996. <br><br>In Raleigh, two candidates are emerging
as front-runners. Marcia McDermott, currently the
head coach at Northwestern University, and Patrick
Baker, head coach at Florida State. <br><br>Baker
confirmed that the league had contacted him. <br><br>"The
league is very exciting and it would be a great
opportunity to get in on the ground floor," Baker said
Thursday after his Seminoles advanced to the second round
of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament for the
first time in the program's history. "But my focus
right now is on Florida State." <br><br>McDermott, a
highly regarded coach in her seventh season at
Northwestern, is a 1987 graduate of the University of North
Carolina. Her Wildcats finished the 2000 season with a
3-12-2 record. <br><br>Three teams have already
announced their coaches. The Washington Freedom have hired
Jim Gabarra as coach, Jay Hoffman is the coach of the
Boston Breakers, and Tom Stone will coach the Atlanta
Beat.

Calling all Fans....<br><br>The Bay Area WUSA
team kicks off its first season ticket program!
<br><br>The program consists of a fully refundable $75
deposit towards a 2001<br>Inaugural Season ticket
package. Orders will be filled on a
first-come,<br>first-served basis. Your check or credit card order will be
processed<br>when received. <br><br>Once the different seating
categories for the season are set, fans who<br>have made
deposits will be contacted by phone to determine which
package<br>they would like to purchase. There will be 10-12 home
games, with the<br>season beginning April 2001 and
ending in August. The full season<br>schedule is set to
be released this December.<br><br>To reserve your
tickets on-line, or to download the printable order
form<br>for faxing or mailing, please
visit:<br><a href=http://www.bayareacyberrays/tickets/
target=new>http://www.bayareacyberrays/tickets/</a>

Added the team logos into the Pictures section.  Glad to see they decided to put
a team in Carolina and not Florida.  Think it will do better given the
popularity of women's soccer in that area.

Up and
running-<br><a href=http://www.bayareacyberrays.com/
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Team<br><br><a href=http://www.bostonbreakers.com/
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Team<br><br><a href=http://www.philadelphiacharge.com/
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Team<br><br>Under
Construction-<br><a href=http://www.atlantabeat.com/
target=new>http://www.atlantabeat.com/</a><br>Atlanta Team<br><br><a
href=http://www.sandiegospirit.com/
target=new>http://www.sandiegospirit.com/</a><br>San
Diego
Team<br><br><a href=http://www.washingtonfreedom.com/
target=new>http://www.washingtonfreedom.com/</a><br>Washington
Team<br><br><a href=http://www.carolinatempest.com/
target=new>http://www.carolinatempest.com/</a><br>Carolina Team<br><br>Maybe-
<a href=http://www.wusanewyork.com/
target=new>http://www.wusanewyork.com/</a><br>New York Team

Atlanta Beat <br><br>Bay Area
CyberRays<br><br>Boston Breakers<br><br>Carolina Tempest<br><br>Team
logos will be put in the photo albums later
today!<br><br>New York Power<br><br>Philadelphia Charge <br><br>San
Diego Spirit<br><br>Washington Freedom

They are definitely playing at Spartan Stadium.  The formal announcement has
already been made.

I heard Spartan Stadium (home of the Earthquakes).  That's San Jose State.

Mia Hamm, Siri Mullinix and Michelle French --
all members of Washington's newest professional
sports team, the Washington DC franchise in the WUSA --
joined Washington D.C. community volunteers from the
nonprofit group KaBOOM!, in constructing a playground in
Anacostia on Saturday, October 21st. <br><br>Hamm, Mullinix
and French - all members of the silver medal-winning
U.S. Women's Olympic Soccer team - helped transform a
vacant, unkempt lot in Washington DC's Ward 8 into the
23rd Street Community Playground, a safe, new,
much-needed play space at 3315-27 23rd Street, SE. Following
the KaBOOM! community-build model, the build used the
manpower of community residents, via the nonprofit
Building Bridges Across the River (BBAR).<br><br>Together,
under the professional guidance of KaBOOM!, over 200
volunteers constructed a playground that will feature three
slides (including double- and spiral ones), crawl tubes,
two-way voice "transmitters," swings, spring rockers and
climbers. <br><br>The playground will service more than 300
children, most of whom are residents of Savannah Ridge, a
local apartment complex. KaBOOM! Has successfully used
this model in 30 or so communities in the Washington,
D.C. area from Anacostia to Columbia Heights, Capitol
Hill to Howard University.

Do you know if Bay Area is going to play at Santa Clara U. or at San Jose State?

-- Gao Hong, China women national goalkeeper, is
having a rest in Jiangsu and would like to play in the
United States, she told womenssoccer.com. <br>"I want to
play in the WUSA," Hong said. <br><br>Goa said when
China played in the German Jubilee at the beginning of
this year, former USA assistant coach Lauren Gregg
"contacted me to discuss the possibility of my future in
WUSA. But until now, I did not received any further
details from Lauren." <br><br>"Now I have two choices."
Gao added. "One is playing in WUSA, while the other
is studying. A state university in San Jose
expressed that they will provide me with scholarship if I
can pass TOEFL. So I hope I can play in WUSA first to
improve my English and guarantee my living expenses."
<br><br>But Gao, who holds a Canadian visa, is still facing
another problem. According to Canada immigration laws and
regulations, the person who receives a visa must stay in
Canada more than 180 days in three years. Gao will have
no enough time if she play in WUSA. <br><br>"I still
hope to play first and then study in a university if I
can go to USA. But if I can not do it, I have to give
up playing and devote myself to studying. I will not
rejoin China national team. Of course I will not play
2003 World Cup." <br><br><br>For international news,
go to
<a href=http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/internationalwomenssoccer
target=new>http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/internationalwomenssoccer</a>

The Orlando franchise of the WUSA has completed
its long-anticipated move to North Carolina. It will
play its first season at the University of North
Carolina's Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, N.C. <br><br>The
club (which is owned by Time Warner Entertainment
Advance Newhouse) was unable to locate an appropriate
stadium before a Nov. 1 deadline, which required each
team to have an agreement to play at a stadium or an
agreement in principle to play at a stadium.
<br><br>Orlando will remain on the league's list of possible
expansion sites. <br><br>Carolina made more changes to its
roster just a day after the club, as Orlando, selected
Norway's Hege Riise and Bente Nordby with the first pick
in the foreign player draft. The league has
allocated U.S. Olympian and UNC graduate Carla Overbeck to
Carolina, while allocated star Michelle Akers has decided
to sit out the season. Akers will undergo shoulder
surgery on Nov. 1 for a long-standing injury and will
take a year off to recuperate.

Orlando selected Norwegian Olympic gold medalists
Hege Riise and Bente Nordby with the first pick in the
WUSA's foreign player draft held via conference call on
Oct. 30. <br><br>Here are the complete results of the
one-round draft: <br><br>1. Orlando -- Bente Nordby (Norway
goalkeeper) and Hege Riise (Norway midfielder) <br><br>2.
Philadelphia -- Doris Fitschen (Germany defender) and Kelly
Smith (England forward) <br><br>3. Bay Area -- Katia
(Brazil forward) and Sissi (Brazil midfielder) <br><br>4.
New York -- Ann Kristin Aarones (Norway
midfielder/forward) and Gro Espeseth (Norway defender) <br><br>5.
Atlanta -- Charmaine Hooper (Canada midfielder/forward)
and Homare Sawa (Japan midfielder) <br><br>6. Boston
-- Maren Meinert (Germany midfielder/forward) and
Bettina Wiegmann (Germany midfielder) <br><br>7.
Washington, D.C. -- Pretinha (Brazil forward) and Roseli
(Brazil midfielder/forward) <br><br>8. San Diego --
Kristin Bengtsson (Sweden defender) and Ulrika Karlsson
(Sweden goalkeeper)

The Women's United Soccer Association has signed
a second group of eight foreign players, including
four from the Brazilian team that took third place in
the 1999 Women's World Cup: midfielder Sissi and
forwards Katia, Roseli and Pretinha. <br><br>Also in this
group are three key players from the German team that
won the bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics --
forward Marin Meinert, midfielder Bettina Wiegmann and
defender Doris Fitschen -- plus midfielder Homare Sawa
from Japan's World Cup team. <br><br>The 16 foreign
players, including the original group of eight signees,
have been grouped in pairs. <br><br>The pairings are
to allow each player to start out in the WUSA --
where possible -- with a teammate with whom she is
already familiar for the foreign player draft on Monday:
<br><br>Forward Roseli and forward Pretinha of Brazil.
<br><br>Midfielder Sissi and forward Katia of Brazil.
<br><br>Midfielder Bettina Wiegmann and forward Marin Meinert of
Germany. <br><br>Forward Charmaine Hooper of Canada and
midfielder Homare Sawa of Japan. <br><br>Forward Kelly Smith
of England and defender Doris Fitschen of Germany.
<br><br>Forward Ann Kristin Aarones and defender Gro Espeseth of
Norway. <br><br>Midfielder Hege Riise and goalkeeper
Bente Nordby of Norway. <br><br>Defender Kristin
Bengtsson and goalkeeper Ulrika Karlsson of Sweden.

Orlando, a club that is considering moving to
Raleigh, N.C., has the first pick in the WUSA's foreign
player draft on Oct. 30. Each of the eight WUSA teams
will select a pair of players from among the 16
players available. <br><br>The order of the draft was
determined by a formula devised by the clubs, taking into
account the U.S. players each team received in the
previous player allocation. Each team submitted its vote
for the draft order. The league office compiled the
results and the team with the lowest point total
(Orlando) was awarded the first pick in the draft. The rest
of the draft is as follows: <br><br>1. Orlando
<br><br>2. Philadelphia <br><br>3. San Francisco Bay Area
<br><br>4. New York <br><br>5. Atlanta <br><br>6. Boston
<br><br>7. Washington, D.C. <br><br>8. San Diego

The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA)
announced it will conduct its first-ever Combine and Draft
Dec. 4-11, 2000, in Boca Raton, Fla. The WUSA begins
play in mid-April 2000. Invitations to approximately
200 players are in the process of being sent out.
League personnel, GM's and coaches from all eight teams
will be on hand to evaluate and scout. <br><br>The
event begins just one day after the conclusion of the
Women's College Cup. The semifinals and final of NCAA
Division I women's soccer are scheduled for Dec. 1-3 in
San Jose. <br><br>Acting Commissioner Tony DiCicco
and Vice President of Player Relations Lauren Gregg
selected the final pool of players who were invited after
an exhaustive nationwide search. Player registration
and physicals will take place the first two days of
the Combine, which will be followed by five full days
of games and workouts. <br><br>"We are truly excited
about the group of players we are inviting to the
combine," Gregg said. "The difficult decisions we are faced
with are clear demonstrations of the quality and the
depth of the player pool. Without question the time is
right for a women's professional league." <br><br>After
five days of competition, the general managers and
coaches will commence the first WUSA Combine Draft on
Dec. 10 and will conclude the draft the next day.
There will be between 12 and 15 rounds.

The Bay Area entry in the Women's United Soccer
Association is negotiating to play its 2001 season at Spartan
Stadium in San Jose. <br>Spartan is the home of San Jose
State University and the San Jose Earthquakes of MLS.
<br>Spartan Stadium officials say the final agreement for the
women's professional soccer team to play at Spartan will
require a "waiver of blackout dates" by MLS, since the
Earthquakes have one year remaining on their contract at the
stadium. Both the Bay Area's WUSA team and the Earthquakes
open their seasons next spring. <br>"The WUSA as a
league, and the Bay Area team in particular, look forward
to implementing the cooperative agreement by making
Spartan Stadium the nation's professional soccer
showcase," said Marlene Bjornsrud, general manager of the
WUSA's Bay Area team. <br>The WUSA's 21-game regular
season will run from mid-April through August, and each
of the league's eight teams will play 10 or 11 home
games. Bjornsrud said she would like to schedule two to
three home games as doubleheaders with the Earthquakes.
Ideally those games would be against cities in which the
WUSA and MLS share markets: Boston, New York or
Washington. <br>"Those twin-team rivalries present great
opportunities to cross-promote both leagues and would be
exciting and attractive matchups for fans," Bjornsrud
said. <br><br>The Atlanta franchise of the WUSA
announced an agreement to play at Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd
Stadium/Grant Field in the club's inaugural season. Terms of
the deal were not disclosed. <br>The 46,000-seat
stadium is located at the heart of the Georgia Tech
campus on Techwood Drive. The stadium is the home of
Georgia Tech football and has a grass field. <br>"Georgia
Tech's willingness to work with us, location and
reputation as a popular sporting venue were all important
factors in our selection process," said Lynn Morgan,
general manager of the Atlanta club. <br>"We're very
happy to host Atlanta's newest pro sports team," said
Dave Braine, the university's director of athletics.
"The relationship will be mutually beneficial. The
WUSA Atlanta [team] will have an excellent playing
facility, and it's an opportunity to encourage young women
in the Atlanta area to get more involved with soccer
as we move ahead with plans to start our own program
in 2004."

