Source: Women Soccer News - 27 January, 2001
San Diego will host the first-ever WUSA Spring Training from March 22-31 at the ARCO U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. All eight WUSA teams will be at the OTC for 10 days of training and pre-season matches. The teams will arrive in San Diego on March 21st and commence training the next day, playing games against each other on four match days. The U.S. Under-21 and Under-19 Women's National Teams will also participate in matches against the WUSA teams, meaning that 200 of the top female players in the United States will be in training.
The WUSA teams may divide into split squads to maximize the game action for all the players. The WUSA coaches should have close to their final squads picked by the time they arrive in San Diego, with the final roster of 20 due into the league office on April 2nd.
Six fields will be utilized at the OTC for WUSA Spring Training, as the teams will use the four regular soccer fields in addition to two high-quality pitches at the archery range.
All teams will return to their respective cities on April 1 and the first season kicks off on April 14 as the CyberRays visit the Freedom at Washington D.C.'s RFK Stadium. The other six teams will open their seasons the following weekend with two games on April 21 and the Spirit opener on April 22 vs. the Philadelphia Charge at the University of San Diego's Torero Stadium (7 p.m. kickoff)
Here's the San Diego Spirit's schedule for the brand new season:
http://www.womensoccer.com/refs/wusa_refs/wusa_sandiego.html#jan25spirit
San Diego will host the first-ever WUSA Spring Training from March 22-31 at the ARCO U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. All eight WUSA teams will be at the OTC for 10 days of training and pre-season matches. The teams will arrive in San Diego on March 21st and commence training the next day, playing games against each other on four match days. The U.S. Under-21 and Under-19 Women's National Teams will also participate in matches against the WUSA teams, meaning that 200 of the top female players in the United States will be in training.
The WUSA teams may divide into split squads to maximize the game action for all the players. The WUSA coaches should have close to their final squads picked by the time they arrive in San Diego, with the final roster of 20 due into the league office on April 2nd.
Six fields will be utilized at the OTC for WUSA Spring Training, as the teams will use the four regular soccer fields in addition to two high-quality pitches at the archery range.
All teams will return to their respective cities on April 1 and the first season kicks off on April 14 as the CyberRays visit the Freedom at Washington D.C.'s RFK Stadium. The other six teams will open their seasons the following weekend with two games on April 21 and the Spirit opener on April 22 vs. the Philadelphia Charge at the University of San Diego's Torero Stadium (7 p.m. kickoff)
Here's the San Diego Spirit's schedule for the brand new season:
http://www.womensoccer.com/refs/wusa_refs/wusa_sandiego.html#jan25spirit