Football Partnerships

By R.B. Fallstrom

The commissioner of the fledgling Women’s Pro Soccer League surveyed the standing room audience that showed up on draft day, then smiled as she stepped to the podium.

It further confirmed Tonya Antonucci’s belief that despite the recession, the time is right to try again.

The convention center space used for the draft on Friday in St. Louis wasn’t tough to fill, about 200 or so seats with owners and athletes getting interviewed in corners of the room just out of camera range. It was nothing like the MLS SuperDraft which filled the America’s Center ballroom on Thursday, but that was part of the point.

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