Sky Blue FC Announces Protected/Unprotected Lists Ahead of Expansion Draft
October 26, 2015 - National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
Sky Blue FC News Release
Morristown, N.J. (Monday, Oct. 26, 2015) - Sky Blue FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) announced today its protected/unprotected player lists ahead of an upcoming Expansion Draft for the Orlando Pride, which will be held at 12:00 PM ET on Monday, November 2nd. The NWSL announced last week that the Orlando Pride would be joining the league as its tenth member club.
Those players on the Sky Blue FC "protected" list are players who are not eligible to be drafted by Orlando in the Expansion Draft. All other players are considered "unprotected" and are eligible to be drafted by the Pride. Sky Blue FC was allowed to protect a maximum of 10 players, and Orlando can select up to two players from its unprotected list.
Full procedures and details for the Expansion Draft were officially announced last week.
SKY BLUE FC PROTECTED PLAYER LIST
Cameron, Brittany - Goalkeeper
Foord, Caitlin - Defender
Freels, Katy - Midfielder
Kerr, Sam - Forward
Cutshall, Lindsi - Defender
Grubka, Kristin - Defender
Killion, Sarah - Midfielder
Nadim, Nadia - Forward
O'Hara, Kelley - Defender
Rampone, Christie - Defender
SKY BLUE FC UNPROTECTED PLAYER LIST
Bledsoe, Aubrey - Goalkeeper
DeCesare, Kim - Midfielder
Filigno, Jonelle - Forward
Goodson, CoCo - Defender
Gordon, Shawna - Midfielder
Haagsma, Hayley - Midfielder
Hayes, Maya - Forward
Levin, Cami - Defender
Lytle, Taylor - Midfielder
Ocampo, Monica - Forward
Stanton, Nikki - Midfielder
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