Seattle Reign FC Select Two in NWSL Distribution Draft
The NWSL Distribution Draft took place today as the Seattle Reign FC selected the rights to Ariana Romero and Veronica Perez. The distribution process provides teams across the league with an equitable process for distributing the rights to Distribution-Eligible Individuals in the league.
Soccer News: The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) announced that the rights to Ariana Romero and Veronica Perez were selected by the Seattle Reign FC in today’s Distribution Draft. As part of the new NWSL Player Distribution Process, which was announced on Jan. 15, teams were provided the opportunity to select Distribution-Eligible Individuals.
The NWSL Player Distribution Process provides an equitable mechanism for distributing the rights to Distribution-Eligible Individuals to teams in the league. The complete NWSL Player Distribution Process is available here.
The following Distribution-Eligible Individuals, whose rights were not selected by a Team, are now Discovery Eligible: Nkem Ezurike (Canada), Jonelle Filigno (Canada), Monica Ocampo (Mexico), Lauren Sesselmann (Canada), Bianca Sierra (Mexico), Melissa Tancredi (Canada), and Rhian Wilkinson (Canada).
Below is the current Ranking Order:
Distribution Ranking Order:
2. Sky Blue FC
5. Houston Dash
10. Seattle Reign FC
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.
Based in Chicago, the NWSL is supported by the Canadian Soccer Association, Federation of Mexican Football and the United States Soccer Federation. For more information about the NWSL, log on to the league’s official website here.
Source/Photo Credit: NWSL
