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Four Washington Spirit Players Tabbed as Allocated Players for 2018 NWSL Season

Published on February 15, 2018 under National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
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Boyds, MD - Four Washington Spirit players - Rose Lavelle (USA), Mallory Pugh (USA), Rebecca Quinn (CAN) and Taylor Smith (USA) - are included on the official list of allocated players for the 2018 National Women's Soccer League season, announced today by the league office.

A total of 34 players - 23 Americans and 11 Canadians - will be participating as Federation Players in the upcoming season. Smith and Quinn are among six players around the league who are newly allocated by their respective federations for the upcoming NWSL season.

Lavelle enters her first season as a member of the Spirit, after being selected No. 1 in the NWSL Dispersal Draft on January 30. The 22-year-old midfielder has scored two goals over the course of her first seven appearances with the senior U.S. national team.

Pugh heads into her second season with the Spirit after leading the club with six goals during a standout rookie campaign in 2017. She has recorded 30 career caps with the senior U.S. team, scoring six goals, and her 12 career assists are the most before the age of 20 in U.S. history.

Quinn was selected with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft out of Duke University. She represented Canada in the 2016 Rio Olympics, helping lead the team to the bronze medal. The 22-year-old has 33 career international caps, including 15 starts. She has scored three goals and assisted two others so far in her young career with the senior national team.

Smith, a 24-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas, joined the Spirit via trade from the North Carolina Courage on January 16. She represented the U.S. at the U-17, U-20 and U-23 levels before earning her first call-up to the senior team in 2017.

Washington Spirit 2018 Allocated Players

Rose Lavelle (USA)

Mallory Pugh (USA)

Rebecca Quinn (CAN)*

Taylor Smith (USA)*

* = New Federation Player in 2018

The NWSL will kick off its historic sixth season the weekend of March 24-25 as fans will once again be able to watch the NWSL Game of the Week on Lifetime on Saturdays throughout the regular season as well as livestreams of matches on the go90 app and website. International fans will also be able to continue to watch games on the NWSL app and NWSLsoccer.com.

The Spirit has announced two exhibition games which will be included in the club's 2018 NWSL preseason schedule. Washington will return to Evergreen Sportsplex in Leesburg, Va. for the second straight year on Saturday's March 10 for a friendly against 22-time women's college champion University of North Carolina.

On March 17, the Spirit will host the first ever NWSL match played in Richmond, Va. when they face the North Carolina Courage at the historic City Stadium. Tickets for the game in Richmond are on sale now at RichmondKickers.com.

Washington Spirit 2018 Season Tickets are on sale now at Tickets.WashingtonSpirit.com.

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