JOANNA LOHMAN 

Lohman was born on June 26^th, 1982 in Silver Spring, MD.  She is now a professional soccer player for the Philadelphia Independence in the Women's Professional Soccer league (WPS).  In the 2010 WPS season, Lohman was tied as the second leading goal scorer for the Independence with 5 goals, starting 20 of 24 games. 

Lohman received her business degree at Pennsylvania State University where she scored 19 goals and had six assists her senior season, finishing career No. 5 in all-time goals scored (41), No. 2 in assists (37), No. 4 in points (114) and first with eight game-winning goals. 

She was also was:

Named Pennsylvania’s NCAA Woman of the Year in 2004

Two-time M.A.C. Hermann Trophy finalist (2002-03)

Two-time Honda Sports Award Finalist (2002-03)

Finalist for the Collegiate Women’s Sports Award for Women’s Soccer in 2003

Big Ten Player of the Year in 2003

First four-time First Team All-Big Ten selection in Penn State history (2000-03)

Three-time NSCAA All-American selection (2001-03)

Three-time CoSIDA Academic All-American (2001-03)

One of three recipients of Penn State’s Outstanding Senior Athlete Award in 2003

Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2000

Lohman played with the United States Women's National soccer team from 2004-2010, taking part in the 2004 Olympic Residency Training Camp.  Prior to this, Lohman was a member of U21 U.S. national team from 2000-2005, captaining the squad from 2003-04 and helped lead the U21 team to three Nordic Cup championships, earning MVP honors in 2002.

Lohman is also Vice President of the commercial real estate firm, Tenant Consulting, based in Washington, DC, and is an accomplished media contributor.  She has her own blog: www.joannalohman.wordpress.com and is a featured blogger for the WPS.  She also writes for "Our Game Magazine”, "Inkandescent" Magazine, and has been featured on numerous radio programs including BBC World News.   

 LIANNE SANDERSON

Sanderson was born on February, 3^rd, 1988 in Lewisham, England.  Sanderson joined Arsenal in 1997 as part of their youth program. Her first full season with the first team came in the 2003–2004 and in the 2006 FA Women’s Cup final Sanderson scored the fifth goal of a 5–0 win over Leeds United and was voted Player of the Match.

Sanderson finished the 2006–2007 season as Arsenal's top–scorer, with 40 goals scored in 41 appearances across four competitions, all of which were won by Arsenal (the quadruple). In the 2007–2008 season, she amassed 51 goals in 36 appearances, including the third in Arsenal's 4-1 FA Women’s Cup final triumph over Leeds United.

In July of 2008, Sanderson joined Chelsea where she was voted Player of the Year by her teammates in the 2010 season. Sanderson was then drafted in the WPS international draft, and now belongs to Philadelphia Independence.

Sanderson has also played for England at Under-15, 17, 19, 21, and full team levels. She has scored 8 goals in 29 appearances for her National team and was a member of the 2007 World Cup Team.

Since 2005, Sanderson has been one of Nike’s top female athletes and has been featured in numerous ads with fellow athletes, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams.  During this time span, Sanderson also ran the Lianne Sanderson Soccer Academy based in London, England that developed kids from the ages of 5-12.