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Editor's Note: Chicago Red Stars President and CEO Peter Wilt returns for
his third weekly column on Pitch Invasion, pulling no punches as he grades the first season of the
league his own team plays in.
Sunday's Women's Professional Soccer All-Star victory over Swedish powerhouse Umea ended WPS'
first season and that makes this a good time to reflect on the inaugural year and analyze WPS'
progress.
Monday's announcement that FC Dallas' longest-tenured player, Drew Moor, had been shipped off to
Colorado was jarring to say the least. Now the Dallas native is not one of the top defenders in the
league and has never been an all-star, but Moor's veteran leadership and respect he commanded from
his teammates will be hard if not impossible to replace.
With J Hutcherson -- Leave it to the Premier League for potentially changing the face of European
soccer. If their adoption of the "home-grown rule" becomes the norm across Europe, this could be
the last year we see the Champions League as a de facto World All-Star League. Well, at least with
so many of the World's elite concentrated among a small group of clubs.
Monday's announcement that FC Dallas' longest-tenured player, Drew Moor, had been shipped off to
Colorado was jarring to say the least. Now the Dallas native is not one of the top defenders in the
league and has never been an all-star, but Moor's veteran leadership and respect he commanded from
his teammates will be hard if not impossible to replace.
