OL Reign 2021 soccer season
The 2021 OL Reign season was 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.
On July 2, 2021, head coach Farid Benstiti resigned and was replaced by assistant coach Sam Laity in an interim capacity.[ 1]
On July 15, 2021, the team announced that Laura Harvey would return as head coach after the Tokyo Olympics , where she was serving as an assistant coach for the United States women's national team .[ 2] [ 3]
Team
Staff
As of August 9, 2021.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Technical
Head coach
Laura Harvey
Assistant coach
Sam Laity
Goalkeeper coach
Ljupčo Kmetovski
Sports Science and Medical
Director of performance
Director of rehabilitation
Athletic trainer
Sports psychologist
Mariah Bullock
Roster
As of September 29, 2021.[ 4]
No.
Nat.
Name
Date of birth (age)
Since
Previous team
Notes[ a]
Goalkeepers
12
Sarah Bouhaddi
(1986-10-17 ) October 17, 1986 (aged 34)
2021
Lyon
INT
20
Cosette Morché
(1997-06-09 ) June 9, 1997 (aged 23)
2021
Eskilstuna United
LOA
33
Ella Dederick
(1996-07-27 ) July 27, 1996 (aged 24)
2021
Washington State Cougars
91
Phallon Tullis-Joyce
(1996-10-19 ) October 19, 1996 (aged 24)
2021
Stade de Reims
Defenders
2
Amber Brooks
(1991-01-23 ) January 23, 1991 (aged 30)
2020
Adelaide United
3
Lauren Barnes (co-captain ) (1989-05-31 ) May 31, 1989 (aged 31)
2013
Philadelphia Independence
4
Alana Cook
(1997-04-11 ) April 11, 1997 (aged 24)
2021
Paris Saint-Germain
13
Celia
(1995-06-20 ) June 20, 1995 (aged 25)
2019
FC Rosengård
14
Steph Cox
(1986-04-03 ) April 3, 1986 (aged 35)
2019
Retirement
19
Kristen McNabb
(1994-04-17 ) April 17, 1994 (aged 27)
2017
Virginia Cavaliers
27
Sam Hiatt
(1998-01-06 ) January 6, 1998 (aged 23)
2020
Stanford Cardinal
30
Jimena López
(1999-01-30 ) January 30, 1999 (aged 22)
2021
SD Eibar
INT
99
Madison Hammond
(1997-11-15 ) November 15, 1997 (aged 23)
2020
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Midfielders
5
Quinn
(1995-08-11 ) August 11, 1995 (aged 25)
2019
Paris FC
FED
8
Dzsenifer Marozsán
(1992-04-18 ) April 18, 1992 (aged 29)
2021
Lyon
INT
10
Jess Fishlock
(1987-01-14 ) January 14, 1987 (aged 34)
2013
Bristol Academy
16
Rose Lavelle
(1995-05-14 ) May 14, 1995 (aged 25)
2021
Manchester City
FED
17
Dani Weatherholt
(1994-03-17 ) March 17, 1994 (aged 27)
2020
Orlando Pride
25
Kelcie Hedge
(1997-09-19 ) September 19, 1997 (aged 23)
2020
Santa Clara Broncos
26
Angelina
(2000-01-26 ) January 26, 2000 (aged 21)
2021
Palmeiras
28
Shirley Cruz
(1985-08-28 ) August 28, 1985 (aged 35)
2020
Alajuelense
INT
31
Rosie White
(1993-06-06 ) June 6, 1993 (aged 27)
2019
Chicago Red Stars
Forwards
7
Ally Watt
(1997-03-12 ) March 12, 1997 (aged 24)
2021
North Carolina Courage
9
Eugénie Le Sommer
(1989-05-18 ) May 18, 1989 (aged 31)
2021
Lyon
INT
11
Sofia Huerta
(1992-12-14 ) December 14, 1992 (aged 28)
2020
Sydney FC
15
Megan Rapinoe (co-captain ) (1985-07-05 ) July 5, 1985 (aged 35)
2013
Lyon
FED
21
Nicole Momiki
(1996-04-09 ) April 9, 1996 (aged 25)
2020
Nippon TV Beleza
LOA
23
Tziarra King
(1998-08-24 ) August 24, 1998 (aged 22)
2021
Utah Royals
24
Bethany Balcer
(1997-03-07 ) March 7, 1997 (aged 24)
2019
Spring Arbor Cougars
35
Leah Pruitt
(1997-09-05 ) September 5, 1997 (aged 23)
2020
North Carolina Courage
Miranda Nild
(1997-04-01 ) April 1, 1997 (aged 24)
2020
Gintra Universitetas
LOA
^
Competitions
Win Tie Loss
All times are in PT unless otherwise noted.
