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Dorian Bailey is playing her first season in the NWSL for the Washington Spirit.
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18 Tar Heels On Opening Day NWSL Rosters
April 13, 2019 | Women's Soccer
North Carolina Courage include four Tar Heel graduates
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Eighteen players who are University of North Carolina alumnae are on opening day rosters for the 2019 National Women's Soccer League Season which begins this weekend. This is the seventh season of NWSL play.
The eighteen former Tar Heels is an increase of four players over last season when 14 former University of North Carolina players were on opening day rosters for NWSL squads.
A pair of seniors from the 2018 NCAA runner-up team – Alex Kimball and Dorian Bailey – are making their NWSL debuts in 2019.
TAR HEELS ON 2019 OPENING DAY NWSL ROSTERS (18)
CHICAGO RED STARS – Brooke Elby (defender)
HOUSTON DASH – Amber Brooks (defender), Satara Murray (defender), Kealia Ohai (forward)
NORTH CAROLINA COURAGE – Merritt Mathias (defender), Heather O'Reilly (midfielder), Crystal Dunn (forward), Jessica McDonald (forward)
ORLANDO PRIDE – Ashlyn Harris (goalkeeper), Joanna Boyles (midfielder), Abby Elinsky (midfielder)
PORTLAND THORNS – Meghan Klingenberg (defender), Tobin Heath (midfielder)
SEATTLE REIGN FC – Allie Long (midfielder)
UTAH ROYALS – Katie Bowen (defender), Alex Kimball (forward)
WASHINGTON SPIRIT – Paige Nielsen (defender), Dorian Bailey (defender)
The eighteen former Tar Heels is an increase of four players over last season when 14 former University of North Carolina players were on opening day rosters for NWSL squads.
A pair of seniors from the 2018 NCAA runner-up team – Alex Kimball and Dorian Bailey – are making their NWSL debuts in 2019.
TAR HEELS ON 2019 OPENING DAY NWSL ROSTERS (18)
CHICAGO RED STARS – Brooke Elby (defender)
HOUSTON DASH – Amber Brooks (defender), Satara Murray (defender), Kealia Ohai (forward)
NORTH CAROLINA COURAGE – Merritt Mathias (defender), Heather O'Reilly (midfielder), Crystal Dunn (forward), Jessica McDonald (forward)
ORLANDO PRIDE – Ashlyn Harris (goalkeeper), Joanna Boyles (midfielder), Abby Elinsky (midfielder)
PORTLAND THORNS – Meghan Klingenberg (defender), Tobin Heath (midfielder)
SEATTLE REIGN FC – Allie Long (midfielder)
UTAH ROYALS – Katie Bowen (defender), Alex Kimball (forward)
WASHINGTON SPIRIT – Paige Nielsen (defender), Dorian Bailey (defender)
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