Congratulations to the NWSL!!

On Friday the NWSL conducted their fourth college draft.  This year ten teams picked four ladies over four rounds.  The tenth team is the Orlando Pride which will be playing for the first time this upcoming season. 

It is great to see the NWSL growing and adding teams.  Hopefully the league will continue to grow and prosper to the point where more teams will be added.  The more teams that are added will only strengthen the women's game and give more women the opportunity to play the game they love for an actual salary (we will get into the topic of the salaries in a later blog).

Congratulations to Emily Sonnett who was chosen by the Portland Thorns as the first pick in the draft.  Emily has already spent a few games on the USWNT.  She appeared by video because she is actually training now with the USWNT in California.

If you get the chance and have over four hours to spare, watch the live feed of the draft.  You can currently see that footage on the NWSL website.  I have to admit that I am not that familiar with the NWSL but watching this footage helped me learn some very interesting tidbits from around the league.

Watch for a new page on the website this week.

We will talk soon.