Matt Beard and Lee Billiard, head coach and general manager of the Boston Breakers, wait for their club to be put on the clock for the start of the 2020 NWSL draft. The Breakers hold the #1 pick, having secured that as a result of a trade with Houston in 2018 that sent Angela Salem and Brooke Elby to the Dash.
Commissioner Amanda Duffy: Welcome to the 2020 NWSL draft. The Boston Breakers are on the clock.
Beard and Billiard confirm with one another their selection and walk quickly to the podium, ready to bring another piece to Beantown in the chase for a first-ever championship for the country's longest-running women's professional soccer team, having played their first season in 2001 in WUSA.
Billiard: We are pleased to have this year's number one pick. The last time we were in this position, we had four selections in the first round and used them to bring in key components for an eventual climb up the league standings. We expect this selection to be another piece to the puzzle of an NWSL championship. With the first selection in the 2020 NWSL draft, the Boston Breakers select Jessie Fleming, midfielder from UCLA and the Canadian Women's National Team.
Fleming hugs her parents and college coach, Amanda Cromwell, before heading to the front of the room to be greeted by her new coach and presented with a club scarf.
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The Wait Is Over
FanfictionThe 2022 NWSL season will hopefully bring to an end the search for a title for the two oldest franchises in US women's professional soccer, the Boston Breakers and the Chicago Red Stars. Twelve other teams will have their say on whether either franc...
