NWSL Announces Canadian Women's National Team Allocated Players for 2016 Season

February 8, 2016 - National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) News Release

CHICAGO - The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) has announced the official list of Canadian Women's National Team allocated players from the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) for the 2016 season. A total of 11 Canadian allocated National Team players will be participating in the upcoming NWSL season.

The placement of the Canada's allocated individuals was accomplished using the league's prior placement processes, as that process began prior to the adoption of the new rule. The new Player Allocation Process, which was announced on Jan. 15, 2016, will be in effect moving forward to distribute the rights to any new individuals to clubs in the league.

In addition to the returning allocated National Team players, there are six newly allocated National Team players that will be spread among the ten clubs, including Janine Beckie, Josée Belanger, Sabrina D'Angelo, Stephanie Labbé, Desiree Scott and Shelina Zadorsky.

From the college ranks, Janine Beckie from Texas Tech University has been designated as a Canadian allocated player, after she was selected no. 8 overall by the Houston Dash in the 2016 NWSL College Draft.

The following is a club-by-club list of Canadian allocated players for the 2016 NWSL season:

Boston Breakers

None

Chicago Red Stars

None

Houston Dash

Janine Beckie*

Allysha Chapman

FC Kansas City

Desiree Scott*

Orlando Pride

Josée Belanger*

Kaylyn Kyle

Portland Thorns FC

Christine Sinclair

Seattle Reign FC

None

Sky Blue FC

None

Washington Spirit

Stephanie Labbé*#

Diana Matheson

Shelina Zadorsky*

Western New York Flash

Sabrina D'Angelo*

Adriana Leon

Key

* = Newly allocated player in 2016

# = The Washington Spirit and Chicago Red Stars completed the final piece of their Jan. 25 trade, in which the Spirit traded midfielder Amanda Da Costa and the Spirit's natural fourth-round pick in the 2017 NWSL College Draft to the Red Stars. In exchange, the Spirit have received goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé from the Red Stars.

The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a ten-team Division-I women's professional soccer league featuring national team players from around the world. The ten clubs are the Boston Breakers, Chicago Red Stars, Houston Dash, FC Kansas City, Orlando Pride, Portland Thorns FC, Seattle Reign FC, Sky Blue FC, Washington Spirit and Western New York Flash.

National Women's Soccer League Stories from February 8, 2016

• Kaylyn Kyle and Josée Bélanger Announced as Pride's Canadian National Team Allocated Players - Orlando Pride
• NWSL Announces Labbé, Matheson, and Zadorsky as Spirit's 2016 Canadian Allocated Players - Washington Spirit
• Two Dash Players Included in Canadian Women's National Team Allocation List - Houston Dash
• Canadians Sabrina D'Angelo and Adriana Leon Allocated to Flash for 2016 - Western New York Flash
• NWSL Announces Canadian Women's National Team Allocated Players for 2016 Season - NWSL
• Forward Christine Sinclair Returns to Thorns FC Through Allocation Process - Portland Thorns FC
• Midfielder Desiree Scott Returns to FC Kansas City - FC Kansas City
• Sky Blue FC Announces 2016 Broadcast Team, Renews with NJ Discover - Sky Blue FC
• Red Stars Announce Preseason Schedule - Chicago Stars FC

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