Lilly, Breakers Come to Terms

Longtime Breaker Makes if Official with Multi-Year Pact

March 6, 2009

WESTWOOD, Mass. – The Boston Breakers and Kristine Lilly officially agreed to terms Thursday on a multi-year contract. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Lilly, one of the first players assigned to the new Breakers of the new Women’s Professional Soccer league, was the former captain of the WUSA Breakers from 2001-03.

“Kristine is and always will be a Boston Breaker,” said Breakers President and General Manager Joe Cummings. “We are delighted to have her back playing with us, and I am sure our fans will be thrilled to see her in a Breakers uniform once again.”

After being allocated to the Breakers as a Founding Player of the WUSA in 2001, she went on to be a three-time First-Team All-WUSA selection - the only player in league history to do so. She scored 14 goals and dished out 28 assists, including a league-best 11 during the inaugural season, during her WUSA career.

“It is great to sign with the Boston Breakers again,” said Lilly, who will also be reunited with Breakers head coach Tony DiCicco, whom she used to play for with the U.S. Women's National Team. “I am looking forward not only to being a part of WPS, but also to having a professional women’s sports team back as a part of the Boston sports scene. I am excited to be on the field playing after having a baby last year, and I am also looking forward to playing in front of our fans and for Tony once again.”

Lilly took the majority of 2008 off from soccer due to the birth of her first daughter, Sidney, in June. She returned to the National Team for a pair of matches in December against China.

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