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November 2, 2015
THE ASIAN REPORTER n Page 13
Asians in American sports w Asian Americans in world sports
NWSL wraps third season, expands for 2016
By Mike Street
Special to The Asian Reporter
A
s the National Women’s
Soccer League (NWSL)
continues to grow in size
and popularity, it has followed
the lead of other major American
sports, leaning on players of
Asian heritage. Asian NWSL
players shone all over the pitch in
2015, excelling at every position
except goalkeeper.
No other Asian player had a
greater impact than Nadia
Nadim, the Afghani forward who
started 18 of Sky Blue FC’s 20
games. Sky Blue finished tied for
second-to-last in the league, with
just 22 goals scored, but six of
those 22 goals came from Nadim,
who ended the season tied for
seventh in the NWSL in both
shots taken and shots on goal,
categories in which she also led
her team by a wide margin.
Nadim came to Sky Blue in
2014 on loan from Danish club
Fortuna Hjørring; she also plays
for the Danish national team for
her adoptive country. Nadim and
her family fled from Afghanistan
to Denmark after her father was
killed by the Taliban, and soccer
became one of Nadia’s passions.
That passion is obvious in her
game, both here and abroad, as
she’s amassed more than 50 caps
THIRD-SEASON SUCCESS. After finishing up its third season, the National Women’s Soccer League is looking to grow in 2016. The league recently announced the Orlando
Pride will join the NWSL next year. The expansion draft takes place Monday, November 2. Pictured are current NWSL players Christine Sinclair (left photo, #12) and Mana Shim (right
photo, #6) of the Portland Thorns and Abby Erceg (left photo, #6) of the Chicago Red Stars. (AR Photos/Jan Landis)
Also vital in the smothering
with the national team since season, she made an immediate second place before falling 0-3 in
impact, heading in a goal on her the playoffs to eventual NWSL Chicago defense was Erceg.
joining the squad at age 18.
Nadim’s co-leader in goals on very first match. The fact that champion FC Kansas City. Of Erceg has Maori ancestry and is
importance
to the captain of the New Zealand
Sky Blue is another player with Kerr equalled Nadim’s goal total tremendous
Asian roots, Samantha Kerr. in half as many matches bodes Chicago’s success this season was national team, where she has
Kerr, whose grandmother is well for the feisty forward, who the team’s defensive line, scored five goals, impressive for a
Indian, also plays for her hopes to keep building the NWSL including Abby Erceg and Rachel defender. The Women’s World
country’s national team, in career she began with the Quon.
Cup took her away from Chicago
Australia. At this summer’s Western New York Flash.
Canadian American Quon, who for several games, though New
Women’s World Cup (WWC) in Pairing with Nadim should has Chinese roots, played in 17 of Zealand did not advance from a
Canada, Kerr helped Australia create a potent scoring combina- Chicago’s matches, helping the challenging group that included
reach the semifinals, starting tion in 2016.
Red Stars to the third-best host Canada, China, and the
and playing throughout all five
The only other NWSL team to goals-against total in the league. Netherlands.
matches.
Erceg
has
international
boast two players with Asian The Stanford graduate logged
Though Kerr joined Sky Blue heritage is the Chicago Red more than 1,000 minutes this experience beyond her national
partway through the 2015 Stars, who ended the season in season.
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