2012/2013 Americans in Overseas Leagues

[c4ndlelight]

Italy
Carli Lloyd: Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio [CL]
Juliann Faucette: Unendo Yamamay Busto Arsizio [CL]
Alix Klineman: Asystel MC Carnaghi Villa Cortese [CL]
Kiesha Leggs: Chateaux D'Ax Urbino [CL]
Alexis Crimes: Foppapedretti Bergamo
Blair Brown: Foppapedretti Bergamo
Lauren Gibbemeyer: Robursport Pesaro
Tarah Murrey: Banca Reale Yoyogurt Giaveno
Colleen Ward: Azzurra Volley San Casciano (Serie A2)
Dominique Olowolafe: Sigel Pallavolo Marsala (A2)

Russia
Jordan Larson: Dinamo Kazan [CL]
Heather Bown: Dinamo Kazan [CL]
Destinee Hooker: Dinamo Krasnodar [CC]
Keao Burdine: Hara Morin (2nd Div.)

Turkey
Lindsey Berg: Fenerbahce Istanbul [CEV]
Kristin Richards: Yeşilyurt
Diane Copenhagen: Ereğli Belediyesi
Ashley Engel: Sariyer Belediyesi

Azerbaijan
Foluke Akinradewo: Rabita Baku [CL]
Megan Hodge: Azerrail Baku [CL]
Arielle Wilson: Azerrail Baku [CL]
Nellie Spicer: Lokomotiv Baku [CL]
Tamari Miyashiro: Lokomotiv Baku [CL]
Nancy Metcalf: Igtisadchi Baku [CEV]
Lauren Paolini: Igtisadchi Baku [CEV] ?
Jennifer Tamas: Azeryolservis Baku
Gwen Rucker: Azeryolservis Baku

Brazil
Logan Tom: Unilever Rio de Janeiro
Danielle Scott-Arruda: Banana Boat-Praia Clube

Poland
Makare Wilson: Gwardia Wroclaw
Courtney Thompson: Budowlani Łódź
Rachel Adams: KS Pałac Bydgoszcz

Japan
Kanani Danielson: Toyota Autobody Queenseis
Jennifer Doris: Hitachi Rivale (2nd Division)

Korea
Nicole Fawcett: Korea Expressway
Whitney Dosty: Heungkuk Pink Spiders
Katie Carter: KGC Ariels

China
Kim Glass: Guangdong Evergrande

Germany
Nicole Davis: Dresdner SC [CL]
Sonja Newcombe: Rote Raben Vilsbiburg [CEV]
Ashley Benson: USC Münster [CC]
Sarah Ammerman: VT Aurubis Hamburg [CC]
Heather Meyers: VC Wiesbaden
Meredith Schamun: VC Wiesbaden
Kimika Rozier: Alemannia Aachen
Christina Speer: VfB Suhl
Kristen Dozier: VfB Suhl
Brittney Brimmage: Köpenicker SC Berlin

France
Alisha Deesing: Beziers [CEV]
Jenna Hagglund: Nantes Volley
Brittnee Cooper: Nantes Volley
Kindra Carlson: Nantes Volley
Kristy Jaeckel: Nantes Volley
Naomi Johnson: Evreux
Sarah Schermerhorn: Pays d'Aix Venelles
Evan Sanders: USSPA Albi Volleyball
Tania Schatow: USSPA Albi Volleyball

Switzerland
Bryn Kehoe: Sagres NUC [CEV]
Lindsay Stalzer: Sagres NUC [CEV]
Ellen Herman: Sagres NUC [CEV]
Sabel Moffett: Volley Köniz [CEV]
Benavia Jenkins: Volley Köniz [CEV]
Cassidy Lichtman: Hotel Cristal VFM [CC]
Brianna Barry: Hotel Cristal VFM [CC]
Amber Roberson: Hotel Cristal VFM [CC]
Michelle Kocher: Hotel Cristal VFM [CC]
Bianca Rowland: Hotel Cristal VFM [CC]
Brooke Delano: VBC Kanti Schaffhausen
Lauren Van Orden: VBC Kanti Schaffhausen
Tara Mueller: TSV Düdingen

Austria
Lauren Barfield: ASKÖ Linz-Steg [CEV]
Mandy Bible: ASKÖ Linz-Steg [CEV]
Anna Cmaylo: ATSC Sparkasse Wildcats Klagenfurt

Romania
Regan Hood: Dinamo Romprest Bucureşti [CL]
Dominique Lamb: CSV 2004 Tomis Constanþa [CL]
Bridgett Fonke: CSM Bucureşti
Sherisa Livingston: CS Volei Alba-Blaj