Regular season
Regular-season standings
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
24
13
3
8
37
24
+13
42
8
1
3
22
12
+10
5
2
5
15
12
+3
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 Stadium H A H A A H H A H A A H H A H H A A A H H A H A Result D W L L L W L L W L W W W L W W W D W W W D L W Position[ a] 4 3 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 5 7 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Updated to match(es) played on October 30, 2021. Source:
NWSLsoccer.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
^ RGN's position at the end of the day on which their match was played.
Playoffs
Challenge Cup
Divisional standings
Appearances and goals
As of November 14, 2021; 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
[ 7]
December 4, 2020
Cosette Morché GK
Eskilstuna United Free
[ 8]
December 7, 2020
Ally Watt FW
North Carolina Courage Traded in exchange for Taylor Smith and the rights to Jodie Taylor
[ 9]
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
[ 10]
January 5, 2021
Angelina MF
Palmeiras Undisclosed
[ 11]
March 15, 2021
Ella Dederick GK
Washington State Cougars Free
[ 12]
April 5, 2021
Jenna Holtz MF
Valadares Gaia Signed as National Team Replacement Player
[ 13]
May 17, 2021
Rose Lavelle MF
Manchester City Signed as federation player
[ 14]
June 5, 2021
Phallon Tullis-Joyce GK
Stade de Reims Undisclosed
[ 15]
June 7, 2021
Alana Cook DF
Paris Saint-Germain Undisclosed
[ 16]
June 15, 2021
Jimena López DF
SD Eibar Undisclosed
[ 17]
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.
Transfers out
Date
Player
Pos
Destination Team
Notes
Ref
October 18, 2020
Carly Nelson GK
Kansas City Out of contract
[ 19] [ 20]
October 18, 2020
Kim Hazlett DF
Out of contract
[ 19]
October 22, 2020
Casey Murphy GK
North Carolina Courage Traded, along with $140,000 in allocation money, in exchange for Crystal Dunn
[ 7]
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
[ 7]
November 12, 2020
Julia Ashley DF
Racing Louisville Selected with the 2nd pick in the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft
[ 21]
November 12, 2020
Michelle Betos GK
Racing Louisville Selected with the 12th pick in the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft
[ 21]
December 7, 2020
Taylor Smith DF
North Carolina Courage Traded, along with the rights to Jodie Taylor , in exchange for Ally Watt
[ 9]
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
[ 10]
February 18, 2021
Morgan Andrews MF
Waived
[ 22]
April 20, 2021
Jenna Holtz MF
National Team Replacement Player agreement concluded
[ 13] [ 23]
April 27, 2021
Allie Long MF
Gotham FC Traded in exchange for $80,000 in allocation money and a second-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft ; the teams also swapped places in the Discovery Ranking order
[ 24]
May 31, 2021
Jasmyne Spencer FW
Houston Dash Traded in exchange for the natural third-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft
[ 25]
September 29, 2021
Machaela George DF
Braga Waived
[ 26] [ 27]
Loans in
Loans out
Start
End
Player
Pos
Destination Team
Notes
Ref
August 12, 2020
December 31, 2020
Quinn MF
Vittsjö [ 33]
August 14, 2020
November 30, 2020
Lauren Barnes DF
Kristianstad [ 34]
August 14, 2020
November 30, 2020
Nicole Momiki FW
Linköping [ 34]
August 19, 2020
April 5, 2021
Jess Fishlock MF
Reading [ 35] [ 36]
August 28, 2020
December 31, 2020
Machaela George DF
Fortuna Hjørring [ 37]
August 28, 2020
February 28, 2021
Darian Jenkins FW
Bordeaux Traded to Kansas City on January 4, 2021
[ 37] [ 10]
September 23, 2020
February 28, 2021
Celia DF
Lyon [ 38] [ 36]
March 15, 2021
December 31, 2021
Miranda Nild FW
Kristianstad [ 12]
July 19, 2021
December 31, 2021
Nicole Momiki FW
Linköping [ 39]
July 26, 2021
June 30, 2022
Cosette Morché GK
