Roster limits and use of W-league associations

With 7-13 players already selected for each squad. The impending draft in January which is scheduled to run 10 rounds rosters and open tryouts to follow after that. What are the roster limits going to be? Are the W-league associations going to be used to house players in a minor league type system? Are players going to be allowed to be loaned out to internationals squad to gain experience? Also what do these W-league club associations offer to the WPS?

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Permalink Reply by StarCityFan on January 1, 2009 at 10:12pm: My understanding is that NCAA rules won't allow W-League teams to have salaried players unless, like FC Indiana, they forego college players entirely. So I wouldn't expect it to resemble any standard minor league system.

And if it works the same as in the WUSA days, national-team-caliber players will continue to have the national team as their first priority, with the clubs having to do without these players when their national team calls them up. The Freedom played a couple of critical regular-season matches without Mia Hamm, Abby Wambach, and Siri Mullinix due to national team conflicts. The only compensation is that their opponents were likewise shorthanded.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by chevy on January 2, 2009 at 2:31pm: So in the case of the players being called up to their respective national clubs would the W-League or the WPSL suppliment players to fill the holes on the rosters left by these players? I can only speak for Boston I know they have an agreement with the Boston Renegades of the WPSL and the Connecticut Reds(I think that is their name) of the W-league but it is unclear what that relationship would entail. I am pretty sure that Chicago also has agreement with at least a W-league squad as well.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by StarCityFan on January 3, 2009 at 9:47pm: chevy said:
So in the case of the players being called up to their respective national clubs would the W-League or the WPSL suppliment players to fill the holes on the rosters left by these players?

No, I wouldn't think so. In the WUSA days, call-ups just allowed an opportunity for bench/substitute players to play. The closest example to the contrary I can think of is Sarah Kate Noftsinger, whom our coach cut from the roster late but told her if she stayed local she might have a chance later in the season. So she joined the Maryland Pride W-League team. Then when we lost a player around midseason, she was picked up and actually played in the very next game. But once she was picked up, she stayed picked up - she didn't go back to the Pride.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Soccerdad on January 3, 2009 at 11:45pm: See the Charge in 2003, they called up 2 players from the W-League (Beth Macnammarra and another player, they were only with the team for about 2-3 games if I recall to replace injured players), I did manage to get both of their autograpghs during that time and struck up a nice friendship with Beth when she was with the wildcats

From Beth's bio
- Made three appearances for the Philadelphia Charge (WUSA) in 2003 after signing as a supplemental player

Jun 28, 2003 ... SOCCER Women's United Soccer Association PHILADELPHIA CHARGE--Signed F Darci Borski and MF Beth McNamara; ▶ Reply to This