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The Red Stars welcomed a deep draft class in an unorthodox but nonetheless exciting way.
Four of the five players selected won’t report to training camp Feb. 1, but their rights belong to the team until the 2022 preseason.
Here are the players joining the Red Stars sometime in the next year:
Madison Haley, Stanford, forward
Haley was drafted with the Red Stars’ first pick and seventh overall. According to the team, the Dallas native will remain with Stanford through the spring NCAA season. In her Stanford career, Haley has 18 goals and 23 assists in 57 games (36 starts). She’s a two-time NCAA champion (2017, 2019).
NWSL Draft caps a busy week for Chicago Red Stars
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The Chicago Red Stars have managed to pack an entire offseason’s worth of news into the last couple days, it seems. With no soccer for at least a couple more months, it helps us all get by.
Let’s take a look at what went down:
Chicago selects five players in NWSL Draft
The Red Stars were busy in Thursday night’s NWSL Draft, selecting five new players:
Madison Haley, Stanford, 7th overall