GPSO 92 Issy [ 40]
New contracts
Date
Player
Pos
Notes
Ref
December 4, 2020
Sam Hiatt DF
Signed to a standard agreement
[ 41] [ 19]
December 4, 2020
Kristen McNabb DF
Re-signed
[ 42]
December 4, 2020
Shirley Cruz MF
Re-signed
[ 43]
December 7, 2020
Dani Weatherholt MF
Re-signed
[ 44]
December 9, 2020
Leah Pruitt FW
Re-signed
[ 45]
December 21, 2020
Nicole Momiki FW
Signed to a new contract
[ 46]
December 21, 2020
Rosie White MF
Re-signed
[ 47]
December 22, 2020
Jasmyne Spencer FW
Re-signed
[ 48]
January 25, 2021
Steph Cox DF
Re-signed
[ 49]
February 18, 2021
Allie Long MF
Signed to a standard agreement
[ 22] [ 50]
March 15, 2021
Miranda Nild FW
Signed to a standard agreement
[ 12] [ 19]
June 4, 2021
Ally Watt FW
Signed to a new contract
[ 51]
July 26, 2021
Cosette Morché GK
Team option exercised
[ 40]
Awards
NWSL annual awards
Team awards
Announced on November 23, 2021. [ 56]
NWSL Player of the Month
NWSL Team of the Month
NWSL Player of the Week
NWSL Save of the Week
References
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Retrieved June 7, 2021 .^ "OL REIGN SIGN JIMENA LÓPEZ THROUGH 2023 SEASON" . OL Reign. June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021 .^ "OL REIGN SELECTS JIMENA LÓPEZ IN THE 2021 NWSL DRAFT" . OL Reign. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021 .^ a b c d "OL REIGN DELIVERS ROSTER UPDATE AFTER FALL SERIES" . OL Reign. October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020 .^ Husted, Jeff (December 23, 2020). "Kansas City NWSL Announces a Trio of New Players Ahead of the Holiday Season" . kcwoso.com. Retrieved December 23, 2020 . ^ a b "MICHELLE BETOS, JULIA ASHLEY SELECTED BY RACING LOUISVILLE IN EXPANSION DRAFT" . OL Reign. November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2020 .^ a b "ALLIE LONG SIGNS WITH OL REIGN FOR 2021 SEASON" . OL Reign. February 18, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021 .^ "MATCH FORECAST: REIGN TRAVEL TO PORTLAND TO TAKE ON THORNS FC" . OL Reign. April 20, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021 . OL Reign had five players called up to their national teams during the April FIFA window... Megan Rapinoe, Quinn, and Jess Fishlock are all expected to be available for selection in Wednesday's match against Portland. ^ "OL REIGN ACQUIRE ALLOCATION MONEY AND DRAFT PICK FROM GOTHAM FC" . OL Reign. April 27, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021 .^ "JAS SPENCER DEPARTS REIGN IN TRADE WITH HOUSTON DASH" . OL Reign. May 31, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021 .^ "Defender Machaela George Waived by OL Reign" . OL REIGN: WE ARE THE BOLD .^ "Machaela George é Gverreira" . January 15, 2022.^ "GOALKEEPER KAREN BARDSLEY JOINS ON LOAN FROM MANCHESTER CITY" . OL Reign. February 23, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021 .^ a b "OL LEGENDS BOUHADDI AND MAROZSÁN SIGN WITH OL REIGN FOR 2021 SEASON" . OL Reign. April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021 .^ a b "SARAH BOUHADDI ET DZSENIFER MAROZSÁN REJOINDRONT OL REIGN EN PRÊT À PARTIR DU 5 JUIN 2021" . Olympique Lyonnais. April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .^ "LE SOMMER JOINS OL REIGN ON LOAN FROM OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS" . OL Reign. May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021 .^ "EUGÉNIE LE SOMMER REJOINDRA OL REIGN EN PRÊT À COMPTER DU 6 JUIN 2021" . Olympique Lyonnais. May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021 .^ "OL REIGN ANNOUNCES ROSTER MOVES BEFORE RESTART OF TRAINING" . OL Reign. August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020 .^ a b "OL REIGN ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL ROSTER AND STAFF CHANGES" . OL Reign. August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020 .