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Boston Breakers (WUSA)
The Boston Breakers were a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association. The team played at Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. History The Boston Breakers began play in 2001. The team held a "name the team" contest that fifteen-year-old Laura DeDonato of Easton, Massachusetts won with the name "Boston Breakers." In the final season in the WUSA, the Breakers had their best record (10–4–7) and placed first in the regular season before losing to the Washington Freedom (soccer), Washington Freedom in the semifinals. Awards The Breakers won the Community Service Award and held league-leading attendance in 2002. Honors received in 2003 included: * Maren Meinert - WUSA MVP * Maren Meinert - All Star Game MVP * Maren Meinert, Dagny Mellgren, Kristine Lilly - All-WUSA, 1st Team * Angela Hucles, Kate Sobrero, Karina LeBlanc - All-WUSA, 2nd Team * Joe Cummings - Executive of the Year * Pia Sundhage - Coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's United Soccer Association
The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the United States. The league suspended operations on September 15, 2003, shortly after the end of its third season, after making cumulative losses of around US$100 million. History Establishment As a result of the US women's national team's (USWNT) first-place showing in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, a seemingly viable market for the sport germinated. Feeding on the momentum of their victory, the twenty USWNT players, in partnership with John Hendricks of the Discovery Channel, sought out the investors, markets, and players necessary to form an eight-team league. The twenty founding players were Michelle Akers, Brandi Chastain, Tracy Ducar, Lorrie Fair, Joy Fawcett, Danielle Fotopoulos, Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Professional Soccer
Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top-level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 season, with continued plans for future expansion. The WPS was the highest level in the United States soccer pyramid for the women's game. On January 30, 2012, the league announced suspension of the 2012 season, citing several internal organization struggles as the primary cause. Some of these issues included an ongoing legal battle with magicJack owner Dan Borislow and the lack of resources invested into the league. On May 18, 2012, WPS announced the league folded and would not return in 2013. After the WPS folded, the National Women's Soccer League formed in 2013 and took WPS's place as the top professional women's soccer league in the United States. History Planning After the folding of Women's United Soccer Association, which p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé
Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé (born 22 March 1974) is a French former football midfielder who played for FCF Lyon and FCF Juvisy in the French First Division and the Boston Breakers in the WUSA. She was a member of the France national team for thirteen years, taking part in the 1997, 2001 and 2005 European Championships and the 2003 World Cup. Biography A club, she played the colors of Juvisy FCF from 1994 to 2003 and played in the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebekah McDowell
Rebekah Kay McDowell (born March 21, 1978, in Denver) is a retired American soccer player who played in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). Early life and education McDowell was born in Denver, Colorado, on March 21, 1978 to Scott and Kathy McDowell. She grew up with four siblings in Lakewood, Colorado. McDowell attended Wheat Ridge High School, where she excelled in athletics. She earned recognition as the most valuable player for her school's track, basketball, cross country, and soccer teams. Her achievements in soccer led to her being named first-team All-League and All-State for all four years. In the realm of running, she made history by becoming the first person in Colorado state history to secure four individual state championships. In basketball, she garnered first-team All-League honors three times over her four-year varsity tenure. In 1995, the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame named her the Female Prep Athlete of the Year. The subsequent year, she received th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary-Frances Monroe
Mary-Frances Monroe (born February 7, 1980) is an American former soccer midfielder who played for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and was a member of the United States women's national soccer team. Following her professional career, Monroe went on to serve as head coach of the University of Albany women's soccer team and then, in May 2013, took on head coaching duties for the Miami Hurricanes Women's Soccer team at the University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private university, private research university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. , the university enrolled 19,852 students in two colleges and ten schools across over .... Following the 2017 season she was relieved of her duties as head coach. References External links Boston Breakers player profileBoston Aztec player profileNew England Mutiny player profileWUSA player profileat SoccerTimes.com 1980 births Living people United States women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristin Slater
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Chrisy McCann
