Bay Area drops Pells, Wilson The Bay Area CyberRays, Philadelphia Charge, San Diego Spirit and Boston Breakers have announced their final, 20-player rosters, with the other four teams
expected to announce their rosters soon. CyberRays coach Ian Sawyers cut goalkeeper Laurie Pells, a former Philadelphia player whom the team acquired in the waiver draft, and forward Kelly Wilson,
who joined the club as a tryout player. Sawyers put defender Linda Kurtyka and goalkeeper Janine Szpara on the reserve list. Kurtyka (torn quadriceps muscle in her right leg) is injured and is
expected to be out 2-3 weeks, but midfielder Lauren Molinaro (broken ankle) has already filled the C-Rays one-player injured list. Kurtyka likely will miss the April 14 inaugural game but could be
ready for the CyberRaysÆ home opener April 29 against the Boston Breakers in Spartan Stadium.
Bay Area CyberRays Roster | No. Name
| Position | Nation | DOB | College/club | How obtained |
| 1 LaKeysia Beene | GK
| USA | 3/9/78 | Notre Dame | Founding player |
| 17 Christina Bell | D | USA
| 7/2/75 | Fresno State | Global Draft R-13, OP-94 |
| 2 Thori Staples Bryan | D | USA | 4/17/74
| N.C. State | Global Draft R-1, OP-8 |
| 6 Brandi Chastain | M / D | USA | 7/21/68 | Santa Clara
| Founding player |
| 11 Kim Clark | F / M | USA | 10/5/77 | USC | Global Draft R-8, OP-57
|
| 20 Ann Cook | M | USA | 10/25/74 | William & Mary | Global Draft R-4, OP-25 |
| 4
Carey Dorn | M / D | USA | 10/3/78 | Connecticut | Global Draft R-5, OP-40 |
| 18 Megan Horvath
| F | USA | 6/8/79 | Santa Clara | Global Draft R-12, OP-89 |
| 16 Venus James | M
| USA | 3/21/79 | UCLA | Global Draft R-11, OP-88 |
| 9 Katia | F | Brazil
| 2/18/77 | Spo Paulo | Foreign Draft |
| 14 Linda Kurtyka* | D | USA | 11/20/70
| N.C. State | Global Draft R-14, OP-95 |
| 22 Kelly Lindsey | D | USA | 9/3/79 | Notre Dame
| College Draft R-1, OP-1 |
| 23 Jacqui Little | F | USA | 3/10/78 | Santa Clara | Global Draft
R-6, OP-41 |
| 24 Jennifer Mead | GK | USA | 6/13/72 | George Mason | Global Draft R-7, OP-56
|
| 25 Lauren Molinaro* | M | USA | 9/23/79 | Connecticut | College Draft R-3, OP-17 |
|
7 Julie Murray | F | Australia | 4/28/70 | NSW Sapphires | Global Draft R-2, OP-9 |
| 3 Lisa Na±ez
| D | USA | 3/10/77 | Santa Clara | Global Draft R-10, OP-73 |
| 26 Amber Reynolds | D
| USA | 8/23/79 | Texas A&M | College Draft R-2, OP-16 |
| 10 Sissi | M | Brazil
| 6/2/67 | Se Palmeiras | Foreign Draft |
| 27 Janine Szpara# | GK | USA | 1/11/67
| Colorado College | Free agent |
| 15 Tisha Venturini | M | USA | 3/3/73 | North
Carolina | Founding Player |
| 19 Theresa Wagner | M | USA | 8/31/78 | Washington
| Global Draft R-9, OP-62 |
| 13 Amy Walsh | M | Canada | 9/13/77 | Nebraska | Global Draft R-3,
OP-24 |
* -- On injured list. # -- On reserved list (practices with team but not part of 20-player active roster).
Charge down to 19 The Philadelphia Charge cut
goalkeepers Danielle Dion and Carly Smolak, forwards Sarah Yohe and Gayle Smith and midfielder Raven McDonald. Philadelphia also claimed goalkeeper Melissa Moore off waivers from the San Diego Spirit.
