The dispersal draft is over, and nearly all Boston Breakers players have been selected and can potentially remain employed should their new clubs decide to retain them. The Portland Thorns took three players from the draft: Margaret Purce with the fourth pick, Angela Salem with the 15th pick and Ifeoma Onumonu with the 22nd.
Margaret Purce (or Midge, as she’s known) is a young forward who was drafted ninth overall in the 2017 NWSL college draft out of Harvard. She scored 42 goals in 69 appearances for the Crimson, was a two-time Ivy League Player of the Year in 2013 and 2016 and an All-Ivy League selection all four years.