West Windsor, N.J. (Wednesday, November 18, 2009) – The New Jersey Wildcats formally announced today a key acquisition for the upcoming USL W-League campaign, which is slated to kick off this May. The team is pleased to proclaim that Portuguese National Team player Lissette Brandao has officially declared her intentions of patrolling the field for the Wildcats this season.
“By the way the team is coming together, we can get back to competing with the top tier of the league this season,” Brandao stated. “With a 7-6-1 record in 2009 we have built the foundation for a great year in 2010, there is an energy surrounding the 2010 team.”
Prior to joining the Wildcats in 2005, Brandao began her W-League career in 2004 for the New Jersey Lady Stallions, collecting four goals and an assist in her rookie campaign. She is a graduate of Rutgers University, where she was a four-year starter and also wore the captain band for the Scarlet Knights. While playing high school soccer at Union Catholic High School, the Rahway native led her team to three Union County titles and a sectional crown in 1999. She was a three-time All-State selection and also won a State Cup championship with her club team, the Wyckoff Torpedoes. Brandao is currently the head coach of the girl’s soccer team at Johnson Regional High School in Clark, and she earned her first caps with the Portuguese National Team two years ago at the Algarve Cup.
“It was an unbelievable feeling the first time I stepped onto the international stage and heard the Portuguese National Anthem,” she recollected. “It instantly gave me an adrenalin rush.”
Brandao also owns and runs a training company called Brandao Soccer that does soccer training, summer camps, and winter clinics. She also coaches one of the NJ Wildcat youth academy teams the U15 girls Freehold SL Lady Strikers the current NJ State Cup Champions. She has winter clinics coming up this winter of 2010. If you would like to meet her, train with her, and learn from her go to her website
www.BrandaoSoccer.com.
The New Jersey Wildcats played their debut season in the W-League in 1996 and have competed every season since. Under the guidance of then-head coach Charlie Naimo, the Wildcats compiled a 41-1 regular season record from 2004-06, winning regular season titles in 2004 and 2006 while taking the W-League championship in 2005. Following the 2005 season, the Wildcats were named the USL Franchise of the Year, and Naimo won the FieldTurf W-League Coach of the Year award in 2006.
The USL W-League played its inaugural season in 1995, and it is recognized as the premiere development league for female players in North America. The schedule is set to open in May and commence in August.
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NEW JERSEY WILDCAT 2010 TRYOUTS
(w-league, U23, U20, U19 teams)
* We are having tryouts on 11/28, 12/27, & 1/2 at Conover Park in West Windsor from 7:30am to 9:30am. Contact
NJWildcats1996@aol.com if you would like to tryout. *
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NEW JERSEY WILDCAT 2010 SUMMER SELECT TRYOUTS
(youth summer only teams run by NJ Wildcats)
* We are having tryouts on 12/12 at Conover Park in West Windsor from 2pm to 4pm. Contact
NJWildcats1996@aol.com if you would like to tryout. *
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NEW JERSEY WILDCATS 2010 SPRING KICKOFF INVITATIONAL
(youth soccer tournament)
March 6th & 7th, 2010
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