2025 NWSL rookie class

The rookie class for the 2025 season of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is the first since the abolition of the NWSL Draft. Instead of being selected in a draft, first-year professionals are able to sign with teams as free agents.^[1][2]

2025 NWSL rookie class
Overview
League	National Women's Soccer League
← 2024 (via draft)

List

Date	Nat.	Player	Pos.	NWSL team	College	Ref.
Nov 7, 2024		Trinity Byars	FW	San Diego Wave FC	Texas	[3]
Dec 13, 2024		Quincy McMahon	DF	San Diego Wave FC	UCLA	[4]
Dec 19, 2024		Brooklyn Courtnall	DF	North Carolina Courage	USC	[5]
Dec 23, 2024		Sarah Schupansky	FW	Gotham FC	Pittsburgh	[6]
Dec 23, 2024		Macey Hodge	MF	Angel City FC	Mississippi State	[7]
Dec 30, 2024		Mia Justus	GK	Utah Royals	Texas	[8]
Dec 30, 2024		Karlie Lema	FW	Bay FC	California	[9]
Jan 3, 2025		Lilly Reale	DF	Gotham FC	UCLA	[10]
Jan 6, 2025		Deborah Abiodun	MF	Washington Spirit	Pittsburgh	[11]
Jan 6, 2025		Emma Gaines-Ramos	FW	Washington Spirit	San Diego State	[11]
Jan 8, 2025		Khyah Harper	FW	Gotham FC	Minnesota	[12]
Jan 8, 2025		Clare Gagne	GK	Kansas City Current	North Carolina	[13]
Jan 8, 2025		Mary Long	FW	Kansas City Current	Duke	[13]
Jan 8, 2025		Katie Scott	DF	Kansas City Current	Penn State	[13]
Jan 8, 2025		Emily Mason	DF	Seattle Reign FC	Rutgers	[14]
Jan 8, 2025		Maddie Dahlien	FW	Seattle Reign FC	North Carolina	[15]
Jan 8, 2025		Pietra Tordin	FW	Portland Thorns FC	Princeton	[16]
Jan 9, 2025		Taylor Huff	MF	Bay FC	Florida State	[17]
Jan 10, 2025		Ryan Campbell	GK	Gotham FC	UCLA	[18]
Jan 13, 2025		Zara Chavoshi	DF	Orlando Pride	Wake Forest	[19]
Jan 15, 2025		Manaka Hayashi	MF	Chicago Stars FC	Santa Clara	[20]
Jan 16, 2025		Trinity Armstrong	DF	San Diego Wave FC	North Carolina	[21]
Jan 16, 2025		Ella Hase	DF	Racing Louisville FC	Duke	[22]
Jan 17, 2025		Sarah Weber	FW	Racing Louisville FC	Nebraska	[23]
Jan 20, 2025		Allie George	DF	Racing Louisville FC	Virginia Tech	[24]
Jan 21, 2025		Maggie Graham	MF	Houston Dash	Duke	[25]
Jan 22, 2025		Jayden Perry	DF	Portland Thorns FC	UCLA	[26]
Jan 29, 2025		Sofia Cook	MF	Gotham FC	UCLA	[27]
Feb 7, 2025		Hannah Bebar	MF	Bay FC	Duke	[28]
Feb 12, 2025		DeAira Jackson	GK	Orlando Pride	Grand Canyon	[29]
Feb 12, 2025		Aryssa Mahrt	MF	Orlando Pride	Wisconsin	[29]
Feb 16, 2025		Carissa Boeckmann	MF	Portland Thorns FC	Florida State	[30]
Feb 21, 2025		Katie O'Kane	MF	Racing Louisville FC	Utah	[31]
Mar 3, 2025		Riley Tiernan	FW	Angel City FC	Rutgers	[32]
Mar 3, 2025		Hannah Johnson	MF	Angel City FC	Mississippi State	[32]
Mar 4, 2025		Kayla Colbert	DF	Utah Royals	USC	[33]
Mar 4, 2025		Sydney Jones	DF	Utah Royals	Ohio State	[33]
Mar 4, 2025		Aria Nagai	MF	Utah Royals	North Carolina	[33]
Mar 5, 2025		Meg Boade	MF	Washington Spirit	UCLA	[34]
Mar 5, 2025		Margie Detrizio	FW	Washington Spirit	Georgia	[34]
Mar 5, 2025		Kiley Dulaney	FW	Washington Spirit	Arkansas	[34]
Mar 6, 2025		Maddie Prohaska	GK	Seattle Reign FC	Auburn	[35]
Mar 11, 2025		Liz Beardsley	GK	Houston Dash	Maryland	[36]
Mar 12, 2025		Caiya Hanks	FW	Portland Thorns FC	Wake Forest	[37]
Mar 12, 2025		Justina Gaynor	DF	Chicago Stars FC	Michigan State	[38]
Mar 12, 2025		Maddy Anderson	GK	Racing Louisville FC	Mississippi State	[39]
Mar 12, 2025		Bre Norris	GK	Angel City FC	Portland	[40]
Mar 12, 2025		Nya Harrison	DF	San Diego Wave FC	Stanford	[41]
Mar 12, 2025		Jordan Fusco	MF	San Diego Wave FC	Penn State	[41]
Mar 13, 2025		Catherine Barry	FW	Chicago Stars FC	South Carolina	[42]
Mar 14, 2025		Moira Kelley	DF	Portland Thorns FC	Virginia	[43]
Mar 21, 2025		Heather MacNab	FW	North Carolina Courage	Princeton	[44]
Mar 21, 2025		Avery Kalitta	MF	Racing Louisville FC	Michigan	[45]
Mar 22, 2025		Amber Nguyen	MF	North Carolina Courage	Georgia	[46]
Apr 12, 2025		Emerson Elgin	DF	Gotham FC	North Carolina	[47]
Apr 17, 2025		Tyler McCamey	GK	Gotham FC	Princeton	[48]
May 16, 2025		Sophia Mattice	DF	Angel City FC	Kentucky	[49]
May 19, 2025		Haley Craig	GK	Portland Thorns FC	Stanford	[50]
May 22, 2025		Katie Cappelletti	GK	North Carolina Courage	Saint Joseph's	[51]
May 29, 2025		Simone Jackson	FW	Orlando Pride	USC	[52]
Jun 3, 2025		Stephanie Sparkowski	GK	Chicago Stars FC	Michigan	[53]
Jun 10, 2025		Josefine Hasbo	MF	Gotham FC	Harvard	[54]
Jun 12, 2025		Ellie Ospeck	FW	Houston Dash	Notre Dame	[55]
Jul 8, 2025		Ashlyn Miller	MF	San Diego Wave FC	Texas Longhorns	[56]
Jul 11, 2025		Grace Gordon	GK	Kansas City Current	Oklahoma State	[57]
Jul 14, 2025		Kayla Duran	DF	Gotham FC	USC	[58]
Jul 23, 2025		Lauren Gogal	DF	Washington Spirit	Virginia Tech	[59]

See also

• NWSL Draft
• 2025 National Women's Soccer League season