St Louis Athletica Open Preseason Practice
March 1, 2009 by Ole · Leave a Comment
Today, yep I bet they are out there despite the weather. Here’s the story from the Post Dispatch:
St. Louis Athletica's Hope Solo, left and Lori Chalupny unveil their team's soccer uniforms
By Tom Timmermann
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 03/01/2009
Twenty-six players — but not most of the team’s big names — will be on hand when practice for St. Louis Athletica kicks off Sunday morning at Southern Illinois Edwardsville, the team’s home. The team opens its season April 4 at SIUE.
“It’s very exciting,” said Amanda Cinalli, a former midfielder and forward at Notre Dame who finished her career there in 2007 and stayed on as a volunteer assistant coach for a year so she could work out and stay in shape for the launch of Women’s Professional Soccer. “We’ve been looking forward to it since the draft in October. I couldn’t wait to get here. It’s surreal. The excitement is peaking right now.”
“It’s fun to truly get started,” said Jeff Cooper, the team’s owner.
