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Rachel Daly of St. John's women's soccer selected by NWSL's Houston Dash, 6th overall

St. John's women's soccer's leading star, Rachel Daly, knows her professional destination - she's going to Houston, one of three picks the young National Women's Soccer League squad had in today's draft. Daly, a 5'8" forward, hails from England, and is the first English player to be drafted by the NWSL.

She fell to sixth? Rachel Daly is a national treasure. The Dash actually had three picks in the ten-team first round, selecting defender Cari Roccaro of Notre Dame with the fifth pick and Janine Beckie, a forward from Texas Tech, with the eighth pick.

In three seasons, Rachel Daly, the two-time offensive player of the year in the Big East, all-time leading scorer for St.