Los Angeles Legends (W-League)
Encyclopedia
Los Angeles Legends was an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2008. The team folded after the 2009 season. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues
United Soccer Leagues
The United Soccer Leagues is the organizer of several soccer leagues with teams in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. It includes men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Leagues currently organized are the USL Pro, the USL Premier Development League, the W-League, and...

 W-League
W-League
The USL W-League is a national women's soccer league in the United States on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside the Women's Premier Soccer League and below Women's Professional Soccer....

, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Western Conference against teams from Denver
Real Colorado Cougars
Real Colorado Cougars is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada...

, Fort Collins, Los Angeles
Pali Blues
Pali Blues is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2008. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada...

, Seattle
Seattle Sounders Women
The Seattle Sounders Women is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States, and as a club in the Western Division, they play against Colorado Force, Colorado Rush, LA Strikers, ...

, Vancouver
Vancouver Whitecaps Women
The Vancouver Whitecaps FC women are a Canadian women's soccer team founded in 2001 and a part of the greater Vancouver Whitecaps FC club. Originally called the Vancouver Breakers in 2001-02, the team is a member of the W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada...

 and Ventura.

The team played its home games at Cougar Stadium on the campus of Azusa Pacific University
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa Pacific University is a private, inter-denominational, evangelical Christian university located near Los Angeles in suburban Azusa, California. It was founded in 1899, with classes opening on March 3, 1900 in Whittier, California. It began offering degrees in 1939...

 in the city of Azusa, California
Azusa, California
Azusa is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 46,361 at the 2010 census, up from 44,712 at the 2000 census. Though sometimes assumed to be a compaction of the phrase "everything from A to Z in the USA" from an old Jack Benny joke, the place name "Azusa"...

, 24 miles east of downtown Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

. The team's colors was black and white.

The team was a sister organization of the men's Los Angeles Legends team, which plays in the USL Premier Development League
USL Premier Development League
The USL Premier Development League is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid...

.

Players

  • Head Coach: Twila Kaufman
  • Assistant Coach: Kristy Kieley
  • Fitness Coach: Ali Malaekah
  • Goalkeeper Coach: Chris Swift
  • General Manager: Ramon Reid

Squad 2009

Notable players

{|
|valign="top"|
 
  • Casey Schostag


 
  • Ashley Salas


 
  • Dana Farquhar


 
  • Danielle Bitonti
  • Nicole Grimaldi
  • Brittany Massro
  • Randie Massro

|valign="top"|
 
  • Sarah Yoro


 
  • Geminese Martinez
  • Aissa Sanchez


 
  • Jaclyn Hovda


 
  • Kaitlyn Gustaves

|valign="top"|
 
  • Lauren Brown
  • Theresa Broad
  • Bridget Brotherton
  • Tiffany Craig
  • Lynsey Domene
  • Alexis Farler
  • Jessica Gordon
  • Catherine Gray
  • Sarah Howard

|valign="top"|
  • Shannon Jenkins
  • Katie Liby
  • Briann Oostings
  • Courtney Price
  • Katie Rorabaugh
  • Breanna Truelove
  • Lauren Vroom


Year-by-year

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Division
!League
!Reg. Season
!Playoffs
|-
|2008
|1
|USL W-League
|6th, Western
|Did not qualify
|-
|2009
|2
|USL W-League
|7th, Western
|did not qualify
|}

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK