Kansas City Mystics were a W-League women's

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team that played their home games at the Blue Valley School District Athletic Complex in

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. The team's coach, and general manager was Scoop Stanisic The team ceased operations in 2002 after posting an 11-2 regular season record. The roster included college, and international players some of whom went on to play for their country's national team,

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, and Canadian professional teams. Most notable is perhaps

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from Mexico whose signing with a men's professional team led to a ruling by

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banning her participation in men's matches.

2002 Kansas City Mystics Roster

No. Name Pos. Age Nationality *1 Suzie Grech G 20 USA *2 Leah Sims D 21 USA *4 Pardis Brown D 21 USA *5 Lacey Woolf D 20 USA *6 Kamille Rosenfalck D 24 Denmark *7 Pamela Bedzrah F 23 England *8

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M 31 Brazil *9 Maribel "Marigol" Dominguez F 23 Mexico *10 Iris Mora F 20 Mexico *11 Nildinja M 30 Brazil *14 Gillian Samuel D 23 Canada *15 Shannon DeVos M 20 USA *16 Amy Sullivant M 21 USA *17 Tennli Ulicny M 21 USA *18 Leigh Clark D 22 USA *19 Kallie Cox D 18 USA *21 Patrica Perez M 23 Mexico *22 Abby Crumpton F 21 USA *23 Brooke Jones M 21 USA *99 Jenny Willemse G 22 USA

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