This is the Los Angeles Sol: Julia Schnugg

Part 22 in a series of articles on the players that make up the Los Angeles Sol.

The Pali Blues, who are still in contention to defend their W-League title as of this article's writing, have had earned a reputation of being a pipeline team. Many players who were on last year's championship side are now competing in Women's Professional Soccer.

Another team whose reputation fits the same mold as Pali are the California Storm of the Women's Premier Soccer League.

One of those players whose last club was this three-time champion club from Sacramento is current Los Angeles Sol forward Julia Schnugg.

Schugg was born on March 12, 1985 in Alamo, California. Yes, there is a place in California called Alamo. Of course most people outside of the Bay Area or the Wikipedia readers of our generation would not have a clue about Alamo, CA.

One would associate Alamo with that famous mission-turned-museum in San Antonio. But this unincorporated community of 15,626 was named after the poplar trees in the area. "Alamo" is Spanish for "poplar."

There have been many attempts to turn Alamo into a city. The most recent attempt in March 2009 failed miserably.

But while the efforts for Alamo to earn its own self-determination have gone one direction, Schnugg's efforts to progress as a footballer have gone the other.

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