^ "JESS FISHLOCK LOANED TO READING FC" . OL Reign. August 19, 2020. Retrieved August 19, 2020 .^ a b "FISHLOCK AND CELIA RECALLED FROM LOANS WITH READING AND OL" . OL Reign. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021 .^ a b "OL REIGN FALL SERIES ROSTER UPDATE" . OL Reign. August 28, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020 .^ "CELIA JIMÉNEZ DELGADO LOANED TO OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS" . OL Reign. September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020 .^ "FORWARD NICOLE MOMIKI LOANED TO LINKÖPINGS FC" . OL Reign. July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021 .^ a b "GOALKEEPER COSETTE MORCHÉ LOANED TO GPSO 92 ISSY" . OL Reign. July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021 .^ "OL REIGN SIGNS DEFENDER SAM HIATT TO THREE-YEAR DEAL" . OL Reign. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020 .^ "OL REIGN RE-SIGNS KRISTEN MCNABB THROUGH 2022 SEASON" . OL Reign. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020 .^ "OL REIGN RE-SIGNS SHIRLEY CRUZ FOR 2021 SEASON" . OL Reign. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020 .^ "OL REIGN RE-SIGNS DANI WEATHERHOLT THROUGH 2022" . OL Reign. December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020 .^ "OL REIGN RE-SIGNS FORWARD LEAH PRUITT FOR THREE YEARS" . OL Reign. December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020 .^ "NICOLE MOMIKI SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH OL REIGN" . OL Reign. December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020 .^ "OL REIGN RE-SIGNS MIDFIELDER ROSIE WHITE FOR 2021 SEASON" . OL Reign. December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020 .^ "OL REIGN RE-SIGNS FORWARD JASMYNE SPENCER THROUGH 2022 SEASON" . OL Reign. December 22, 2020. 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OL REIGN: WE ARE THE BOLD .^ "JESS FISHLOCK NAMED TO NWSL TEAM OF THE MONTH FOR MAY" . OL Reign. June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021 .^ "JESS FISHLOCK AND MEGAN RAPINOE NAMED TO NWSL TEAM OF THE MONTH" . OL Reign. September 2, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021 .^ "Balcer, Huerta, Le Sommer and Marozsán Named to NWSL Team of the Month" . OL REIGN: WE ARE THE BOLD .^ "Huerta and Fishlock Named to NWSL Team of the Month" . OL REIGN: WE ARE THE BOLD .^ @NWSL (May 6, 2021). "No rocket science needed for this one 🚀@celiajimdel engineers her way to @budweiserusa Player of the Week honors…" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ "TZIARRA KING NAMED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK" . OL Reign. July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021 .^ "EUGÉNIE LE SOMMER NAMED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK" . OL Reign. August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021 .^ "BETHANY BALCER NAMED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK" . OL Reign. August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021 .^ "MEGAN RAPINOE NAMED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK" . OL Reign. August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021 .^ "BETHANY BALCER NAMED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK" . OL Reign. September 9, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021 .^ "Eugénie Le Sommer Named NWSL Player of the Week" . OL REIGN: WE ARE THE BOLD .^ "Eugénie Le Sommer Named NWSL Player of the Week" . OL REIGN: WE ARE THE BOLD .^ "SARAH BOUHADDI EARNS NWSL SAVE OF THE WEEK" . OL Reign. August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021 .^ "Jess Fishlock Earns NWSL Save of the Week" . OL REIGN: WE ARE THE BOLD .
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