Final rosters are out and we have one more big update for you before the season gets underway!
Headlining the news: Sam Staab and Midge Purce have been activated from the Season Ending Injury List!
Two fan favorites in ShePlays seasons past, we hope this makes some injuries we’ve seen elsewhere a bit easier to manage. Before we get to the additions, let’s touch on who we’ve made unavailable in the Team Selector (and why), and who has been flagged.
Players who have been made Unavailable in the Team Selector
All players who have been made unavailable in the ShePlays NWSL Team Selector since the start of the season, including players mentioned in past editions of NWSL Fantasy Updates, are listed below. Make sure to check your team and remove any of these players prior to the Friday 8:00 pm EDT deadline so that you don’t need to use a transfer to add someone new to your lineup!
Some teams opted to not include the SEI tag for players throughout their preseason and only re-established injury designations with the final rosters, so this list may be longer than anticipated.
Jyllissa Harris – loaned out
Morgan Weaver – SEI
Yūki Nagasato – retired
Katelyn Rowland – retired
Sophia Wilson – maternity leave
Veronica Latsko – SEI
Princess Marfo – Not Yet Reported
Marie Müller – SEI
Imani Dorsey – SEI
Lauren Flynn – SEI
Nicole Payne – SEI
Mallory Swanson – Not Yet Reported
Olivia Wade-Katoa – SEI
Bia Zaneratto – SEI
For tracking player SEIs occurring in 2025, we have an ongoing list to make things easier for you!
Players who have been flagged in the Team Selector
Two players were revealed to have been added to the 45-Day Injury Reserve with North Carolina’s final roster announcement.
Dani Weatherholt
Olivia Wingate
Would now be a good time to remind you that Bruninha and Ludmila will both be serving suspensions to start the 2025 season?
Ludmila – serves the third game of her three-game suspension determined by the NWSL Disciplinary Committee (details here)
Bruninha – serves her suspension from the Red Card shown in the November 16 semifinal against Washington
Both players should be available for Round 2!
UPDATE: Players flagged per the Round 1 Injury Report
Orlando Pride
Aryssa Mahrt (knee)
Carson Pickett (foot)
Oihane (NYR)
Washington Spirit
Courtney Brown (hip)
Heather Stainbrook (hip)
Kysha Sylla (knee)
Kate Wiesner (hip)
Paige Metayer (knee)
Rosemonde Kouassi (knee)
Houston Dash
Heather Hinz (knee)
Chicago Stars FC
Jenna Bike (hamstring)
Natalia Kuikka (D45, knee)
Maitane Lopez (calf)
Leilanni Nesbeth (illness)
Players Now Available for Selection
Sam Staab, Defender, Chicago Stars FC
Midge Purce, Forward, NJ/NY Gotham FC
Bianca St-Georges, Forward, Utah Royals FC
Caiya Hanks, Forward, Portland Thorns
Breanna Norris, Goalkeeper, Angel City FC
Hannah Johnson, Defender, Angel City FC
Riley Tiernan, Forward, Angel City FC
Justina Gaynor, Defender, Chicago Stars FC
Catherine Paulson, Forward, Bay FC
Maddy Anderson, Goalkeeper, Racing Louisville FC
Elli Pikkujämsä, Defender, Racing Louisville FC
Flora Marta Lacho, Forward, Kansas City Current
Liz Beardsley, Goalkeeper, Houston Dash
Evelina Duljan, Midfielder, Houston Dash
Jordan Fusco, Midfielder, San Diego Wave FC
Nya Harrison, Defender, San Diego Wave FC
Sydney Jones, Defender, Utah Royals FC
Janni Thomsen, Midfielder, Utah Royals FC
Aria Nagai, Midfielder, Utah Royals FC
Kayla Colbert, Forward, Utah Royals FC
Player Name Changes
You may notice some players had name changes – and while some of them made it into our initial upload, others we have to do a little more backend work to update and still make sure the data flows smoothly, so you may notice an update to your roster if you have one of the players who fall into that group!
(And if we missed anyone, please let us know!)
2025 Name – Previously Known As
Makenzy Robbe – Makenzy Doniak
Sophia Wilson – Sophia Smith
Mandy McGlynn – Mandy Haught
Kylie Nadaner – Kylie Strom
Lyza Jessee – Lyza Bosselmann
Janine Sonis – Janine Beckie
Marisa Jordan – Marisa Bova
A Note on the Washington Spirit
Post-match, Washington Head Coach Jona Giraldez mentioned that all 13 available players for the Spirit played in the Challenge Cup. Not to be alarmist, but that is a pretty alarming statement when the season has yet to begin, and one of those thirteen was Rebeca Bernal, who just arrived in market. The Spirit are away at Houston this week, and we should have their availability report and lineup prior to the Round 1 fantasy deadline.
We’ll be sharing updates on Bluesky (sheplaysinc.bsky.social), and Twitter (@sheplaysNWSL), and if we get them soon enough, we’ll try to put a last-minute pre-deadline article up here on the site as well.
Fantasy Team Name Shoutouts
Now let’s take a moment to shout out some stellar team names, before you go to edit your fantasy lineup:
All Gas Some Defense
It’s basically Champions League
Persistent Infringement FC
Best Team on Paper
The Name, Representing the Team
Happy NWSL Eve!
More from us:
2025 Fantasy NWSL: Building Your Team for Round 1