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WUSA Teams Miss Out on Drafting Larson

Moore will be teammates in Washington with all-World forward Mia Hamm and top U.S. goaltender Siri Mullinix.

According to Larson, Emily Stauffer '99 and Ashley Berman '00 might also consider playing in the league someday, although both Crimson alumni were too busy with other pursuits this year. Stauffer is presently working with Teach For America, and Berman is spending time in Australia on a work visa.

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Larson, like Berman and Zotter, spent considerable time overseas following graduation.

"I was in San Diego for four months, and I was also in Sydney working with NBC for the Olympics," Lasrson said. "I was a runner, I worked for Hannah Storm in the morning show. Then I came home and trained for six weeks [before the combine]."

The absence of Larson from the draft board brought Zotter back down to earth, after her high from Sunday.

"Jessie getting drafted today would have been the icing on the cake," Zotter said. "Yesterday was a big up, now this brings me down a little bit."

Although Larson's undrafted status leaves her WUSA career less certain than she would like, she will get her second chance in the coming months. The WUSA aims to begin play in April.

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