"If you are interested in soccer, it's going to be great soccer," Lilly said. "If you watch some of the games, [you'll see] the top international players and the top American players. We have the best players in the world, so there's no reason why you shouldn't [watch] unless you don't like soccer."

The Breakers will play their home games at Boston University's Nickerson Field, just a few miles down the river from Ohiri Field. Nickerson's AstroTurf surface has been replaced by a more soccer-friendly FieldTurf surface.

"They just laid [the FieldTurf] down, is what I hear," Lilly said. "Ideally you always want to play on grass, but the FieldTurf they're going to have-we've practiced on the same thing, and it's great. It's really soft, just like grass."

The home opener will be Saturday night on May 5th against the Atlanta Beat. According to Breakers Public Relations Director Marci Tyldesley, the team has nearly sold out 10,000-plus seats for the opener and hopes to average at least 7,000 for the course of the season.

Of the four Harvard players invited to WUSA training camps last month, both Jessica Larson `00 and Ashley Berman `00 will have to put their pro soccer hopes on hold. Beth Zotter `00 and Emily Stauffer `98-`99 are both still with the New York Power organization.

2000 Harvard Assistant Coach Carrie Moore is a defender on the Washington Freedom roster.

Stauffer's stock has risen rapidly since she joined the team's training camp after missing the inaugural league combine draft last December due to Teach for America commitments. She has a good chance of starting in the defensive midfield alongside national team defender Sara Whalen.