Torrance's Shannon Boxx Among Players Allocated to L.A. WPS Franchise
Former South (Torrance) High star Shannon Boxx, Olympian Stephanie Cox and midfielder Aly Wagner were allocated to Los Angeles' Women's Professional Soccer franchise today.
"This is a big day for Women's Professional Soccer, as teams now have Olympic gold medalists from Beijing allocated to their home cities along with other talented national team players," said WPS Commissioner Tonya Antonucci. "These are the first building blocks for the teams as the league begins the countdown to the inaugural 2009 WPS Season."
Here's the full list of allocations to all seven franchises.
Next for WPS - a draft of four top international players to each team the week of Sept. 22:
That will be followed by a draft of remaining players in early October and again in January. The order of the international draft will depend on the weighted rankings voted on by teams following the U.S. Women's National Team allocation with the weakest-rated team selecting first and the strongest-weighted team selecting last.
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