NWSL: List Of Players To Be Allocated Released

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The list of players from the USWNT, CanWNT, and MexWNT that will be allocated to the eight teams of the National Women’s Soccer League has been released.  Originally, the league was to have 56 players allocated amongst the eight teams, with 24 from the US and 12 each from  Canada and Mexico.  However the US only listed 23 players. Therefore one team will be left with fewer allocated players than the rest of the league.  More on that after the list of players.

USWNT

GOALKEEPERS – Nicole Barnhart,  Jill Loyden, Ashlyn Harris, Hope Solo

DEFENDERS – Rachel Buehler, Ali Krieger, Amy LePeilbet, Heather Mitts, Kelley O’Hara, Christie Rampone, Becky Sauerbrunn

MIDFIELDERS – Shannon Boxx, Lauren Cheney, Tobin Heath, Lori Lindsey, Carli Lloyd, Heather O’Reilly, Megan Rapinoe, Keelin Winters

FORWARDS – Sydney Leroux, Alex Morgan, Amy Rodriguez, Abby Wambach

CanWNT

GOALKEEPERS – Karina LeBlanc, Erin McLeod
DEFENDERS – Melanie Booth, Robyn Gayle, Bryana McCarthy, Lauren Sesselmann, Rhian Wilkinson, Emily Zurrer
MIDFIELDERS – Kaylyn Kyle, Adriana Leon, Diana Matheson, Jodi-Ann Robinson, Sophie Schmidt, Desiree Scott (McCarthy is listed as a midfielder)
FORWARDS – Christine Sinclair (Robinson and Leon are also listed as forwards)
MexWNT
GOALKEEPERS – Aurora Cecilia Santiago Cisneros, Pamela Tajonar Alonso
DEFENDERS – Alina Lisi Garciamendez Rowold, Jennifer Marie Ruiz Brown, Luz del Rosario Saucedo Soto, Rubi Marlene Sandoval Nungaray
MIDFIELDERS – Veronica Raquel Perez Murillo, Teresa Noyola Bayardo, Lydia Nayeli Rangel Hernandez, Teresa Guadalupe Worbis Aguilar, Dinora Lizeth Garza Rodriguez
FORWARDS – Maribel Dominguez Castelan, Monica Ocampo Medina, Renae Nicole Cuellar Cuellar, Anisa Raquel Guajardo Braff
The First Step: Now that the players have been announced, they will be allocated to teams January 11th.

The First Step: Now that the players have been announced, the next move is for the players to be allocated to the teams.

Here are some of the talking points from the list:

  • The US’s drop down to 23 players for allocation may be do to the absence of midfielder Meghan Klingenberg and forward Christen Press, who are playing for Tyreso in Sweden and will not be available for this season.
  • Although listed, US  midfielder Megan Rapinoe is currently playing for Lyon in France.  Rapinoe’s contract should end about a month into the NWSL season, so it’s assumed that she will join her team mid season and that is probably why she was still listed as a player to be allocated.
  • Not listed for the Canadians is forward Melissa Tancredi.  Reports say  Tancredi is taking the year off to finish going to school for chiropractic training.
  • There are eight keepers listed for allocation, it would make sense if each team recieved what would be considered their “starter” from the allocation.
  • With the odd number of players being allocated, one team will have less players than the others heading into the draft.  Its unfortunate, and one would have thought that with Klingenberg and Press known to be going to Sweden the US could have found just one more, but I would think that team would have the first draft choice.

It had been a while since any breaking NWSL news, so the list of players is great to see.  These 55 players will be allocated to the eight teams Friday, January 11th.

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