Soccer America AA Preseason

009 Soccer America Preseason All-America Team

First Team

GOALKEEPER
Alyssa Naeher, Penn State (Sr.)

DEFENDERS
Becky Edwards, Florida State (Sr.)
Whitney Engen, North Carolina (Sr.)
Brittany Taylor, Connecticut (Sr.)


MIDFIELDERS
Tobin Heath, North Carolina (Sr.)
Teresa Noyola, Stanford (Soph.)
Michelle Enyeart, Portland (Sr.)

FORWARDS
Lauren Cheney, UCLA (Sr.)
Melissa Henderson Notre Dame (Soph.)
Nikki Marshall, Colorado (Sr.)
Casey Nogueira, North Carolina (Sr.)


Second Team

GOALKEEPER
Erin Guthrie, Rutgers (Sr.)

DEFENDERS
Lauren Fowlkes, UCLA (Jr.)
Andrea Willis, BYU (Jr.)
Bri Young, Texas A&M (Soph.)

MIDFIELDERS
Hailey Beam, Charlotte (Sr.)
Amanda DaCosta, Florida State (Jr.)
Elisabeth Redmond, Duke (Sr.)

FORWARDS
Laura Heyboer, Michigan State (Soph.)
Corky Julien, James Madison (Sr.)
Sydney Leroux, UCLA (Soph.)
Alex Morgan, California (Jr.)

I think there will be several players, not only Pilots, who will be on that list at the end of the season besides this list.

For one thing - Who plays a 3-3-4?

Hmmmm... If you started a set of twins would they count as one defender together?

I've been surprised at the lack of pre-season recognition for Keelin, especially after her exposure as captain with the U2? team.

I think Kelsey should also have been seriously considered here.

Indeed for both of them, but really, the 4 forwards for both teams is pretty darn ridiculous, but yay for Michelle for being the only first teamer from a non-BCS conference!

Who plays a 3-3-4???

I seem to remember the Oregon high school all-state soccer teams playing anything from a 1-4-5 to a 0-0-10.

Seriously though, at this level, that is ridiculous.

mattywizz wrote:Who plays a 3-3-4???

I seem to remember the Oregon high school all-state soccer teams playing anything from a 1-4-5 to a 0-0-10.

Seriously though, at this level, that is ridiculous.

Man City is playing a 1-0-9 this season, the better to maximize the skills of all their new additions.

I'm done with the City jokes for a while. I swear.

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:

mattywizz wrote:Who plays a 3-3-4???

I seem to remember the Oregon high school all-state soccer teams playing anything from a 1-4-5 to a 0-0-10.

Seriously though, at this level, that is ridiculous.

Man City is playing a 1-0-9 this season, the better to maximize the skills of all their new additions.

I'm done with the City jokes for a while. I swear.

On no, please do go on.... I insist! (Perhaps a PPT Man City Rant O' The Day thread is in order...)

Ehh...that's about all I got anyway.

Purplegeezer wrote:
For one thing - Who plays a 3-3-4?

The only thing I can think of is that forwards get more stats, so having four forwards on your all-America teams makes it easier for voters to blindly vote for players with stats.

Keelin only had two goals last season, so she must not be very good.