2004 NCAA National Champion with the Fighting Irish, Waldrum took his team to the six of the last ten NCAA Final Four Championships. In his time in charge, he won 9 out of 10 possible Big East Regular Season Conference Championships and six Big East Conference Tournament Championships. Having compiled 3rd best career winning percentage on NCAA winningest coaches list among all-time coaches, Waldrum has been named Big East Coach of the Year unprecedented five times in 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, and 2008.

Waldrum’s Notre Dame team produced multiple US Women’s National Team players who went on to play in the World Cups and win the Olympic Games as well as many players who now play in the new Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) League, considered the best women’s league in the world.

Having ventured into international football by defeating a number of full national teams with Notre Dame (including wins over Mexico and Republic of Ireland WNTs), the Texas native, Waldrum, took charge of the Trinidad & Tobago U17 Women’s National Team program in 2008 and led them to the highest ever finish in World Cup qualifiers – 2nd in group (failed to advance on goal difference).

Randy Waldrum is the former president of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), which is the largest football coaches association in the world with almost 30,000 members, and he has also worked as a staff coach for the US Soccer Federation. He holds both UEFA and USSF coaching licences.

LTA’s Spanish international forward Laura Del Rio has signed a contract with Boston Breakers of the USA Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS).

Madrid-born striker has recently completed the first round of the Frauen-Bundesliga in Germany with 1. FFC Frankfurt where she scored 8 goals in 13 appearances in League and Cup matches. The Breakers agreed to terms with Del Rio after her negotiating rights were acquired from the now-disbanded Los Angeles Sol for a third round draft pick in the 2010 WPS Draft.

Del Rio returns to the US where she spent two seasons with FC Indiana of the USL W-League. In 2008 Del Rio was FC Indiana’s top scorer with 15 goals and 13 assists, leading her team to the W-League Central Conference Championship, W-League National Championship Final, and the US Open Cup crown. In her 2009 campaign, the Spanish striker was first in the league with 18 goals and 4 assists and was named to the 2009 W-League All-League Team and the 2009 All-Central Conference Team.

In Boston, Del Rio will join such world-class players as Kristine Lilly, who is the most capped women’s or men’s football player in the history of the sport, as well as the finalist for this year’s FIFA World Player of the Year and England National Team Captain Kelly Smith. The coach of the team is the former FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games winning coach with the USA Women’s National Team – Tony Di Cicco.

Laura Del Rio becomes the first player from Spain, and the first player represented by LTA Agency in what is arguably one of the top two Women’s Leagues in the world.

Boston Breakers News Release:
Breakers Sign Del Rio

Boston Breakers Player Profile Page:
Breakers Del Rio Profile

Marca Article:
Laura del Río deja Alemania para volver a Estados Unidos

AS Article:
Laura del Río ficha por el Boston

FutFem News Article:
Laura del Río vuelve a EEUU

FutFem Del Rio Interview:
Laura del Río: «Si me hubiera quedado en España esto no podría haber sucedido»

Born in Philadelphia, USA, O’Rourke made her professional debut with the W-League powerhouse FC Indiana in 2008, the club with which she won the W-League Central Conference Championship, reached the League Final, and won the US Open Cup in the same year. Her no-nonsense performances earned her the selection into the 2008 W-League Championship All-Tournament Team.

O’Rourke spent 2009 season being the vice-captain of another professional team in the USL W-League, the Buffalo Flash, whom she led to the play-off spot in their first year of existence. In addition to her stellar defensive work in midfield, she notched 3 goals and 4 assists in 14 games played.

Former North Carolina State University standout and team captain, O’Rourke most recently played for Sporting Huelva in the Spanish Superliga. She was selected by Chicago Red Stars in the inaugural Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) general draft.

Profile

Name: Jessica O’Rourke
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, USA
Date of Birth: January 3, 1986
Nationality: USA
Height: 1,68 m
Position: Midfielder
Preferred Foot: Right

We, at LTA Agency, are satisfied with 2009 and are looking forward to an even more eventful and successful year for our company and all our clients. In the past year, we signed a number of top international players from different countries, began representing coaches, established important ties with a number of leading football organizations around the world, launched our company Website, and attended a number of important competitions.

Among the highlights of 2009 we can point out the performance of our Spanish striker Laura del Rio who after becoming the best goalscorer in the US W-League with FC Indiana ended the year as the hottest striker of the most renowned German Bundesliga team 1. FFC Frankfurt by consistently scoring goals (1 goal every 70 minutes) in a completely new environment and in competition with a number of World and European Champions.

Our coaches Shek Borkowski and Kaloyan Petkov have taken charge of the three-time Russian Premier League defending Champions and last year’s UEFA Women’s Cup finalists – Zvezda-2005 in a very ambitious project.

Our strikers Pam Conti and Mery, and South African defender Jomo helped the new US W-League franchise Buffalo Flash to qualify for the play-offs in the first year in the League. Conti and Mery have followed that by leading RCD Espanyol of Barcelona to the top of the Spanish Superliga standings.

Conti and fellow Italian international goalkeeper Anna Maria Picarelli were part of Italy’s sensational run to the quarterfinals of the UEFA EURO 2009 Finals in Finland in September.

Our New Zealand international Kirsty Yallop won two unprecedented League championships in one year with Pali Blues in the USA and Auckland Football in New Zealand.

Our Nigerian international Ifeanyi Chiejine was the best player and the key in PK35 (led by the newly appointed coach of the WPS champions Sky Blue FC – Pauliina Miettinen) promotion to the Finnish Premier League.

Our Mexican standout Fatima Leyva has completed another stellar season with FC Indiana and is currently close to signing with a top European club.

Finally, our youngest player South African international winger Busi Ndimeni has been the leader of the U20 WNT Basetsana’s continuous run in the FIFA U20 World Cup Germany 2010 qualifiers.

After making scouting and negotiation trips to Finland, Bulgaria, Russia, and Germany in the second part of last year, we plan on visiting Turkey, Italy, Cyprus, Spain, Macedonia, and other countries as we continue to improve our network and our service commitment to our clients and partners.

Apart from exciting new signings we currently work on a number of interesting projects including expanding our presence in Europe, Africa, and the Far East, getting more involved in men’s football, and launching personal Websites of our clients.

Please, stay tuned with lta-agency.com as we continue to share with you our undertakings in the new year.

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