Here are the notables from Thursday, August 29th:
Here are the notable updates since Tuesday’s update:
A few more days are left in the August transfer and the hits keep on coming.
Here are the headlines since the last update:
Also, the initial lists of free agents for the 2025 season were released.
Continue reading “NWSL News of Note: Dahlkemper to Bay FC, Proulx to Juventus, Nielsen and Wheeler Re-Up, Free Agency Lists”Since the super-sized News of Note was published on Tuesday, there have been two big intra-league trades as well as a pair of notable signings. Topping the trade headlines is another player swap involving Racing Louisville that will see a veteran forward head to the Bluegrass state from Cascadia.
The big news of the day, the unveiling of the new collective bargaining agreement by the NWSL Players Association, will be discussed in a separate article.
Continue reading “NWSL News of Note: Beckie-Turner Trade, Maycee Bell to Courage, KC and Wave Signings”After a seven week break for the 2024 Paris Olympics, where the USWNT once again won gold, the second-half of the 2024 National Women’s Soccer League season gets underway on Friday, August 23rd.
During the Olympic break, most of the teams were involved in player trades, signings, and other roster moves. The most notable (and shocking) trade during the break, just happened on Monday, when the Seattle Reign and Racing Louisville swapped forward Bethany Balcer for Racing’s captain, midfielder Jaelin Howell. Meanwhile, the most surprising signing was not a player, but an interim head coach: Landon Donovan, with the San Diego Wave.
Updates:
For player-related moves, as well as other developments involving all fourteen NWSL teams, including Angel City FC’s sale to Willow Bay and Bob Iger, keep reading…
Continue reading “NWSL News of Note: Olympics Break Catch-Up: Balcer-Howell Swap, Katie Zelem to Angel City, Jess Carter to Gotham, and Lots More”On Friday, July 26th, Gotham FC announced that they had signed U-15 USWYNT player McKenna “Mak” Whitham. Whitham is the youngest player ever signed to an NWSL club.
Elsewhere, the Washington Spirit’s home stadium, Audi Field, is receiving a new grass surface next week, and, on Thursday, July 25th, the Houston Dash announced that they have “parted ways” with General Manager Alex Singer.
Continue reading “NWSL News of Note: Gotham Signs 14-Year-Old Mak Whitham, Dash Fire GM, Audi Field Turf Issues”NWSL news items from the past week or so:
As expected, Stanford sophomore forward Sophia Smith was selected by Portland Thorns FC as the overall #1 pick in this year’s NWSL College Draft. What was unexpected was the series of trades that saw Sky Blue acquire USWNT forward Mallory Pugh from the Washington Spirit and the Chicago Red Stars acquire forward Rachel Hill from the Orlando Pride. Oh, and Portland also ended up with the #2 overall pick, which they used to acquire Washington State forward Morgan Weaver. Continue reading “2020 NWSL College Draft: Sophia Smith Goes #1, Mallory Pugh Traded to Sky Blue”
With the 2020 NWSL College Draft less than 24 hours away, the NWSL released the final list of eligible players on Wednesday evening.
A simplified version of the NWSL’s list is included below, split between goalkeepers and field players.
For an interactive (sortable and filter-able) version of this list see my Google Sheets spreadsheet for this year’s college draft. Continue reading “NWSL College Draft 2020: The Final List of Eligible Players”
The first dozen days of January 2020 saw a number of high-profile trades among NWSL teams, as well as some leadership changes. Continue reading “NWSL News of Notes: Ohai to Chicago, Purce and Zerboni to Sky Blue, Sonnett to Orlando, Stengel to Houston, Duffy to Orlando”
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