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Kickin' it!


They're baaackl Your favorite soccer stars from the 1999 U.S. Women's World Cup The Women's World Cup could refer to either the:
  • FIFA Women's World Cup
  • UCI Women's Road World Cup
  • Women's Cricket World Cup
  • Women's Rugby World Cup
 team arc back, and this time they are here to stay. All the members of the U.S. champion team have hooked up with the world's best to create 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 professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams nationwide in the United States.  (WUSA WUSA Women's United Soccer Association
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), the first professional league for women's soccer, The WUSA is kicking off with eight teams--the Atlanta Beat The Atlanta Beat was a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association. The team played at Bobby Dodd Stadium on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in their first year of operation, before moving to Herndon Stadium, on the campus of , Bay Area CyberRays, Boston Breakers, Carolina Courage, New York New York, state, United States
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 Power, Philadelphia Charge, San Diego Spirit and Washington Freedom. Down the road, the WUSA hopes to expand to 12 or 14 teams. Each team has 20 players and will compete in 21 regular season games, running from mid-April to September. So will playing against old friends be tough for our American girls? "While it will be odd having to face my long-time teammates," says San Diego Spirit's Julie Foudy, "this is truly going to be the start of something bigger than anyone ever imagined," Want in on the action? Girls' Life and WUSA are giving away eight soccer balls autographed by y our favorite players.
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Title Annotation:launch of Women's United Soccer Association
Publication:Girls' Life
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 1, 2001
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