Vlatko Andonovski

Stadium:

Shawnee Mission District Stadium

Overland Park, Kansas

Capacity: 6,150

Team History:

FC Kansas City is the first team we’ve highlighted that is new onto the scene of women’s professional soccer.  Sporting Kansas City (formerly the Kansas City Wizards), the men’s side, established a solid base of soccer fandom in the Kansas City area since their inception into the MLS in 1996.  After being announced as a site for a team, the women’s team found ownership from the same owners of the Missouri Comets, the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) team of Kansas City. No surprise then that the coach who was selected to lead the women’s squad came from the Comets’ coaching pool, Vlatko Andonovski, a former Comets’ player and most recently assistant coach for the team. It will be interesting to see how this team’s cross-league promotion and connections between the MISL and the NWSL result in attendance for the club, who will be playing in one of the largest venues in the league.

Full USWNT Players:

Nicole Barnhart

Lauren Cheney

Becky Sauerbrunn

2013 College Draft First Pick:

Pick #3 Overall:

Kristie Mewis – Boston College

2013 Supplemental Draft First Pick:

Pick #6 Overall:

Courtney Jones – UNC Chapel Hill