And in January 2012, the Union formed their first international partnership with Deportivo Saprissa of the Costa Rican Primera División. The Union also signed during the summer transfer window US International Freddy Adu. The team again played Seattle Sounders FC for the first match at Subaru Park on June 27, 2010. Le Toux scored the Union’s initial goal at the venue from a penalty kick, which was instrumental to their 3-1 victory. Initial plans were to play a scaled-down version of WUSA in 2004. However, these plans fell through and instead, in June 2004, the WUSA held two “WUSA Festivals” in Los Angeles and Blaine, Minnesota, jersey soccer featuring matches between reconstituted WUSA teams in order to maintain the league in the public eye and sustain interest in women’s professional soccer.
