RARE signed WUSA official ball Hamm, Chastain, Lilly & more 2003 All-Star Game

Description

Extremely RARE 2003 WUSA official Select-brand game ball from the June 2003 WUSA All-Star Game signed by most of the game's players.
The size 5 ball is signed by some of the founding”1999 USWNT players (Hamm, Chastain, Lilly, Milbrett, Parlow, etc.) plus other WUSA stars and international players. The format for the 2003 WUSA All-Star Game was "World Stars” vs “USA Stars.” See list of autographs below. 14 of the players listed went on to feature in the 2003 Women's World Cup (Germany won).
Ball ships via USPS Priority Mail in semi-deflated state.
Autographs include:
5-Shannon Boxx, NY Power
6-Brandi Chastain, San Jose CyberRays
6-Danielle Fotopoulos, Carolina Courage
6-Maren Meinert, Boston Breakers [Germany]
8-Breanna Boyd, Carolina Courage [Canada]
9-Mia Hamm, Washington Freedom
10-Aly Wagner, San Diego Spirit
12-Cindy Parlow, Atlanta Beat
13-Kristine Lilly, Boston Breakers
13-Heather Mitts, Philadelphia Charge
14-Joanne “Joey” Peters, New York Power [Australia]
14-Jen Grubb, Washington Freedom
15-Tiffeny Milbrett, New York Power
18-Siri Mullinix, Washington Freedom
22-Steffi Jones, Washington Freedom [Germany]
23-Karina LeBlanc, Boston Breakers [Canada]
25-Nancy Augustyniak, Atlanta Beat
Here is the brief match report from the game played at SAS Park (now WakeMed Park) in Cary, North Carolina:
World Stars 3, American Stars 2
Goals:
USA Chastain (Hamm) 29
WORLD Meinert (Lehn) 34
WORLD Mellgren (Meinert) 40
WORLD Meinert (Katia) 61
USA Fotopoulos (Milbrett) 71
World Stars:
LeBlanc (Beene, 41); Lehn, Boyd, Nonen (Gonzalez, 41), Golebiowski; Mellgren (Prinz, 61), S. Jones (Dominguez, 68), Meinert, Dominguez (Peters, 47); Hooper (Katia, 41), Prinz (Fleeting, 41)
American Stars:
Scurry (Mullinix, 41); Roberts (Mitts, 41), Fawcett (N. Augustyniak, 41), Grubb (Wambach, 64), Chastain; Foudy (Boxx, 41); Hamm (Parlow, 41), Wagner (Roberts, 61), Lilly (Foudy, 61); Wambach (Fotopoulos, 41), Milbrett
Note: Players were allowed to re-enter the match. American LaKeysia Beene served as reserve keeper for the WORLD squad.