Christine Rich ( McCann, born May 26, 1977 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a retired American soccer player who played for the Boston Breakers. Early life and education McCann was born in Providence, Rhode Island and raised in Barrington, Rhode Island. She attended the University of Connecticut. Career While attending the University of Connecticut, McCann played for the university's soccer team, where she held the role of team captain. In 1997, her team played in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) finals. Although McCann was initially denied a position on the Boston Breakers team in 2001, she was later "added to the reserve squad on a per diem basis" and ultimately started in every game her first season on the team. She remained on the team until the Women's United Soccer Association The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Aldama
Heather Marie Aldama (born December 1, 1978) is a retired American soccer midfielder who was a member of the United States women's national soccer team. She played for the Boston Breakers in the Women's United Soccer Association The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the Uni ... from 2001 to 2003. International career statistics References External linksSoccerTimes player profile 1978 births Living people American women's soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen Women's association football midfielders United States women's international soccer players Santa Clara Broncos women's soccer players Boston Breakers (WUSA) players Women's United Soccer Association players Sportspeople from Redlands, California Soccer players from San Bernardino County, Californ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
Ragnhild Øren Gulbrandsen (born 22 February 1977) is a Norwegian journalist and former football striker from the city of Trondheim who retired from football at the end of 2007. Most of her playing career was spent with Trondheims-Ørn (Trondheim Eagles) women's football club, with whom she won the Norwegian elite league, the Toppserien, three times and the Cup four times, and was the club's top scorer in 1997, 2000 and 2001. As of April 2012, Gulbrandsen's 141 Toppserien goals made her third in the all-time goalscorer statistics. In 2000 Gulbrandsen played in the Norway team which won gold at the Sydney Olympics, scoring Norway's second goal in the 3–2 final win against the USA. She played as a professional in the US with Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) club Boston Breakers in 2002 and 2003. At the end of 2005 Gulbrandsen moved to Oslo to work as a journalist, and considered retiring from football. But she joined Asker women's football club, and in the 2006 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mónica González (soccer)
Mónica Christine González Canales (born 10 October 1978) is a football commentator and former player. She played college soccer for the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Although born in the United States, she also played for the Mexico women's national football team from 1998 to 2011 and for the Boston Breakers in the Women's United Soccer Association from 2002 to 2003. Her positions were forward and defender. She has been an analyst and announcer for ESPN since 2011. She is currently an assistant coach for the Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League. Early life González is the daughter of Arturo and Becky González. She has three brothers, one of whom played soccer at the United States Naval Academy. She played soccer on boy's teams in Corpus Christi and, later, basketball and soccer at Plano East Senior High School in Plano, Texas, near Dallas University González played soccer for the University of Notre Dame in the 1997 and 1999–2001 seasons. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jena Kluegel
Jena Louise Cogswell (; born November 2, 1979) is an American former soccer player who played as a midfielder, making 24 appearances for the United States women's national team. Career Kluegel played for the Mahtomedi Zephyrs in high school, where she was ''Parade'' Co-Player of the Year in 1998 and an All-American in 1996, 1997, and 1998 after the team won the state championship in 1997. She was also an All-State cross country and track runner, winning the Minnesota state championship in 800 metres in 1994. She also played for the youth club Saint Paul Blackhawks SC. In college, she played for the North Carolina Tar Heels, winning the NCAA championship in 1999 and 2000. She was ''Soccer America'' First-Team All-American in 2001, and an NSCAA Third-Team All-American in 2000 and 2001. She was a letter-winner at the school and was included in the NCAA All-Tournament Team in 1999, 2000, and 2001. In total, she scored 25 goals and recorded 45 assists in 98 appearances for the Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebekah Splaine
Rebekah Splaine Salwasser (born October 4, 1978 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is a retired American soccer player who played for the Boston Breakers. Since retiring from professional soccer, she has worked for various charitable organizations, including the Boston Red Sox's Red Sox Foundation. Early life and education Rebekhah Splaine was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 4, 1978 to John and Esther Splaine, and was the second youngest of her five siblings. She began playing soccer when she was four years old. She attended Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, where she played varsity-level basketball, soccer, and lacrosse. She earned the distinction of being named All-New England twice in basketball; her junior year, she achieved All-American recognition in both soccer and lacrosse. Due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury, she did not play her senior year. Salwasser graduated from Brown University. Career While attending Brown University, Salwasser played for the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |