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The 2009 Saint Louis Athletica season was the inaugural season for the team (as part of the inaugural season for Women's Professional Soccer). ==Off-season== On August 26, 2008, it was announced that the Saint Louis' head coach would be Jorge Barcellos, the then-head coach of the Brazilian women's team. Team Chairman Jeff Cooper's organization SLSU has plans for a soccer-specific stadium ready, but the construction will not start until St. Louis is also awarded an MLS franchise. On September 11, 2008, "St. Louis" was revealed as the official team name through an online video, along with a new team crest. The name and crest were further updated on November 25 unveiling "Saint Louis Athletica" as the new name. On 16 September 2008, the initial WPS player allocation was conducted; US Women's National Team players Hope Solo, Lori Chalupny and Tina Ellertson were allocated to St. Louis. On 24 September 2008, the 2008 WPS International Draft was conducted; Brazilians Daniela and Renata Costa, Swedish striker Lotta Schelin and Canadian Melissa Tancredi also were allocated to St. Louis. Eniola Aluko of England and Ingvild Stensland of Norway were named as post-draft discovery players in the following two days. On 6 October 2008, the 2008 WPS General Draft took place. St. Louis drafted players India Trotter, Angie Woznuk, Joanna Lohman and Amanda Cinalli. On 17 November 2008, St. Louis renounced its right to negotiate with Stensland, naming Brazilian Francielle as the next post-draft discovery player. Two days later, St. Louis also renounced its negotiation rights to Schelin, naming fellow Swede Sara Larsson in her stead.〔 Trotter signed a two-year contract with FFC Frankfurt in July 2008〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FFC Frankfurt signs US-national India Trotter )〕 and thus most likely will not be coming. On the positive side, both Larsson〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Östberg, Larsson and Jönsson comments on WPS offers ) ''scroll down''〕 and Aluko〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tony Hubert of the Saturday Soccer Report interviews Saint Louis Athletica discovery pick Eniola Aluko ) ''link to interview on iTunes''〕 have expressed a large interest in Athletica, and have made statements suggesting that they will be coming, despite no contracts officially being announced as of early January 2009. On January 16, at the 2009 NSCAA convention held in St. Louis, the Athletica drafted Notre Dame forward Kerri Hanks, (first round, sixth overall,) Boston College alumnus Kia McNeill, (second round, ninth overall,) University of Texas at Austin defender Stephanie Logterman, (third round, twentieth overall,) Notre Dame defender Elise Weber, (trade * with Washington to be twenty-first,) UConn defender Niki Cross, (fifth round, thirty-fourth,) Villanova goalkeeper Jillian Loyden, (sixth round, thirty-seventh,) West Virginia University midfielder Lisa Stoia, (seventh round, forty-eighth,) Florida forward Megan Kerns, (eighth round, fifty-first,) Penn State defender/midfielder Sheree Gray, (ninth round, sixty-second,) and Clemson midfielder/forward Lydia Vandenbergh (tenth round, sixty-fifth).〔 ''Official WPS Draft summary sheet''〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2009 WPS Draft ) ''summary with notes by Michael Minnich (www.soccerbroadcaster.com)''〕 '' *The Athletica traded away Joanna Lohman and their 23rd overall pick to get the 21st pick.''〔 ''see first Jan. 16 entry''〕 On January 21, it was announced that Renata Costa had signed〔 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brazilian great ready for LdB FC )〕 with Swedish club LdB FC instead of the Athletica. On March 3, Athletica's initial preseason roster was released, along with those of all WPS teams, having 35 players listed.〔 ''left column, page 2''〕 On March 12, Athletica released nine of those players, including draftee Megan Kerns. Post-Dispatch writer Tom Timmermann (posted ) a slightly short list (down to twenty-four players) on March 16. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2009 Saint Louis Athletica season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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