This week the Seattle Reign will be kicking off the 2017 preseason, and they’re bringing a packed 32-player roster.
That includes 19 rostered players, the team’s three remaining players picked in the draft (after draftee Arielle Ship was traded to Washington as part of the deal to get Diana Matheson), and eleven non-roster invitees, who’ll be competing to impress Laura Harvey enough to earn one of a precious few spots on a professional roster.
The most notable of those invitees is unquestionably Veronica Perez, the one-time UW star and one-time Seattle Sounders Women player who earned the nickname Goal-a-Game Perez for her 2012 All-League Season with the Sounders.