2021 OL Reign season

The 2021 OL Reign season is the team's ninth season of play and their ninth season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

OL Reign

2021 season
Majority owner	OL Groupe
CEO	Bill Predmore
Head coach	Farid Benstiti
Stadium	Cheney Stadium
NWSL	TBD
Playoffs	TBD
Challenge Cup	TBD
Top goalscorer	League: TBD All: TBD
Home colors Away colors

Team

Staff

As of January 26, 2021.[1][2]

Technical
Head coach	Farid Benstiti
Assistant coach	Sam Laity
Goalkeeper coach	Ljupčo Kmetovski
Video analyst	Matt Dorman
Sports Science and Medical
Director of performance	Andrew Wiseman
Director of rehabilitation	Nicole Surdyka
Athletic trainer	Kathryn Johnson
Massage therapist	Desmond Diaz

Current roster

As of February 1, 2021.[1][2]

No.	Nat.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Since	Previous team	Notes[lower-alpha 1]
Goalkeepers
16		Cosette Morché	June 9, 1997 (aged 23)	2021	Eskilstuna United
Defenders
2		Amber Brooks	January 23, 1991 (aged 30)	2020	Adelaide United
3		Lauren Barnes (co-captain)	May 31, 1989 (aged 31)	2013	Philadelphia Independence
13		Celia Jiménez Delgado	June 20, 1995 (aged 25)	2019	FC Rosengård	LOA
14		Steph Cox	April 3, 1986 (aged 35)	2019	Retirement
19		Kristen McNabb	April 17, 1994 (aged 27)	2017	Virginia Cavaliers
27		Sam Hiatt	January 6, 1998 (aged 23)	2020	Stanford Cardinal
30		Machaela George	October 3, 1997 (aged 23)	2020	Santa Clara Broncos
99		Madison Hammond	November 15, 1997 (aged 23)	2020	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Midfielders
5		Quinn	August 11, 1995 (aged 25)	2019	Paris FC
6		Allie Long	August 13, 1987 (aged 33)	2018	Portland Thorns
10		Jess Fishlock	January 14, 1987 (aged 34)	2013	Bristol Academy	LOA
12		Morgan Andrews	March 25, 1995 (aged 26)	2018	Boston Breakers
17		Dani Weatherholt	March 17, 1994 (aged 27)	2020	Orlando Pride
25		Kelcie Hedge	September 19, 1997 (aged 23)	2020	Santa Clara Broncos
26		Angelina	January 26, 2000 (aged 21)	2021	Palmeiras
28		Shirley Cruz	August 28, 1985 (aged 35)	2020	Alajuelense	INT
31		Rosie White	June 6, 1993 (aged 27)	2019	Chicago Red Stars	INT
Forwards
15		Megan Rapinoe (co-captain)	July 5, 1985 (aged 35)	2013	Lyon	FED
18		Ally Watt	March 12, 1997 (aged 24)	2021	North Carolina Courage
20		Sofia Huerta	December 14, 1992 (aged 28)	2020	Sydney FC
21		Yuka Momiki	April 9, 1996 (aged 25)	2020	Nippon TV Beleza
22		Jasmyne Spencer	August 27, 1990 (aged 30)	2018	Orlando Pride
23		Tziarra King	August 24, 1998 (aged 22)	2021	Utah Royals
24		Bethany Balcer	March 7, 1997 (aged 24)	2019	Spring Arbor Cougars
35		Leah Pruitt	September 5, 1997 (aged 23)	2020	North Carolina Courage

1. denotes a season-ending injury.

Competitions

  Win   Tie   Loss

All times are in PT unless otherwise noted.

Regular-season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chicago Red Stars	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NWSL Shield
2	Houston Dash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs – Semi-Finals
3	Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs – First Round
4	North Carolina Courage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	OL Reign	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Orlando Pride	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Portland Thorns FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Racing Louisville FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Sky Blue FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Washington Spirit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on May 2021. Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: June 22, 2020.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Ground
Result
Position[lower-alpha 1]

Updated to match(es) played on June 22, 2020. Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

1. RGN's position at the end of the day on which their match was played.

Playoffs

Challenge Cup

Appearances and goals

As of October 18, 2020; only players who have made appearances are listed.

Transfers

For incoming transfers, dates listed are when OL Reign officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired (e.g., draft picks) are not listed. For outgoing transfers, dates listed are when OL Reign officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another team. If a player later signed with another team, her new team will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when she was officially removed from the OL Reign roster.

Transfers in

Date	Player	Pos	Signed From	Notes	Ref
October 22, 2020	Crystal Dunn	DF	North Carolina Courage	Traded in exchange for Casey Murphy and $140,000 in allocation money	[3]
December 4, 2020	Cosette Morché	GK	Eskilstuna United	Free	[4]
December 7, 2020	Ally Watt	FW	North Carolina Courage	Traded in exchange for Taylor Smith and the rights to Jodie Taylor	[5]
January 4, 2021	Tziarra King	FW	Kansas City	Traded, along with a second-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft, in exchange for Darian Jenkins, the rights to Meg Brandt, and a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NWSL Draft	[6]
January 5, 2021	Angelina	MF	Palmeiras	Undisclosed	[7]

Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as incoming transfers. Only trades involving draft picks and executed on the day of the 2021 NWSL Draft will be listed in the notes.