The Charge roster now stands at 19, with a spot still open for the addition of an international player.
Philadelphia Charge Roster | Name
| Pos. | Ht. | DOB | Hometown | College |
| Liu Ailing | M | 5-5
| 5/2/67 | Beijing, China | --- |
| Jenny Benson | D | 5-5 | 1/25/78 | Huntington
Beach, Calif. | Nebraska |
| Mandy Clemens | F | 5-5 | 9/3/78 | San Diego, Calif.
| Santa Clara |
| Michelle Demko | M | 5-4 | 6/15/73 | Largo, Fla. | Maryland
|
| Deidre Enos | F | 5-4 | 8/1/79 | Milton, Mass. | Boston Univ. |
| Lorrie Fair
| M | 5-3 | 8/5/78 | Los Altos, Calif. | North Carolina |
| Doris Fitschen | D
| 5-9 | 10/25/68 | Frankfurt, | Germany | --- |
| Erica Iverson | D | 5-9
| 4/30/76 | Walnut Creek, Calif. | Massachusetts |
| Kalli Kamholz | M | 5-9 | 11/3/78
| Indian Harbor Beach, Fla. | North Carolina |
| Rakel Karvelsson | F | 5-6 | 1/4/77 | Peachtree
City, Ga. | North Carolina |
| Erin Martin | F | 5-7 | 2/21/75 | Arcadia, Calif.
| Stanford |
| Rebekah McDowell | M | 5-8 | 3/21/78 | Lakewood, Colo. | North Carolina
|
| Heather Mitts | D | 5-5 | 6/9/78 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Florida |
| Melissa Moore
| G | 5-9 | 7/17/75 | La Verne, Calif. | New Mexico |
| Laurie Schwoy | M
| 5-6 | 2/14/78 | Baltimore, Md. | North Carolina |
| Kelly Smith | F | 5-6
| 10/29/78 | Watford, England | Seton Hall |
| Jennifer Soileau | M | 5-5 | 3/15/75
| Baton Rouge, La. | Mississippi |
| Jennifer Tietjen | M | 5-9 | 7/14/77 | Huntington, N.Y.
| Connecticut |
| Saskia Webber | G | 5-9 | 6/13/71 | Princeton, N.J. | Rutgers
|
Spirit waives four San Diego Spirit head coach Carlos Juarez set his roster for the 2001 season, waiving four players to get down to the league-mandated 20-player
limit. Juarez released three defenders and a goalkeeper, cutting Melissa Ribaudo, Holly Broome and Jennifer Babel, as well as third goalkeeper Melissa Moore, who was picked up by Philadelphia in the
waiver draft and put onto the Charge's 20-player roster where she will compete for a starting spot with 1999 Women's World Cup veteran Saskia Webber. Broome and Babel are still eligible to be a
part of the Spirit's three-player reserve squad. The reserve players will train with the Spirit and be eligible to be brought up to the 20-player roster. Juarez will name his reserves next week.
Bubble players that made the final roster include defender Karissa Hampton, the Spirit's first pick in the college draft who played for UCLA in the NCAA Championship game last December, former
Portland forward Tara Koleski, who was an 11th-round draft pick in the inaugural WUSA draft, and midfielder Erin Montoya from Santa Clara, who was taken in the 12th round. Juarez also chose
36-year-old midfielder Trudi Sharpsteen, a 14th-round draft pick who will be the oldest player in the WUSA. Defender Rhiannon Tanaka, a former All-American at both UCLA and USC, made the team after
coming all the way through local tryouts. The Spirit will face the U.S. under-21 national team on Saturday at noon in its final match of the WUSA Spring Training Tournament being held at the ARCO
Olympic Training Center.
