The Orlando Pride have signed 2021 NWSL Draft selection Kerry Abello to a two-year contract. It’s the third signing of a draft pick in as many days after the club signed Mikayla Cluff on Wednesday and Julie Doyle yesterday. Abello will be placed on the team’s supplemental roster.
Abello was selected in the third round of the 2021 NWSL Draft with the 24th overall pick. Rather than joining the Pride last season, the 22-year-old defender decided to return to Penn State for a fifth season.
“We are excited to welcome Kerry to the City Beautiful and our club,” Pride General Manager Ian Fleming said in a club press release.