Boston Breakers

Infobox Football club
clubname = Boston Breakers


fullname = Boston Women’s Soccer, LLC
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founded = 2001
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ground = Harvard Stadium
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ceo =
mgrtitle = Head coach
manager = Tony DiCicco
league = Women's United Soccer Association (2001-2003) Women's Professional Soccer (2009-future)
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The Boston Breakers are a professional soccer club to be based in Boston, Massachusetts that will begin play in Women's Professional Soccer in 2009. The team will play its home games at Harvard Stadium, on the campus of Harvard University.

History

The Boston Breakers played in the Women's United Soccer Association from 2001 to 2003. The team won the regular season championship in 2003 with a record of 10-4-7. However, the Breakers were eliminated from the playoffs by the Washington Freedom in the semifinal round.

Return of the Breakers in 2009

On April 18, 2007, the Chief Executive Officer of the Women's Soccer Initiative, Tonya Antonucci, announced that the Breakers, along with teams in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Bay Area, Chicago and the New York/New Jersey area, would be one of the eight teams that will form a relaunched women's league that will start play in 2009. [cite news
url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2007-04-18-breakers-return_N.htm
title=Breakers returning to Boston
date=2007-04-18
work=USA Today]

On September 21, 2007, former U.S. women's national soccer team coach, Tony DiCicco, was named coach of the re-launched Breakers. [cite news
url=http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2007/09/22/dicicco_along_for_next_ride/
title=DiCicco along for next ride
date=September 22, 2007
first=Frank
last=Dell'Apa
work=Boston Herald]

Player Allocation

On 16 September 2008 the initial WPS player allocation was conducted; US Women's National Team players Kristine Lilly, Angela Hucles and Heather Mitts were allocated to the Breakers. [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2008/09/wps_allocation_list.html]

On 24 September 2008 the WPS International player allocation was conducted; English striker Kelly Smith, Brazilians Fabiana and Maycon and Japanese forward Shinobu Ohno also were allocated to the Breakers. [http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid5106.aspx]

On 6 October 2008 the WPS General Draft took place. Boston drafted players Amy Le Peilbet, Nancy Augistiniak-Goffi, Sue Weber and Kristin Luckinbill. [http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/282649.html] The rest of the roster will be completed in due course.

Year-by-Year Regular Season Record

References

External links

* [http://www.bostonbreakers.com/ Boston Breakers]