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Photo by Norm Hall/NHLI via Getty Images The Seattle Kraken is set to become the National Hockey League’s 32nd team in the 2021–22 season. Who will skate for Seattle? That will be decided at this summer’s Expansion Draft, an event at which 30 of the NHL’s 31 teams will lose a player to the Kraken. All NHL teams—with one exception—must submit a list of players to the Kraken who are protected from being selected by the new expansion team. The Vegas Golden Knights, Seattle’s expansion sibling from 2017, are exempt from the upcoming Expansion Draft. The NHL is again offering all pa...

Signing Austin FC have signed veteran American striker Aaron Schoenfeld as a free agent ahead of their 2021 expansion season, the club announced Thursday.  Schoenfeld, 30, spent last year with Minnesota United FC upon his return from Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he won an Israeli Premier League title in 2018-19. Across five seasons in MLS, Schoenfeld has six goals and three assists in 65 games (17 starts). “Aaron is a well-rounded player who has earned valuable MLS and international experience throughout his career,” sporting director Claudio Reyna said in a club release. “We are looking f...

Tue Feb 2 2021 | US Lacrosse | Pro PHOTO BY ALEX MCINTYRE On Tuesday morning, the Premier Lacrosse League released a bevy of information regarding the upcoming window of player movement and drafts in the lead up to the 2021 season. The waiver wire and trade window open Tuesday, Feb. 9. Protected rosters are due Feb. 28, the same day the waiver wire closes. The big-ticket offseason programs kick off March 11 with the Expansion Draft, a highly anticipated moment in professional outdoor lacrosse history. With Cannons LC now in the fold as a result of the Major League Lacrosse merger, this repre...

Photo by Anne Evans/MLL) Entering Year Three, the Premier Lacrosse League is still navigating unprecedented waters, but it’s doing so with a tool that’s new to the league’s front office staff: precedent. For the second-straight year, the PLL is adding an expansion franchise, this time the Cannons LC joining as the league’s eighth team in the wake of last year’s merger with Major League Lacrosse.  On March 11, newly named head coach Sean Quirk will turn his whiteboard into a draft list as he picks 18 players off of other PLL rosters to form the core of his new team. Then, on March 2...

Dash sign free agent Deneisha Blackwood The Jamaican International will add depth to the Houston defense Share this story Orlando Pride The Houston Dash announced on Tuesday that Deneisha Blackwood has signed a one-year contract for the duration of the 2021 NWSL season, with the Dash holding an option to extend the contract through 2022. The former Orlando Pride player made four appearances in the 2020 NWSL Fall Series. After initially making her first two appearances off the bench for Orlando, she went on to start the final two matches of the season as a left sided midfielder/forward. Howev...