adidas ESP coverage begins on Friday

adidas ESP coverage begins on Friday
February 19, 2009
Players will begin arriving today for one of the elite college recruiting events in the country, the adidas ESP for Girls, which runs through Sunday. And TopDrawerSoccer.com will be there for every minute of it. Be sure to come back each day throughout the event for feature articles, highlight videos, and interviews with players and coaches. We'll also be filming, with full commentary, the coveted All-Star game on Saturday night.

Elite club soccer player Sarah KillionSarah Killion
The event, to be held at Mount San Antonio College in Pomona, CA, features 96 top recruiting prospects divided into six teams for the purposes of training and playing matches. This year’s event will feature mainly high school sophomores and freshmen to reflect the accelerated recruiting process currently at work in women’s college soccer. Previous events were mainly for juniors or seniors.

The usual plethora of free gear (allowed under the auspices of the Olympic Development Program), valuable workshops and additional perks will make the experience a memorable one for the players. The fields will also be surrounded, quite literally, by more than 100 DI college coaches, already trying to arrange their recruiting classes for the 2011 and 2012 graduation years. While a few of the players, such as UCLA-bound Sarah Killion and Stanford’s twin commitments Sydney Payne and Shelby Payne, are set with their choices, most are in the prime of the process and will be eager to put on a good display.

Among the guest coaches on hand are current Boston Breakers and former USWNT boss Tony DiCicco, plus national team playing veterans Danielle Fotopoulos and Shannon MacMillan.

The playing roster seems to draw heavily from U.S. Youth Soccer ODP regional rosters of last Thanksgiving, but not exclusively. Following is a list of players scheduled to be at the event.

Emily Armstrong, Penn Strikers (PA)
Muriel Battaglia, Eclipse Select (IL)
Lia Bellizzi, Albertson SC (NY)
Lauren Bohaboy, So Cal Boys (CA)
Olivia Brannon, Novi Jaguars (MI)
Caroline Brawner, Crossfire Premier (WA)
Darby Broeker, Pleasanton Rage (CA)
Stephanie Bronson, CASL, (NC)
Maria Canicatti, Syosset SC (NY)
Jourden Casey, MSS Arsenal (NE)
Anna Cassell, Sparta United (UT)
Whitney Church, Loudoun SC (VA)
Kaysie Clark, KC Select (MO)
Danielle Colaprico, PDA (NJ)
Miranda Cornejo, San Diego Surf (CA)
Jessica Crowder, CASL (NC)
Paige Diamond, Pleasanton Rage (CA)
Liska Dobberstein, Charlotte SC (NC)
Meghan Dolan, St. Louis Scott Gallagher (IL)
Alexandra Doll, Bethesda SC (MD)
Caprice Dydasco, Honolulu SC (HI)
Britt Eckerstrom, Potomac SC (MD)
Lauren Flynn, St. Louis Scott Gallagher (MO)
Kelsey Foo, MVLA (CA)
Katie Gancedo, Los Angeles FC (CA)
Arin Gilliland, Lexington FC (KY)
Michelle Gonzales, Los Angeles FC (CA)
Jennifer Gonzalez, Arsenal FC (CA)
Shea Groom, KCFC Alliance (MO)
Natalie Hanson, Capital Athletic SA (CA)
Darcy Hargadon, Eclipse Select (IL)
Bryane Heaberlin, Clearwater Chargers (FL)
Stephanie Hepfer, Lonestar SC (TX)
Amber Hernandez, South Valley Chivas (CA)
Lexi Herring, Cape Fear SC (NC)
Jaylyn High, Cape Fear SC (NC)
Tracy Hong, Pleasanton Rage (CA)
Riley Houle, Oakwood SC (CT)
Megan Hunsberger, Fury Premier (PA)
Gabriele Iribarne, West Coast FC (CA)
Whitney Jaynes, Dallas Texans (TX)
Amy Kauffung, FC Milwaukee (WI)
Hannah Keane, Capital Athletic SA (CA)
Jessica Keley, St. Louis Scott Gallagher (MO)
Morgan Kennedy, PDA (NJ)
Sarah Killion, Fort Wayne Fever (IN)
Kasey Koballa, OCSA Coastal Crew (NC)
Loeau Labonta, Arsenal FC (CA)
Samantha Lee, Washington Premier (WA)
Sam Leyh, NJSA (NJ)
Abigail Lutzenkirchen, NASA (GA)
Marie Mackenzie, Real So Cal (CA)
Megan Marsack, Michigan Gators (MI)
Ashley McCutcheon, West Coast FC (CA)
Hayley McKinney, Dallas Texans (TX)
Indiana Mead, Neusport SC (NV)
Rosa Medina, Dallas Texans (TX)
Sarah Molina, Cleveland FC (OH)
Kelley Monogue, Dallas Texans (TX)
Casey Morrison, Spirit United (PA)
Satara Murray, Lonestar SC (TX), Eclip
Kathryn Nigro, FC Alliance (TN)
Jenna O’Dell, Novi Jaguars (MI)
Megan Oyster, Windy City Pride (IL)
Cate Parchinski, Pride Predators (CO)
Chelsey Patterson, Fullerton Rangers (CA)
Shelby Payne, IMG Soccer Academy (FL)
Sydney Payne, IMG Soccer Academy (FL)
Jenna Pellegrino, FC San Diego (CA)
Helena Pereira, FSA Soccer Plus (CT)
Katie Perry, San Diego Surf (CA)
Molly Poletto, Colorado Rush (CO)
Courtney Proctor, Santa Clarita United (CA)
Brittany Ratcliffe, Penn Strikers (NJ)
Shannon Roche, PDA (NJ)
Dana Rosney, Penn Strikers (PA)
Morgan Ruhl, Baltimore Bays (MD)
Julia Sandridge, Twin Cities YSA (NC)
Taylor Schneider, Dallas Texans (TX)
Olivia Schultz, Woodbury SC (MN)
Sami Scofield, Eclipse Select (IL)
Karin Simonian, Albertson SC (NY)
Kelsey Smigel, Cleveland FC (OH)
Taylor Smith, Solar SC (TX)
Abby Smith, Dallas Texans (TX)
Meredith Speck, Albertson SC (NY)
Natasha Springer, Pleasanton Rage (CA)
Annalika Steyn, Birmingham United (AL)
Maya Theuer, San Diego Surf (CA)
Chioma Ubogagu, D’Feeters  (TX)
Sarah Voigt, Ponte Vedra SC (FL)
Brittany Von Rueden, FC Milwaukee (WI)
Georgia Waddle, Eclipse Select (IL)
Clarissa Wedemeyer, Dallas Texans (TX)
Tabria Williford, Lonestar SC (TX)
Mariah Winters, Los Angeles FC (CA)
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