Ashlyn Harris was left unprotected by the Washington Spirit. (Photo Copyright Amanda McCormick | www.amandamccormick8.com)
The list of protected and unprotected players for the 2015 Expansion Draft has been revealed, with plenty of experienced NWSL players for the Orlando Pride to choose from.
Orlando will be able to select up to 10 players from the list of unprotected players, and they cannot select more than two players from each team. If Orlando selects one player from a team, that team can protect one additional player.
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The Pride can select a maximum of two U.S. allocated players. If the Pride take a U.S. allocated player from a team, they cannot take any more players from that team.
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As has been previously reported by The Equalizer, the two U.S. allocated players the Pride are expected to select are Meghan Klingenberg (from Seattle) and Ashlyn Harris (from Washington). Klingenberg is a part of the multi-step trade that sent Alex Morgan from the Portland Thorns to the Orlando Pride. Harris is an Orlando-area native.
Morgan, Sarah Hagen, and Canadian international Kaylyn Kyle were unveiled as the Pride’s first players in an announcement this afternoon.
The Expansion Draft will take place next Monday, Nov. 2 at noon ET via conference call.
The lists:
Boston Breakers
Protected:
Sinead Farrelly
Kassey Kallman
Julie King
Stephanie McCaffrey
Kristie Mewis
Alyssa Naeher (USA)
Mollie Pathman
Kathryn Schoepfer
Kyah Simon
McCall Zerboni
Unprotected:
Andressa Alves da Silva
Amy Barczuk
Maddy Evans
Nkem Ezurike (CAN)
Jami-Ann Kranich
Lauren Lazo
Francielle Manuel Alberto
Morgan Marlborough
Bianca Sierra (MEX)
Stephanie Verdoia
Rachel Wood
Chicago Red Stars
Protected:
Danielle Colaprico
Vanessa DiBernardo
Arin Gilliland
Jennifer Hoy
Sofia Huerta
Samantha Johnson
Julie Johnston (USA)
Alyssa Mautz
Christen Press (USA)
Unprotected:
Brittany Bock
Hayley Brock
Zakiya Bywaters
Lori Chalupny
Michelle Dalton
Abby Erceg
Taryn Hemmings
Adriana Leon (CAN)
Michelle Lomnicki
Mary Luba
Kecia Morway
Rachel Quon (CAN)
Melissa Tancredi (CAN)
Cara Walls
Houston Dash
Protected:
Morgan Brian (USA)
Amber Brooks
Ellie Brush
Allysha Chapman (CAN)
Bianca Henninger
Carli Lloyd (USA)
Andressa Cavalari Machry
Jessica McDonald
Stephanie Ochs
Kealia Ohai
Unprotected:
Rachael Axon
Poliana Barbosa
Rosana dos Santos Augusto
Jen LaPonte
Camila Martins Pereira
Tiffany McCarty
Erin McLeod (CAN)
Toni Pressley
Lauren Sesselmann (CAN)
FC Kansas City
Protected:
Yael Averbuch
Nicole Barnhart
Shea Groom
Amanda Laddish
Rebecca Moros
Amy Rodriguez (USA)
Katelyn Rowland
Becky Sauerbrunn (USA)
Erika Tymrak
Unprotected:
Liz Bogus
Leigh Ann Brown
Jen Buczkowski
Kaysie Clark
Katrina Gorry
Caroline Kastor
Sara Keane
Amy LePeilbet
Meghan Lisenby
Heather O’Reilly (USA)
Nikki Phillips
Jenna Richmond
Frances Silva
Portland Thorns FC
Protected:
Michelle Betos
Dagny Brynjarsdottir
Stephanie Catley
Tobin Heath (USA)
Kendall Johnson
Allie Long
Emily Menges
Christie Sinclair (CAN)
Jodie Taylor
Kat Williamson
Unprotected:
Alyssa Kleiner
Clare Polkinghorne
Lianne Sanderson
Meleana Shim
Rhian Wilkinson (CAN)
Seattle Reign FC
Protected:
Lauren Barnes
Rachel Corsie
Jessica Fishlock
Kendall Fletcher
Kim Little
Megan Rapinoe (USA)
Hope Solo (USA)
Keelin Winters
Beverly Yanez
Unprotected:
Michelle Cruz
Kiersten Dallstream
Danielle Foxhoven
Meghan Klingenberg (USA)
Hayley Kopmeyer
Merritt Mathias
Elli Reed
Havana Solaun
Caroline Stanley
Katrine Veje
Abby Wambach*
* = Allocation Status TBD
Sky Blue FC
Protected:
Brittany Cameron
Caitlin Foord
Katy Freels
Kristin Grubka
Samantha Kerr
Sarah Killion
Lindsi Lisonbee-Cutshall
Nadia Nadim
Kelley O’Hara (USA)
Christie Rampone (USA)
Unprotected:
Aubrey Bledsoe
Kim DeCesare
Jonelle Filigno (CAN)
Courtney Goodson
Shawna Gordon
Hayley Haagsma
Maya Hayes
Cami Levin
Taylor Lytle
Monica Ocampo (MEX)
Nikki Stanton
Washington Spirit
Protected:
Estefania Banini
Crystal Dunn (USA)
Victoria Huster
Estelle Johnson
Diana Matheson (CAN)
Christine Nairn
Francisca Ordega
Megan Oyster
Katherine Reynolds
Unprotected:
Josephine Chukwunonye
Whitney Church
Amanda DaCosta
Laura Del Rio
Caprice Dydasco
Natasha Harding
Ashlyn Harris (USA)
Ali Krieger (USA)
Joanna Lohman
Ngozi Okobi
Veronica Perez (MEX)
Hayley Raso
Arianna Romero (MEX)
Angela Salem
Tiffany Weimer
Kelsey Wys
Western New York Flash
Protected:
Lady Andrade
Halimatu Ayinde
Abby Dahlkemper
Becky Edwards
Whitney Engen (USA)
Jaelene Hinkle
Sydney Leroux (USA)
Samantha Mewis
Brittany Taylor
Lynn Williams
Unprotected:
Tatiana Coleman
Sabrina D’Angelo
Elizabeth Eddy
Kristen Edmonds
Jamia Fields
Amanda Frisbie
Kristen Hamilton
Michelle Heyman
Chantel Jones
Ashley Nick
Haley Palmer
Jasmyne Spencer
India Trotter
