NWSL announces allocated US players for 2016

The list of US Soccer's players that are allocated for NWSL came out with a few new faces.

The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) announced the official list of U.S. Women's National Team allocated players from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) for the 2016 season on Wednesday. A total of 24 U.S. allocated players will be participating in the upcoming season with 23 already allocated and one (Emily Sonnett) in the draft pool.

FC Kansas City's current allocated players are: Becky Sauerbrunn, Heather O'Reilly, just acquired Sydney Leroux and Amy Rodriguez although Rodriguez will miss the season while pregnant.

The NWSL also stated that there will be further announcements regarding the official list of allocated players from the Canadian Soccer Association and Federation of Mexican Football in the coming days. There have been several reports that Mexico was pulling out of the NWSL and not allocating players.

Several players have been dropped from allocation including FC Kansas City's Lauren Holiday (retirement) and Nicole Barnhart. In addition to the returning allocated players, four new U.S. Women's National Team players have been allocated. Jaelene Hinkle, Lindsey Horan, Samantha Mewis and unattached Emily Sonnett have been allocated.

The NWSL will be holding the 2016 College Draft on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 at 9 a.m.CT at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Convention in Baltimore.

Following are the club-by-club U.S. allocations:

Whitney Engen (USA)	Boston Breakers
Julie Johnston (USA)	Chicago Red Stars
Alyssa Naeher (USA)	Chicago Red Stars
Christen Press (USA)	Chicago Red Stars
Morgan Brian (USA)	Houston Dash
Carli Lloyd (USA)	Houston Dash
Sydney Leroux (USA)	FC Kansas City
Heather O'Reilly (USA)	FC Kansas City
Amy Rodriguez (USA) %	FC Kansas City
Becky Sauerbrunn (USA)	FC Kansas City
Ashlyn Harris (USA)	Orlando Pride
Alex Morgan (USA)	Orlando Pride
Tobin Heath (USA)	Portland Thorns FC
Lindsey Horan (USA)* #	Portland Thorns FC
Meghan Klingenberg (USA)	Portland Thorns FC
Megan Rapinoe (USA)	Seattle Reign FC
Hope Solo (USA)	Seattle Reign FC
Kelley O'Hara (USA)	Sky Blue FC
Christie Rampone (USA)	Sky Blue FC
Crystal Dunn (USA)	Washington Spirit
Ali Krieger (USA)	Washington Spirit
Jaelene Hinkle (USA)*	Western New York Flash
Samantha Mewis (USA)*	Western New York Flash
Emily Sonnett	Not yet drafted

Key:

* = Newly Allocated Player in 2016

% = Pregnant with her second child and will be off the soccer field for a large part of the year

# = The Portland Thorns FC and Orlando Pride completed the final piece of their Oct. 26, 2015 trade, in which the Thorns received the rights to a new U.S. Women's National Team Allocated Player joining the NWSL in exchange for their first-round pick (No. 10 overall) in the 2016 College Draft to the Pride. As a result, Portland has received returning U.S. Women's National Team player Lindsey Horan.