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NWSL Free Agency

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Megan Rapinoe

OL Reign

MOVEMENT FOR 2023 SEASON

DATE ANNOUNCED

PLAYER

PREVIOUS TEAM

NEW TEAM

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

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Melbourne City
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NJ/NY Gotham FC
NJ/NY Gotham FC
North Carolina Courage
San Diego Wave FC
San Diego Wave FC
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Kansas City Current
Kansas City Current
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Houston Dash

San Diego Wave FC
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NJ/NY Gotham FC
Angel City FC

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Chicago Red Stars

Signed new 3-year contract through 2025 as free agent
Waived

Signed new 1-year contract with option for +1 year as free agent
Signed new 2-year contract with option for +1 year as free agent
Signed new 3-year contract through 2025 as free agent
Signed new 1-year contract for 2023 as free agent
Signed new 2-year contract through 2024 as free agent
Released from NCC contract early to sign with Melbourne City FC 
Signed new 1-year contract with option for +1 year as free agent
Signed new 2-year contract through 2024 as free agent
Exercised option for 2023 season as free agent 
Not returning next season, free agent
Excercised option for 2023 season as free agent
Signed 3-year contract through 2025 as free agent
Signed 2-year contract through 2024 as free agent
Signed 2-year contract through 2024 as free agent
Signed 2-year contract through 2024 as free agent
Signed 2-year contract through 2024 as free agent
Signed 2-year contract with option for +1 year as free agent
Signed 2-year contract through 2024 as free agent
Signed 2-year contract through 2024 as free agent
Signed 2-year contract through 2024 as free agent
Signed 1-year contract through 2023 as a free agent
Signed 2-year contract through 2024 as a free agent
Signed 1-year contract through 2023 as a free agent
Signed 2-year contract through 2024 as a free agent
Signed 1-year contract through 2023 as a free agent
Announced as a free agent she will not return to NCC
Retired as a free agent
Signed 2-year contract with option for +1 year as a free agent
Signed 1-year contract through 2023 as a free agent
Signed 2-year contract through 2024

Signed 2-year contract through 2024
Signed 1-year contract through 2023 as a free agent
Signed 1-year contract with option for +1 year
Signed 1-year contract through 2023
Signed 2-year contract through 2024 as a free agent
Signed 2-year contract through 2024 as a free agent

Signed 1-year contract with option for +1 year as a free agent
Signed 1-year contract through 2023 as a free agent

Waived

Signed 1-year contract with option for +1 year as a free agent

10/17/22
10/17/22
10/20/22
10/20/22
10/25/22
10/30/22
11/3/22
11/3/22
11/11/22
11/15/22
11/15/22
11/15/22
11/18/22
11/28/22
12/1/22
12/2/22
12/2/22
12/5/22
12/5/22
12/6/22
12/7/22
12/7/22
12/8/22
12/9/22
12/19/22
12/21/22
12/22/22
12/22/22
1/6/23
1/9/23
1/11/23
1/11/23

1/12/23
1/13/23
1/23/23
1/24/23
1/25/23
1/26/23

1/27/23
1/30/23

3/20/23

3/25/23

Taylor Smith
Jaelene Daniels
Allysha Chapman
Sophie Schmidt
Ifeoma Onumonu
Becky Sauerbrunn
Mandy Freeman
Katie Bowen
Yuki Nagasato
Arin Wright
Christine Sinclair
Katie Johnson
Makenzy Doniak
Abby Smith
Kristen Edmonds
Estelle Johnson
Rachel Hill
Danielle Colaprico
Jasmyne Spencer
Meredith Speck
Morgan Gautrat
Vanessa DiBernardo
Tori Huster
Erika Tymrak
Amber Brooks
Marta
Nicole Barnhart
Debinha
Cali Farquharson
Debinha
Megan Rapinoe
Havana Solaun

Meggie Dougherty Howard
McCall Zerboni
Brittany Ratcliffe
Desiree Scott
Kelley O'Hara
Katie Johnson

Michele Vasconcelos
Elizabeth Eddy

Elizabeth Eddy

Cheyna Matthews

NJ/NY Gotham FC
North Carolina Courage

Houston Dash
Houston Dash
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Portland Thorns FC
NJ/NY Gotham FC
North Carolina Courage
Chicago Red Stars
Chicago Red Stars
Portland Thorns FC
San Diego Wave FC
San Diego Wave FC
Portland Thorns FC
Kansas City Current
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Chicago Red Stars
Chicago Red Stars
Angel City FC
North Carolina Courage
Chicago Red Stars
Chicago Red Stars
Washington Spirit
Orlando Pride
Washington Spirit
Orlando Pride
Washington Spirit
North Carolina Courage
Houston Dash
North Carolina Courage
OL Reign
North Carolina Courage

Orlando Pride
NJ/NY Gotham FC
North Carolina Courage
Kansas City Current
Washington Spirit
San Diego Wave FC

Portland Thorns FC
Houston Dash

Houston Dash

Racing Louisville FC

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For the first time since the league's founding, free agency was guaranteed by the new NWSL and NWSLPA's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) ratified before the 2022 season started.

 

To be a free agent, a player must have six years in the NWSL and their contract (also known as an SPA) must be expiring.

 

There was some conflict between the league and the players association about free agency in August.

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