WPS Draft Concludes: Sol Picks
The Women's Professional Soccer draft just ended.
Here's who the L.A. Sol selected in addition to top pick Brittany Bock of Notre Dame and Stanford defender Allison Falk, who we mentioned earlier today:
Third Round (19th pick overall): BYU midfielder Katie Larkin, the Mountain West Conference Offesnive Player of the Year.
Fourth Round (24th pick overall): West Virginia defender Greer Barnes.
Fifth Round (33rd pick overall): Pali Blues goalkeeper Val Henderson.
Sixth Round (38th pick overall): Former WUSA player Katie Hooker.
Seventh Round (47thnd pick overall): UCLA midfielder McCall Zerboni .
Eighth Round (52nd pick overall): University of San Diego goalkeeper Brittany Cameron.
Ninth Round (61st pick overall): Cal State Fullerton defender Erica Janke of Simi Valley.
Tenth Round (66th pick overall): Former Portland midfielder Lisa Sari.
The Sol open their season March 29th at Home Depot Center against Abby Wambach and the Washington Freedom.
Other notable picks included Ashley Nick of USC who was chosen 56th overall, Brandi Chastain by FC Gold Pride (45th overall), while goalkeeper Briana Scurry went to the Washington Freedom (35th overall).
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Sportswriter Nick Green has written the 100 Percent Soccer column since 2005 for the Daily News, Daily Breeze and other Los Angeles area newspapers. The blog of the same name began in 2007. A native of England, he began writing about soccer in the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat in the stands for one in the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer and is married to a long-suffering soccer widow. Join Nick on FaceBook and follow him on Twitter.
thanks for the many updates in the last few days on the drafts and other stuff :)
Nick, how many members of the Sol's roster do you think will qualify for food stamps?