Puerto Rico
Alisha Glass: Criollas de Caguas
Erin Moore: Criollas de Caguas
Kim Willoughby: Pinkin de Corozal
Rachel Kidder: Valencianas de Juncos
Sandra Adeleye: Valencianas de Juncos
Kendall Bateman: Indias de Mayaguez
Shonda Cole: Indias de Mayaguez
Remy McBain: Indias de Mayaguez
Julie (Rubinstein) Bennett: Guaynabo Mets
Alaina Bergsma: Guaynabo Mets
Sydney Donahue: Guaynabo Mets
Falyn Fonoimoana: Orientales de Humacao
Emily Brown: Orientales de Humacao
Jessica Swarbrick: Orientales de Humacao
Hannah Werth: Vaqueras de Bayamon
Kelly Murphy: Vaqueras de Bayamon
Lauren Cook: Vaqueras de Bayamon
Gina Mancuso: Leonas de Ponce
Jasmine Norton: Leonas de Ponce
Monique Mead: Gigantes de Carolina
Becky Perry: Gigantes de Carolina
Lindsay Fletmeier: Gigantes de Carolina
Jessica Jones: Lancheras de Catano

[CL] = team participating in Champions League
[CEV] = team participating in CEV Cup
[CC] = team participating in Challenge Cup

[c4ndlelight]

Might as well get this started with the transfers. Anyone know if anybody else has renewed? Any '12 graduates already have plans?

[MarsH]

Not a lot of transfers yet. If I'm going to the Olympics, I could wait a bit and possibly up my stock over the summer.

[MarsH]

Rumors I've heard so far though:

A. Glass to receive some interest from Italy.
Tom and Azerbaijan, Russia, Poland.
Berg and Cruz to leave Villa Cortese.

[Reach]

Has Tom ever stayed with a team more than one season?

[vball20]

Villa Cortese' president gave an interview recently and expressed his disappointment in team's performance in Baku, especially in Berg and Cruz.

[MarsH]

Mar 27, 2012 8:38:40 GMT -5 Reach said:

Has Tom ever stayed with a team more than one season?

No, she prefers to travel, living and playing in a new city every year.

[midnightblue]

I've heard that Berg's retiring from the sport after London...

Interesting to see where Tom will go next. The only place she's played twice is Italy...

[MarsH]

Mar 27, 2012 11:39:47 GMT -5 midnightblue said:

I've heard that Berg's retiring from the sport after London...

Interesting to see where Tom will go next. The only place she's played twice is Italy...

You mean, thrice.

[midnightblue]

Mar 27, 2012 11:41:16 GMT -5 MarsH said:

Mar 27, 2012 11:39:47 GMT -5 midnightblue said:

I've heard that Berg's retiring from the sport after London...

Interesting to see where Tom will go next. The only place she's played twice is Italy...

You mean, thrice.

Yeesh, forgot about her first season with Jesi. So, yes, thrice.

[MarsH]

Mar 27, 2012 8:51:05 GMT -5 vball20 said:

Villa Cortese' president gave an interview recently and expressed his disappointment in team's performance in Baku, especially in Berg and Cruz.

Their President was very vocal of his disappointment during the Coppa Italia elimination, too.


I said this before the CL Final Four, there's something missing in Cortese's play all season. Add to that the tension not just among the players but also from management.

[USAFAN]

Berg and Cruz probably have the biggest pay checks and therefore have to shoulder the brunt of the criticism comments. However, I don't they can be singled out as the only ones who didn't play well. L. Bosetti and Makare Wilson weren't as effective as they needed to be either. Overall, I can understand the frustration. Villa Cortese really had a chance to make some noise and I don't think they showed up to fully take advantage of it.

[VolleyTX]

Berg is probably one of the best "in system" setters out there. Cortese' passing was insanely bad... especially in the final. She can usually run the ball down pretty well, but I will say she looked a step slower to those bad passes than normal.

[midnightblue]

Mar 27, 2012 15:52:30 GMT -5 VolleyTX said:

Berg is probably one of the best "in system" setters out there. Cortese' passing was insanely bad... especially in the final. She can usually run the ball down pretty well, but I will say she looked a step slower to those bad passes than normal.

Her doctors has been begging her to retire from volleyball for some time now. Her knees pretty rough.

*Ok, "begging" is a bit dramatic, but you know what I mean.

[MarsH]

More market rumors:

Piacenza will sign with Cardullo. Haven't hear where Davis will go.
Pesaro is close to renewing with Klineman.
Busto is talking renewal with Lloyd.
Atom Sopot wants Kozuch to stay, which will be difficult because club will operate next year with a significantly reduced budget. Glass, Hodge, Sschuske-Voigt, Kozuch and many local players will most likely leave.