Links!!!

By: Melissa | September 16th, 2009

I recently installed the Read it Later Firefox plugin which I will be using to clip (i.e. remember) all the interesting womens soccer links I stumble upon then spit them back out to you all. Call it one stop shopping and, yes, you can thank me later. Here goes installment number one…

Expansion Draft! Were you wondering why ATL & Philly passed on their last picks? Turns out, per the rules, they could only pick from FC Gold Pride in that round and they instead said no. Ouch.

Combine! The W-League Combine is September 24 – 27 and will be crawling with WPS coaches. This time, WPS and W-League coaches will meet each night to rank the players and choose the best to play against each other on Sunday. It’s like a fight to the death but everyone lives.

Speaking of the W-League, apparently it’s not going anywhere despite the sale of USL and a few USL-1 teams threatening to form their own league. W-League President, Melanie Fitzgerald, says hell to the no.

We are very excited about the acquisition of USL by NuRock Soccer Holdings from Nike. It is clear from our early meetings with the new ownership group that NuRock is committed to providing the necessary resources to enhance our ability to manage the W-League and allow for us to provide more active support and service for our franchisees

The above does indeed loosely translate to “hell to the no.”

Jo Lohman and Becca Moros are blogging from Japan where they are playing for a team over there (anyone know which one?). A friend of mine went to Japan on vacation this summer and told us all about a cat cafe which is exactly what you think – a place to go to sit down, order sweet drinks, and pet a bunch of cats. Now when my friend is having a bad day, she twitters that she wishes she could go back to the cat cafe in Japan. Yes, this link was just an excuse for me to write about the cat cafe.

So apparently the international draft is happening next week but you won’t see one name on that list. Laura Del Rio, FC Indiana’s top scorer in 2009 and brief (like for a week) international draft pick for the Red Stars, just signed with FFC Frankfurt where she will be paired up top with star striker Birgit Prinz. This is a HUGE move and I think a pretty hilarious fuck you message to WPS. Ha Ha.

Speaking of WPS (oh, wait, that’s this blog), Click this link here to Kanye-ize the official WPS website. No-one shall escape!