Beverly Goebel is available in Women's Professional Soccer's expansion draft.

Local products Kelsey Davis (Thousand Oaks HS) and Beverly Goebel (Moreno Valley HS) are among 22 players available for Women's Professional Soccer's new Western New York franchise in the Nov. 4 expansion draft.

Davis, a backup goalkeeper for Chicago last season, started her college career at UCLA and transferred to Portland. Goebel, a midfielder for Washington, played collegiately at Sacramento State and Miami. Both were left unprotected by their clubs.

Former USC star Rosie Tantillo, a reserve midfielder for WPS champion FC Gold Pride, also is on the list. The biggest name among the 22: U.S. national team defender Heather Mitts, who played for Philadelphia.

The Western New York team, which will debut next season, may take nine players in the draft, but no more than two from any club.

The WPS on Wednesday also released a list of free agents. Included were Redondo Beach's Shannon Boxx (South Torrance HS), a midfielder who helped Gold Pride to the WPS title; Mission Viejo's Kasey Moore (Capistrano Valley HS), a defender for Boston; San Clemente's McCall Zerboni (San Clemente HS/UCLA), who played for Atlanta; Arcadia's Brittany Klein (Arcadia HS), a midfielder for Washington; Hermosa Beach's Lindsay Tarpley, who finished strong for Boston; and former UCLA midfielder Tina DiMartino, key to Philly's drive to the title game.

Boxx, Tarpley, goalkeepers Hope Solo and Nicole Barnhart, midfielder Carli Lloyd, defender Catherine Whitehill and forward Natasha Kai are U.S. national-teamers on the free-agent list.



(espn.com)