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Hope Solo and Megan Rapinoe Allocated to Reign FC for 2016 Season

January 13, 2016 - National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
Seattle Reign FC News Release


SEATTLE - The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) has announced the official list of U.S. Women's National Team allocated players from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) for the 2016 season. A total of 24 U.S. allocated players will be participating in the upcoming season.

The NWSL will have further announcements regarding the official list of allocated players from the Canadian Soccer Association and Federation of Mexican Football in the coming days.

In addition to returning allocated national team players, there are four newly allocated U.S. Women's National Team players that will be among the ten clubs, including Jaelene Hinkle, Lindsey Horan, Samantha Mewis and Emily Sonnett.

From the college ranks, Sonnett (University of Virginia) has been allocated to the League for the upcoming season, and will be available for selection in the 2016 NWSL College Draft.

The NWSL will be holding the 2016 College Draft on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 at 10 a.m. ET at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Convention in Baltimore. For more details, go to NWSLsoccer.com.

Following are the club-by-club U.S. allocations:

Boston Breakers

Whitney Engen (USA)

Chicago Red Stars

Julie Johnston (USA)

Alyssa Naeher (USA)

Christen Press (USA)

Houston Dash

Morgan Brian (USA)

Carli Lloyd (USA)

FC Kansas City

Sydney Leroux (USA)

Heather O'Reilly (USA)

Amy Rodriguez (USA) %

Becky Sauerbrunn (USA)

Orlando Pride

Ashlyn Harris (USA)

Alex Morgan (USA)

Portland Thorns FC

Tobin Heath (USA)

Lindsey Horan (USA)* #

Meghan Klingenberg (USA)

Seattle Reign FC

Megan Rapinoe (USA)

Hope Solo (USA)

Sky Blue FC

Kelley O'Hara (USA)

Christie Rampone (USA)

Washington Spirit

Crystal Dunn (USA)

Ali Krieger (USA)

Western New York Flash

Jaelene Hinkle (USA)*

Samantha Mewis (USA)*

Key:

* = Newly Allocated Player in 2016

% = Pregnant with her second child and will be off the soccer field for a large part of the year

# = Earlier today, the Portland Thorns FC and Orlando Pride completed the final piece of their Oct. 26, 2015 trade, in which the Thorns received the rights to a new U.S. Women's National Team Allocated Player joining the NWSL in exchange for their first-round pick (No. 10 overall) in the 2016 College Draft to the Pride. As a result, Portland has received returning U.S. Women's National Team player Lindsey Horan.Meghan Klingenberg (USA)

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