Flash Allocated Canadian Selenia Iacchelli
Published on January 3, 2014 under National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
Western New York Flash News Release
Elma, N.Y. (Friday, January 3, 2014) - The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) has announced the official list of allocated players for the 2014 NWSL season, and the Western New York Flash have been allocated Canadian international Selenia Iacchelli.
In addition, the Flash will remain with just two allocated Americans in Abby Wambach and Carli Lloyd, while Veronica Perez will return as the team's lone Mexican international.
Iacchelli, 27, earned her first appearances with the full Canadian National Team in 2013. Selenia debuted as a second half substitute on November 24, 2013 in Canada's 0-0 draw with Mexico. She later saw time in three more games, totaling 20 minutes with the full national team.
Before that, the Edmonton native was a member of both the Under-23, Under-20 and Under-19 squads. Her first international appearance came with the U23 team in 2003, where she totaled 30 minutes at age 17. A year later, Iacchelli was a member of the CONCACAF gold-medal winning U19 team and posted 222 minutes in six games played. Two years later, the midfielder scored her first goal during the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship in a 2-1 win over Jamaica.
Iacchelli is a 2009 product of the University of Nebraska. In her four years with the Cornhuskers, she posted nine goals and nine assists. In her first three seasons, all 61 appearances came in the form of starts, before battling through a foot injury during her senior year. In her last season at Nebraska, Iacchelli participated in 16 games, including starts in the final five games of the year.
A total of 50 allocated National Team players will be participating in the upcoming season with 26 Americans, 16 Canadians and eight Mexicans.
In addition to the returning allocated National Team players, there are 11 newly allocated National Team players that are now spread among the nine clubs including five Americans (Yael Averbuch, Stephanie Cox, Whitney Engen, Meghan Klingenberg and Christen Press), four Canadians (Jonelle Filigno, Rachel Quon, Chelsea Stewart and Melissa Tancredi) and two Mexicans (Jackie Acevedo and Arianna Romero).
U.S. Soccer is subsidizing the salaries of 26 players, while the Canadian Soccer Association and the Federation of Mexican Football will do the same for 16 and eight players, respectively.
From Jan. 3-6, the NWSL will have a league-wide "trade period" during which all NWSL teams may make trades throughout the four days. However, teams will not be allowed to waive players currently on their roster until after the NWSL Expansion Draft.
Following are the club-by-club allocations:
Boston Breakers
Meghan Klingenberg (USA)*
Kristie Mewis (USA)
Heather O'Reilly (USA)
Chelsea Stewart (CAN)*
Kaylyn Kyle (CAN)
Dinora Garza (MEX)
Chicago Red Stars
Shannon Boxx (USA)
Amy LePeilbet (USA)
Christen Press (USA)*
Adriana Leon (CAN)
Erin McLeod (CAN)
Rachel Quon (CAN)*
Houston Dash
Whitney Engen (USA)*
Melissa Tancredi (CAN)*
Teresa Noyola (MEX)
FC Kansas City
Nicole Barnhart (USA)
Lauren Holiday (USA)
Amy Rodriguez (USA)
Becky Sauerbrunn (USA)
Desiree Scott (CAN)
Lauren Sesselmann (CAN)
Cecilia Santiago (MEX)
Portland Thorns FC
Rachel Buehler (USA)
Tobin Heath (USA)
Alex Morgan (USA)
Christie Sinclair (CAN)
Karina LeBlanc (CAN)
Jackie Acevedo (MEX)*
Seattle Reign FC
Stephanie Cox (USA)*
Sydney Leroux (USA)
Megan Rapinoe (USA)
Hope Solo (USA)
Carmelina Moscato (CAN)
Arianna Romero (MEX)*
Sky Blue FC
Jill Loyden (USA)
Kelley O'Hara (USA)
Christie Rampone (USA)
Jonelle Filigno (CAN)*
Sophie Schmidt (CAN)
Monica Ocampo (MEX)
Washington Spirit
Yael Averbuch (USA)*
Ashlyn Harris (USA)
Ali Krieger (USA)
Robyn Gayle (CAN)
Diana Matheson (CAN)
Renae Cuellar (MEX)
Western New York Flash
Carli Lloyd (USA)
Abby Wambach (USA)
Selenia Iacchelli (CAN)*
Veronica Perez (MEX)
* New Allocated Player
National Women's Soccer League Stories from January 3, 2014
- Four Reign FC Players Selected to USWNT Training Camp - Seattle Reign FC
- Sermanni Names Five FC Kansas City Players to Training Camp - FC Kansas City
- Chicago Red Stars Christen Press Called into January U.S. WNT Training Camp - Chicago Stars FC
- Brooks, Buehler Called up by U.S. Women's National Team - Portland Thorns FC
- Wambach, Lloyd Return to USWNT for January Camp - Western New York Flash
- Loyden, Rampone Named to U.S. WNT Roster for January Training Camp - Sky Blue FC
- Flash Allocated Canadian Selenia Iacchelli - Western New York Flash
- Sky Blue FC Allocated Six National Team Players - Sky Blue FC
- National Women's Soccer League Announces 2014 Allocated Players - FC Kansas City
- Chicago Red Stars Acquire Christen Press in 2014 NWSL Allocation - Chicago Stars FC
- Washington Spirit Announce 2014 Allocated National Team Players - Washington Spirit
- Thorns FC Add Jackie Acevedo Through 2014 NWSL Allocation of National Team Players - Portland Thorns FC
- NWSL Announces 2014 Allocated National Team Players - NWSL
- NWSL Announces Allocated Players for 2014 Season - Seattle Reign FC
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