For many former collegiate players, leaving their established careers to attempt to play at the $25,000 WUSA League-minimum is far too risky. Although there are a plethora of talented Harvard alumni from the late 90's, none of them chose to attend the combine.

Coming Soon, Two T Stops Away

The WUSA will begin play in April in its inaugural season in eight major markets: Atlanta, the Bay Area, Carolina, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego and Washington D.C.

Although it may sound hard to believe, Harvard was actually contacted when the WUSA Boston franchise began looking for a host site. Harvard facilities were briefly considered as a possibility--but only very briefly.

"We were just wrong in both directions," Wheaton said. "Ohiri Field is too small, and the Football Stadium is too big. The WUSA is aiming for a target crowd of 6,000 to 8,000. When you're at the stadium with that size crowd, it just doesn't feel that intimate."

Instead, the WUSA Boston franchise--now nicknamed the Breakers--has focused its attention on making Tufts its new home for the time being--just a few blocks away from Davis Square. As recently as Monday, the town of Somerville was still holding public hearings on the matter, as local residents are concerned about the lack of parking space.

A vote is expected on the issue within the next few days. If the Tufts host site falls through, the team will rely on its fallback option--Foxboro Stadium, and possibly play doubleheaders with the New England Revolution of the MLS. The concrete slabs of Foxboro, however, are not the intimate setting that WUSA organizers had in mind.

League on the Rise?

The WUSA is still in its nascent stages. At the present moment all teams have five players on their rosters--three resulting from U.S. National Team player allocations and two players from the WUSA Foreign Draft.