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After two stunning trades on Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League Draft day, the Washington Spirit have been in possession of a complete of 4 first-round draft picks heading into the draft, however have been now with out midfielder Ashley Sanchez, and defender Sam Staab. Staab was despatched to Chicago in return for the third total decide, whereas Sanchez was flipped to North Carolina for the fifth total decide and money.
On the conclusion of the draft, The Equalizer spoke to Spirit President of Soccer Operations and Basic Supervisor Mark Krikorian concerning the trades, the place he sees the staff going, and the way the newly drafted gamers match into the massive image.
“They’ve been such fantastic gamers at Washington and had such a powerful time throughout their tenure with the Spirit — it’s laborious, proper?” Krikorian mentioned of the trades for Staab and Sanchez. “These are by no means straightforward selections. [We looked] at ‘what’s the steadiness? How are we going to determine all of this out? And ultimately, what’s the perfect going ahead?’ And I feel ultimately we made the selections that we thought have been in the perfect curiosity of the membership going ahead.”
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