The Breakers drafted Harvard alum Margaret “Midge” Purce #9 overall in the 2017 NWSL College Draft. They made it official by signing her in late March.
TBM caught up with Purce after the Breakers defeated UConn 6-0 in a preseason game in which she played 90 minutes - but with her time split between one half at right forward and one half at right back.
Purce was sanguine about the shift. “It was good,” she said. “A learning experience. It’s always a learning experience whenever I’m on the field. It was really great because I was on the coach’s side so he got to give me a lot of information as I was playing.