The 2021 OL Reign season was the team's ninth season of play and their ninth season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.
On July 2, 2021, head coach Farid Benstiti resigned and was replaced by assistant coach Sam Laity in an interim capacity. Benstiti finished with a 2–1–4 record in the regular season.
On July 15, 2021, the team announced that Laura Harvey would return as head coach after the Tokyo Olympics, where she was serving as an assistant coach for the United States women's national team. Harvey officially assumed head coaching duties on August 9, 2021.
Team Staff
TechnicalSports Science and Medical
Roster
NameDate of birth (age)Previous teamNotesGoalkeepers12Sarah Bouhaddi2021 LyonINT20Cosette Morché2021 Eskilstuna UnitedLOA33Ella Dederick2021 Washington State Cougars91Phallon Tullis-Joyce2021 Stade de ReimsDefenders2Amber Brooks2020 Adelaide United3Lauren Barnes (co-captain)2013 Philadelphia Independence4Alana Cook2021 Paris Saint-Germain13Celia2019 FC Rosengård14Steph Cox2019Retirement19Kristen McNabb2017 Virginia Cavaliers27Sam Hiatt2020 Stanford Cardinal30Jimena López2021 SD EibarINT99Madison Hammond2020 Wake Forest Demon DeaconsMidfielders5Quinn2019 Paris FCFED8Dzsenifer Marozsán2021 LyonINT10Jess Fishlock2013 Bristol Academy16Rose Lavelle2021 Manchester CityFED17Dani Weatherholt2020 Orlando Pride25Kelcie Hedge2020 Santa Clara Broncos26Angelina2021 Palmeiras28Shirley Cruz2020 AlajuelenseINT31Rosie White2019 Chicago Red StarsForwards7Ally Watt2021 North Carolina Courage9Eugénie Le Sommer2021 LyonINT11Sofia Huerta2020 Sydney FC15Megan Rapinoe (co-captain)2013 LyonFED21Nicole Momiki2020 Nippon TV BelezaLOA23Tziarra King2021 Utah Royals24Bethany Balcer2019 Spring Arbor Cougars35Leah Pruitt2020 North Carolina CourageMiranda Nild2020 Gintra UniversitetasLOA
Competitions
All times are in PT unless otherwise noted.
Regular season
Regular-season standings
Results summary
Results by matchday
Playoffs
Challenge Cup
Divisional standings
Appearances and goals
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Transfers For incoming transfers, dates listed are when OL Reign officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired (e.g., draft picks) are not listed. For outgoing transfers, dates listed are when OL Reign officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another team. If a player later signed with another team, her new team will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when she was officially removed from the OL Reign roster.
Transfers in DatePlayerPosSigned FromNotesRef October 22, 2020 Crystal Dunn DF North Carolina Courage Traded in exchange for Casey Murphy and $140,000 in allocation money December 4, 2020 Cosette Morché GK Eskilstuna United Free December 7, 2020 Ally Watt FW North Carolina Courage Traded in exchange for Taylor Smith and the rights to Jodie Taylor January 4, 2021 Tziarra King FW Kansas City Traded, along with a second-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft, in exchange for Darian Jenkins, the rights to Meg Brandt, and a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NWSL Draft January 5, 2021 Angelina MF Palmeiras Undisclosed March 15, 2021 Ella Dederick GK Washington State Cougars Free April 5, 2021 Jenna Holtz MF Valadares Gaia Signed as National Team Replacement Player May 17, 2021 Rose Lavelle MF Manchester City Signed as federation player June 5, 2021 Phallon Tullis-Joyce GK Stade de Reims Undisclosed June 7, 2021 Alana Cook DF Paris Saint-Germain Undisclosed June 15, 2021 Jimena López DF SD Eibar Undisclosed
Draft picks Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as incoming transfers. Only trades involving draft picks and executed on the day of the 2021 NWSL Draft will be listed in the notes.
