2000 WUSA Player Allocation


The WUSA Founding Player Allocation distributed 24 players from the United States women's national soccer team to the eight founding teams of the WUSA. The initial allocation list was announced on May 24, 2000 and consisted primarily of players from the American team that won the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup the previous year.

Process

The league allocated three players from the list of Founding Players based on three criteria:
Atlanta BeatBoston BreakersNew York PowerOrlando TempestPhiladelphia ChargeSan Diego SpiritBay Area CyberRaysWashington Freedom
Briana ScurryKristine LillyTiffeny MilbrettMichelle Akers1Lorrie FairJulie FoudyBrandi ChastainMia Hamm
Cindy ParlowKate SobreroSara WhalenDanielle FotopoulosSaskia WebberJoy FawcettTisha VenturiniSiri Mullinix
Nikki SerlengaTracy DucarChristie PearceTiffany RobertsMandy ClemensShannon MacMillanLaKeysia BeeneMichelle French

1 A shoulder injury ruled Akers out of the season, so she took on a spokesperson role for WUSA while hoping to return to playing the following season. When the Orlando franchise moved to Carolina, Carla Overbeck—who had intended to sit out 2001 in order to have another child—agreed to replace Akers as one of the team's allocated players.