Women's Professional Soccer Draft January 16

A_Fan wrote:This about Lisa's future from a release after the draft by the UP:

"Sari was a four-year starting midfielder for the Pilots and helped the team to an undefeated 2005 NCAA Championship run. She scored 10 goals with 15 assists in a holding midfield role for Portland. Sari has spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach with the Pilots and will continue that role while playing professionally."

Sorry i totally over looked the part of the quote about her staying on as assistant to UP while playing pro. I don't know how the schedules fits but that is a huge plus as we are net loss one asistant at this point instead of two.

According to this, the season is done by August 22nd:
http://www.womensprosoccer.com/2009-schedule.aspx

So while she may miss the summer sessions and whatnot, she would be available to coach/recruit during the entire fall. I'd say its pretty feasible that she can effectively coach and still mantain a successful pro career. Plus having a pro on the staff can't hurt recruiting...

Plus she is playing with some pretty experienced international players. I'm sure she will pick up a lot of god tips from them that will be passed down to the Pilots. I don't really see much of a downside to her being a player/coach.

The LA team played the Bay Area team in a "friendly" today. LA won, 2-0. Apparently, many players certain to make the teams' rosters did not play. Rather, it was a chance for the coaches to see the players they are looking at for inclusion on the rosters play in a game situation. Here's a comment from a LA fan who was at the game on which of the LA players looked good:

"Players that stood out for me were Brittany Bock, Camille Abily, Aya Miyama, Greer Barnes but especially Lisa Sari and Allison Falk. They did an excellent job in the back line."

Haha so I wonder if Lisa will be able to recruit while she's playing... I'd say a pretty convincing argument to go to UP would be a player to be able to watch a game, and point out "Yeah.... She's gonna be my coach"