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Washington Spirit protect 11 players ahead of NWSL Expansion Draft

The Washington Spirit today announced their list of protected players ahead of next week’s NWSL Expansion Draft. Racing Louisville, who recently added former Spirit attacker Cheyna Matthews via the Re-Entry Wire, will have the opportunity to select up to two players from the other teams around the league next Thursday at 7:00pm.

The Spirit’s list of protected players, in alphabetical order, is as follows:

  1. Dorian Bailey
  2. Aubrey Bledsoe
  3. Jordan DiBiasi
  4. Bayley Feist
  5. Ashley Hatch
  6. Tegan McGrady
  7. Paige Nielsen
  8. Ashley Sanchez
  9. Sam Staab
  10. Andi Sullivan

There were not many surprises on Washington’s list, as the core of Richie Burke’s roster has been pretty clear for some time now.