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Article: Come on in, the water's fine: thanks to the WUSA, the women's national team pool is now deeper than ever before.
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- Soccer Digest
- Article date:
- February 1, 2002
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U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM coach April Heinrichs expects that in four or five years the members of the her team will almost to a player be athletes developed by the WUSA. Stardom in the WUSA is by no means a guarantee of a career clad in red, white, and blue, but for a number of players previously out of the national team picture, the WUSA has provided a showcase for them to display their talent.
Before the WUSA, top athletes wanting to continue their careers beyond college had few options. For a select group, there was the highly coveted opportunity to play on the national team. For the vast majority, however, it was a choice between the semi-pro W-League, ...