Did I forget to welcome the new W-League? Why yes, yes I did
By: Melissa | November 2nd, 2008Last weekend, the new Australian W-League kicked off it’s inaugural season and – full disclosure – my family is from Oz (I’ve got two passports), so you’re always gonna get a slight bias from me in this department. And THANK GOD I found Diagonal Pass which is doing a great job covering whatever in the hell is going on right now on the other side of the planet. But what exactly is going on? A lot! Sydney FC currently sit at the top of the league table after last weekend’s 4-0 pounding of the Perth Glory and this Saturday’s 2-1 pounding of the Melbourne Victory. And their captain, Heather Garriock, is gonna play for the Red Stars when the W-League season ends. Yeah, uh, ok, apparently the Australian season is kind of short, consists of only eight teams, and has a salary cap of *cough* $150,000. So many players are actually splitting their time between a few leagues – either in the US or in Sweden or Denmark. And it’s possible, considering the low wages, this sort of “splitting leagues” thing may be somewhat normal during the next couple of years. Talk about a job that includes travel. Just saying. Anyways, shout out to the folks at Diagonal Pass. Keep up the good work. Everyone reading, please proceed to bookmark etc etc etc.
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The “splitting leagues” thing is common in minor league baseball at least. It helps that their summer is during our winter, etc. Don’t see why it can’t benefit soccer too!
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Yeah totally. I’m not sure what the dates are for the Swedish league but I’m sure WPS and the A-League can probably work something out so players can go back and forth. And it’s summer in Australia right now!
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