The WUSA Founding Player Allocation distributed 24 players from the
United States women's national soccer team
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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 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national soccer teams. It was hosted as well as won by the United States and took place from June 19 to July 10, 1999, at ...
the previous year.
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
2000 Allocation results
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
Carla Werden Overbeck (; born May 9, 1968) is a retired American soccer player and longtime member and captain of the United States women's national soccer team. She is currently an assistant coach of Duke Blue Devils, Duke University's women's s ...
—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.
See also
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List of top-division football clubs in CONCACAF countries
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List of WUSA drafts
The following is a list of drafts held by Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), with a brief description of each.
Inaugural season
*2000 WUSA Player Allocation - Twenty-four players from the United States women's national soccer team player p ...
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2001 WUSA season
The 2001 Women's United Soccer Association season served as the inaugural season for WUSA, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The regular season began on April 14 and ended on August 12, with the postseason gam ...
References
External links
WUSA Website (archive.org)WUSA on Fun While It Lasted
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Founding Player Allocation
Women's United Soccer Association drafts