Former Sol coach wins W-League award
July, 30, 2010
7/30/10
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By Scott French | ESPNLosAngeles.com
Former L.A. Sol assistant coach Hubert Busby Jr., who has guided the Vancouver Whitecaps' women's team into Saturday's W-League title game, was honored Friday night as the league's Coach of the Year in a banquet in Santa Clarita.
Busby, the top assistant to Abner Rogers with Southern California's former Women's Professional Soccer franchise, took a Whitecaps team that had won just three games in 2009 and failed to reach the playoffs in two of the three previous seasons to the Western Conference title. Vancouver (8-0-4) meets the Buffalo Flash (13-0-2) in tonight's W-League final at Canyon High School in the Canyon Country section of Santa Clarita.
Buffalo forward Kelly Parker, a Canadian national-teamer who scored her 14th and 15th goals of the season in the Flash's semifinal victory Thursday night at Canyon, was selected as league MVP for the second time. She also won the award in 2004.
Others honored:
Rookie of the Year: Rashidah Sherman (New York Magic)
Defender of the Year: Sue Weber (Long Island Rough Riders)
Goalkeeper of the Year: Alyssa Whitehead (Charlotte Lady Eagles)
Pali Blues defender Christie Shaner was a finalist for W-League Defender of the Year, and Santa Clarita Blue Heat forward Cherelle Khassal wass up for Rookie of the Year.
Busby, the top assistant to Abner Rogers with Southern California's former Women's Professional Soccer franchise, took a Whitecaps team that had won just three games in 2009 and failed to reach the playoffs in two of the three previous seasons to the Western Conference title. Vancouver (8-0-4) meets the Buffalo Flash (13-0-2) in tonight's W-League final at Canyon High School in the Canyon Country section of Santa Clarita.
Buffalo forward Kelly Parker, a Canadian national-teamer who scored her 14th and 15th goals of the season in the Flash's semifinal victory Thursday night at Canyon, was selected as league MVP for the second time. She also won the award in 2004.
Others honored:
Rookie of the Year: Rashidah Sherman (New York Magic)
Defender of the Year: Sue Weber (Long Island Rough Riders)
Goalkeeper of the Year: Alyssa Whitehead (Charlotte Lady Eagles)
Pali Blues defender Christie Shaner was a finalist for W-League Defender of the Year, and Santa Clarita Blue Heat forward Cherelle Khassal wass up for Rookie of the Year.
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Orange County native Scott French has been writing about soccer for more than 30 years for dozens of publications and Web sites. He was senior editor at Soccer America and was managing editor of MajorLeagueSoccer Magazine from April 2007 until summer 2009. He has covered three World Cups for the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Los Angeles Daily News, two Women's World Cups for Soccer America, the Olympic Games, European Championship, nine MLS Cups and all five professional women's championships.
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