The Washington, D.C., franchise of the WUSA, the
prospective women's professional league, named former indoor
star Jim Gabarra as its head coach on Aug. 10.
<br>Gabarra, who had 14 caps with the U.S. men's national team
between 1987 and 1989, has been serving as a volunteer
assistant coach at Navy.<br>Jim Gabarra played and the
coached in the NPSL and CISL. <br>"This is a tremendous
ground-floor opportunity in my own backyard, to be a part of
one of the most exciting new sports leagues ever
conceived," Jim Gabarra said. <br><br>The Atlanta franchise
of the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) has
named Tom Stone head coach. <br>Stone, 34, of Denver,
Colo., was most recently the director of coaching for
the Colorado Rush soccer club and a color analyst for
MLS’s Colorado Rapids. He has also coached the Denver
Diamonds, part of the United Soccer League’s W-League.
“Tom’s stellar coaching record is a huge advantage for
the WUSA Atlanta,” said Lynn Morgan, general manager.
<br>“I could not be more excited about the challenge of
coaching in the first women's pro soccer league,” said
Stone. “With Olympic athletes [Cindy] Parlow, [Briana]
Scurry and [Nikki] Serlenga, we’ve got a great
foundation for a winning franchise.” <br>Stone began his
soccer career in Dallas, where he was a two-time high
school All-American. He was an NCAA champion with Duke
in 1986. <br>He played for the Washington Stars and
the Colorado Foxes (A-League), winners of the 1991
and 1992 national professional championships.
<br><br>WUSA Boston named Jay Hoffman as head coach Oct. 25.
<br>He was an assistant coach for the U.S. women’s
national team in 1998-2000. <br>"The selection of Jay
Hoffman was based upon his coaching credentials, national
and international experiences and coaching style ...
very simply, he was the best candidate,’’ said WUSA
Boston general manager Joe Cummings. <br>Hoffman has
been involved with the U.S. Soccer Federation since
1977, starting as a national instructional staff coach.
He has been a national staff coach since 1992 for
Region 1. <br>Prior to working with the U.S. women’s
teams, Hoffman was the head coach for the U.S. men’s
U-20 national team from 1994-1997. He was also an
assistant with the men’s U-17 national team in 1993 and
1997. <br>"I am looking forward to this great
opportunity in New England where the soccer community has
always shown great support for the women,’’ said
Hoffman, who presently resides in Chagrin Falls, Ohio with
his wife and two children. "New England has been like
a second home to our National team. The area is
very supportive and it’s exciting to be involved in a
franchise that is extremely enthusiastic about the WUSA.’’
<br>Hoffman’s coaching experience includes a head position at
Alderson-Broaddus College and Fredonia State. He also was an
assistant coach in the North American Soccer League
(Houston, Edmonton) and the Major Indoor Soccer League (New
Jersey, Cleveland, Buffalo).

WUSA allocated 19 of its 20 founding players, who
won the World Cup for the United States last summer,
plus five U.S. pool players to its eight teams. The
league hopes to start play next spring. <br><br>Carla
Overbeck won't play in the league's first season because
she's planning on having a baby after the Olympics. The
U.S. captain says she'll serve as a consultant for
WUSA and will play in the second year. <br><br>WUSA
gave three starters to San Diego, which has Julie
Foudy, Shannon MacMillan and Joy Fawcett. Mia Hamm, who
lived in Virginia as a child for a few years, will play
for Washington, D.C., and San Jose native Brandi
Chastain will stay in the San Francisco Bay Area team.
<br><br>The five non-World Cup players are Nikki Serlenga
(Atlanta), Mandy Clemens (Philadelphia), LaKeysia Beene (San
Francisco Bay Area), Siri Mullinix (Washington, D.C.) and
Michelle French (Washington, D.C.). Former Santa Clara
stars Serlenga and Clemens lost to LaKeysia Beene and
Notre Dame in last year's College Cup semifinals.
Mullinix has become the U.S. national team starter while
Briana Scurry (Atlanta) recovers from shin splints. Like
Serlenga, French, a former Portland star, is in the running
for the U.S. Olympic team. <br><br>WUSA U.S. Player
Allocations <br><br>Atlanta -- Briana Scurry (goalkeeper),
Cindy Parlow (forward), Nikki Serlenga (midfielder).
<br><br>Boston -- Kristine Lilly (midfielder), Kate Sobrero
(defender), Tracy Ducar (goalkeeper). <br><br>New York --
Tiffeny Milbrett (forward), Sara Whalen (midfielder),
Christie Pearce (defender). <br><br>Orlando -- Michelle
Akers (midfielder), Danielle Fotopoulos (forward),
Tiffany Roberts (midfielder). <br><br>Philadelphia --
Lorrie Fair (midfielder), Saskia Webber (goalkeeper),
Mandy Clemens (forward). <br><br>San Diego -- Julie
Foudy (midfielder), Joy Fawcett (defender), Shannon
MacMillan (forward). <br><br>San Francisco Bay Area --
Brandi Chastain (defender), Tisha Venturini
(midfielder), LaKeysia Beene (goalkeeper). <br><br>Washington,
D.C. -- Mia Hamm (forward), Siri Mullinix
(goalkeeper), Michelle French (defender).

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