Seattle Reign FC is one of nine teams competing in the National Women's Soccer League, founded in late 2012 to bring top-flight women's professional soccer back to the United States. Led by Head Coach/GM Laura Harvey and owner Bill Predmore, the inaugural Reign roster featured US National Team stars Hope Solo, Megan Rapinoe and Amy Rodriguez, along with national team players from Canada, Mexico and Wales and other promising talent. However, the team was beset by injuries, unavailable players, and the growing pains of being a new franchise, and they finished the season with a disappointing 5-13-3 record, good for 7th place, while rival Portland captured the first NWSL championship.
The first off-season featured a plethora of transactions, as Coach Harvey retooled the team and brought in new talent more suited to her preferred style of play. The off-season also brought the team into its namesake city, as they moved from Starfire Stadium in Tukwila to Memorial Stadium in the shadow of the Space Needle. The off-season moves proved to be successful: the team had a record-breaking a 16-game unbeaten streak to start the 2014 season, they handily won the regular-season title, and they enjoyed significantly improved attendance. Their 2014 season ended on a bittersweet note as they lost the playoff championship to FC Kansas City.
With that background out of the way, this simple puzzle should be straightforward. Your job is to solve for A-J based on the information provided on this page and do a wee bit of simple math to obtain the final coordinates.
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Lauren Barnes = A
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Elli Reed = B
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Carmelina Moscato = C
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Nahomi Kawasumi = D
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Kendall Fletcher = E
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Danielle Foxhoven = F
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Sydney Leroux = G
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Kim Little = H
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Final: N 47° (A)(B).(C)(D+E)
W 122° (F+G).(H)(I-J)
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Megan Rapinoe = I
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Hope Solo = J
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The final is a tiny snap-and-seal container, of the type used to store paint. No need to leave the sidewalk. BYOP and mind the muggles.
Congrats to PhatBldGuy for the FTF!