Player	Pos	Previous Team	Notes	Ref
Jimena López	DF	Texas A&M Aggies	No. 28 overall pick	[8]

Transfers out

Date	Player	Pos	Destination Team	Notes	Ref
October 18, 2020	Carly Nelson	GK	Kansas City	Out of contract	[9][10]
October 18, 2020	Kim Hazlett	DF		Out of contract	[9]
October 18, 2020	Miranda Nild	FW		Out of contract	[9]
October 22, 2020	Casey Murphy	GK	North Carolina Courage	Traded, along with $140,000 in allocation money, in exchange for Crystal Dunn	[3]
October 22, 2020	Crystal Dunn	DF	Portland Thorns	Traded in exchange for Portland's natural first-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft, an international slot for 2021, and up to $250,000 in allocation money	[3]
November 12, 2020	Julia Ashley	DF	Racing Louisville	Selected with the 2nd pick in the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft	[11]
November 12, 2020	Michelle Betos	GK	Racing Louisville	Selected with the 12th pick in the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft	[11]
December 7, 2020	Taylor Smith	DF	North Carolina Courage	Traded, along with the rights to Jodie Taylor, in exchange for Ally Watt	[5]
January 4, 2021	Darian Jenkins	FW	Kansas City	Traded, along with the rights to Meg Brandt and a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NWSL Draft, in exchange for Tziarra King and a second-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft	[6]

Loans in

Start	End	Player	Pos	Parent Team	Notes	Ref

Loans out

Start	End	Player	Pos	Destination Team	Notes	Ref
August 12, 2020	December 31, 2020	Quinn	MF	Vittsjö		[12]
August 14, 2020	November 30, 2020	Lauren Barnes	DF	Kristianstad		[13]
August 14, 2020	November 30, 2020	Yuka Momiki	FW	Linköping		[13]
August 19, 2020	TBD	Jess Fishlock	MF	Reading	Loan ends prior to the start of the 2021 NWSL season	[14]
August 28, 2020	December 31, 2020	Machaela George	DF	Fortuna Hjørring		[15]
August 28, 2020	February 28, 2021	Darian Jenkins	FW	Bordeaux	Traded to Kansas City on January 4, 2021	[15][6]
September 23, 2020	June 30, 2021	Celia Jiménez Delgado	DF	Lyon		[16]

New contracts

Date	Player	Pos	Notes	Ref
December 4, 2020	Sam Hiatt	DF	Signed to a standard agreement	[17][9]
December 4, 2020	Kristen McNabb	DF	Re-signed	[18]
December 4, 2020	Shirley Cruz	MF	Re-signed	[19]
December 7, 2020	Dani Weatherholt	MF	Re-signed	[20]
December 9, 2020	Leah Pruitt	FW	Re-signed	[21]
December 21, 2020	Yuka Momiki	FW	Signed to a new contract	[22]
December 21, 2020	Rosie White	MF	Re-signed	[23]
December 22, 2020	Jasmyne Spencer	FW	Re-signed	[24]
January 25, 2021	Steph Cox	DF	Re-signed	[25]

Awards

References

1. "Roster and Technical Staff". Reign FC. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
2. "OL REIGN ANNOUNCES PRESEASON ROSTER". OL Reign. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
3. "OL REIGN ACQUIRES ALLOCATION MONEY, 1ST ROUND DRAFT PICK, AND INTERNATIONAL SLOT". OL Reign. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
4. "OL REIGN SIGNS GOALKEEPER COSETTE MORCHÉ". OL Reign. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
5. "OL REIGN ACQUIRES FORWARD ALLY WATT IN TRADE WITH NORTH CAROLINA". OL Reign. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
6. "OL REIGN ACQUIRES TZIARRA KING AND DRAFT PICK FROM KANSAS CITY". OL Reign. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
7. "OL REIGN SIGNS BRAZILIAN YOUTH INTERNATIONAL ANGELINA THROUGH 2023". OL Reign. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
8. "OL REIGN SELECTS JIMENA LÓPEZ IN THE 2021 NWSL DRAFT". OL Reign. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
9. "OL REIGN DELIVERS ROSTER UPDATE AFTER FALL SERIES". OL Reign. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
10. Husted, Jeff (23 December 2020). "Kansas City NWSL Announces a Trio of New Players Ahead of the Holiday Season". kcwoso.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
11. "MICHELLE BETOS, JULIA ASHLEY SELECTED BY RACING LOUISVILLE IN EXPANSION DRAFT". OL Reign. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
12. "OL REIGN ANNOUNCES ROSTER MOVES BEFORE RESTART OF TRAINING". OL Reign. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
13. "OL REIGN ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL ROSTER AND STAFF CHANGES". OL Reign. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
14. "JESS FISHLOCK LOANED TO READING FC". OL Reign. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
15. "OL REIGN FALL SERIES ROSTER UPDATE". OL Reign. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
16. "CELIA JIMÉNEZ DELGADO LOANED TO OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS". OL Reign. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
17. "OL REIGN SIGNS DEFENDER SAM HIATT TO THREE-YEAR DEAL". OL Reign. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
18. "OL REIGN RE-SIGNS KRISTEN MCNABB THROUGH 2022 SEASON". OL Reign. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
19. "OL REIGN RE-SIGNS SHIRLEY CRUZ FOR 2021 SEASON". OL Reign. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
20. "OL REIGN RE-SIGNS DANI WEATHERHOLT THROUGH 2022". OL Reign. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
21. "OL REIGN RE-SIGNS FORWARD LEAH PRUITT FOR THREE YEARS". OL Reign. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
22. "NICOLE MOMIKI SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH OL REIGN". OL Reign. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
23. "OL REIGN RE-SIGNS MIDFIELDER ROSIE WHITE FOR 2021 SEASON". OL Reign. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
24. "OL REIGN RE-SIGNS FORWARD JASMYNE SPENCER THROUGH 2022 SEASON". OL Reign. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
25. "OL REIGN RE-SIGNS DEFENDER STEPH COX". OL Reign. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

External links

• Official website