San Diego Spirit Roster | No. Player | Pos. | Ht. | DOB
| Hometown | College/Previous Club | How Acquired |
| 19 Akide, Mercy | F | 5-11 | 8/26/75
| Port Harcourt, Nigeria | Milligan/Pelican Stars | 2000 Discovery Player | |
| 9 Arkenberg, Traci | F
| 5-8 | 2/15/76 | Torrance, Calif. | UCLA/Ajax | 2000 Player Draft -- 7th Round/52nd |
| 5 Bengtsson, Kristin
| M | 5-7 | 1/12/70 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Kopparbergs Landvetter | 2000 Foreign Draft |
| 15
Boxx, Shannon | M | 5-8 | 6/7/77 | Redondo Beach, Calif. | Notre Dame/Ajax | 2000 Player Draft -- 3rd Round/19th
|
| 3 Fan Yunjie | D | 5-5 | 4/29/72 | Henan, China | Henan | 2000 Player Draft -- 1st Round/3rd
|
| 11 Foudy, Julie | M | 5-6 | 1/23/71 | Mission Viejo, Calif. | Stanford/U.S. Soccer | 2000
Allocation |
| 22 Hampton, Karissa | D | 5-9 | 12/23/78 | Tacoma, Wash. | UCLA | 2000
Supplemental Draft -- 1st Round/6th |
| 1 Karlsson, Ulrika | G | 5-9 | 10/14/70 | Osterfarnebo, Sweden
| Balinge IF | 2000 Foreign Draft |
| 10 Kester, Sherill | M | 5-3 | 3/7/78 | High Point, N.C.
| Duke/Raleigh Wings | 2000 Player Draft -- 2nd Round/14th |
| 21 Koleski, Tara | F | 5-2 | 7/20/77
| Phoenix, Ariz. | Portland/F.C. Saarbruecken | 2000 Player Draft -- 11th Round/84th |
| 8 MacMillan, Shannon | F
| 5-5 | 10/7/74 | Escondido, Calif. | Portland/U.S. Soccer | 2000 Allocation |
| 12 Mascaro, Jenny
| M | 5-6 | 5/25/78 | Baton Rouge, La. | Notre Dame/BR DfFeeter | 2000 Player Draft -- 4th round/30th
|
| 6 Montoya, Erin | M | 5-3 | 4/30/75 | Fremont, Calif. | Santa Clara/Calif. Storm
| 2000 Player Draft -- 12th Round/95th |
| 4 Oceguera, Gina | D | 5-7 | 9/4/77 | Sunnyvale, Calif.
| Cal Poly/Calif. Storm | 2000 Player Draft -- 5th Round/36th |
| 18 Pagliarulo, Jaime | G | 5-7
| 7/20/76 | Hershey, Pa. | George Mason/Maryland Pride | 2000 Player Draft -- 6th Round/49th |
| 16 Pickup, Kim
| D | 5-9 | 3/4/78 | Van Nuys, Calif. | Santa Clara/Bos. Renegades | 2000 Player Draft -- 5th Round/33rd
|
| 28 Sharpsteen, Trudi | M | 5-5 | 11/5/64 | Palos Verdes, Calif. | California/Ajax
| 2000 Player Draft -- 14th Round/111th |
| 25 Tanaka, Rhiannon | D | 5-7 | 11/29/76 | Hunt. Beach,
Calif. | UCLA/SC Breakers | 2000 Local Tryouts |
| 13 Tietjen, Margaret | M | 5-9 | 7/14/77
| Huntington, N.Y. | Connecticut/LI Lady Riders | 2000 Player Draft -- 9th Round/68th |
| 2 Wycinsky, Missy | F
| 5-5 | 5/26/78 | Woodbridge, Va. | William & Mary/Maryland Pride | 2000 Player Draft -- 8th Round/63rd |
Boston
waives four The Boston Breakers cut their roster to 20 players after the release of Rhode Island native Chrisy McCann, Lindsay Eddleman of Nebraska, Tina August from San Diego and Josha Krueger
from Milwaukee, Wis.