PlayerPosPrevious TeamNotesRef Jimena López DF Texas A&M Aggies No. 28 overall pick
Transfers out DatePlayerPosDestination TeamNotesRef October 18, 2020 Carly Nelson GK Kansas City Out of contract October 18, 2020 Kim Hazlett DF Out of contract October 22, 2020 Casey Murphy GK North Carolina Courage Traded, along with $140,000 in allocation money, in exchange for Crystal Dunn October 22, 2020 Crystal Dunn DF Portland Thorns Traded in exchange for Portland's natural first-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft, an international slot for 2021, and up to $250,000 in allocation money November 12, 2020 Julia Ashley DF Racing Louisville Selected with the 2nd pick in the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft November 12, 2020 Michelle Betos GK Racing Louisville Selected with the 12th pick in the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft December 7, 2020 Taylor Smith DF North Carolina Courage Traded, along with the rights to Jodie Taylor, in exchange for Ally Watt January 4, 2021 Darian Jenkins FW Kansas City Traded, along with the rights to Meg Brandt and a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NWSL Draft, in exchange for Tziarra King and a second-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft February 18, 2021 Morgan Andrews MF Waived April 20, 2021 Jenna Holtz MF National Team Replacement Player agreement concluded April 27, 2021 Allie Long MF Gotham FC Traded in exchange for $80,000 in allocation money and a second-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft; the teams also swapped places in the Discovery Ranking order May 31, 2021 Jasmyne Spencer FW Houston Dash Traded in exchange for the natural third-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft September 29, 2021 Machaela George DF Braga Waived
Loans in StartEndPlayerPosParent TeamNotesRef February 23, 2021 June 30, 2021 Karen Bardsley GK Manchester City June 5, 2021 December 31, 2021 Sarah Bouhaddi GK Lyon June 5, 2021 December 31, 2021 Dzsenifer Marozsán MF Lyon June 6, 2021 December 31, 2021 Eugénie Le Sommer FW Lyon
Loans out StartEndPlayerPosDestination TeamNotesRef August 12, 2020 December 31, 2020 Quinn MF Vittsjö August 14, 2020 November 30, 2020 Lauren Barnes DF Kristianstad August 14, 2020 November 30, 2020 Nicole Momiki FW Linköping August 19, 2020 April 5, 2021 Jess Fishlock MF Reading August 28, 2020 December 31, 2020 Machaela George DF Fortuna Hjørring August 28, 2020 February 28, 2021 Darian Jenkins FW Bordeaux Traded to Kansas City on January 4, 2021 September 23, 2020 February 28, 2021 Celia DF Lyon March 15, 2021 December 31, 2021 Miranda Nild FW Kristianstad July 19, 2021 December 31, 2021 Nicole Momiki FW Linköping July 26, 2021 June 30, 2022 Cosette Morché GK GPSO 92 Issy
New contracts DatePlayerPosNotesRef December 4, 2020 Sam Hiatt DF Signed to a standard agreement December 4, 2020 Kristen McNabb DF Re-signed December 4, 2020 Shirley Cruz MF Re-signed December 7, 2020 Dani Weatherholt MF Re-signed December 9, 2020 Leah Pruitt FW Re-signed December 21, 2020 Nicole Momiki FW Signed to a new contract December 21, 2020 Rosie White MF Re-signed December 22, 2020 Jasmyne Spencer FW Re-signed January 25, 2021 Steph Cox DF Re-signed February 18, 2021 Allie Long MF Signed to a standard agreement March 15, 2021 Miranda Nild FW Signed to a standard agreement June 4, 2021 Ally Watt FW Signed to a new contract July 26, 2021 Cosette Morché GK Team option exercised
Awards
NWSL annual awards Coach of the Year: Laura Harvey Most Valuable Player: Jess Fishlock Defender of the Year: Alana Cook (finalist) Best XI: Alana Cook, Jess Fishlock, Eugénie Le Sommer Second XI: Bethany Balcer, Sofia Huerta
Team awards Announced on November 23, 2021. Most Valuable Player: Jess Fishlock Golden Boot: Bethany Balcer Young Player of the Year: Alana Cook Community Champion: Dani Weatherholt
NWSL Player of the Month MonthPlayerRef. August Megan Rapinoe September Bethany Balcer
NWSL Team of the Month
Month Players Ref. May Jess Fishlock August Jess Fishlock Megan Rapinoe September Bethany Balcer Sofia Huerta Eugénie Le Sommer Dzsenifer Marozsán October Jess Fishlock Sofia Huerta
NWSL Player of the Week WeekPlayerRef.CC4 Celia10 Tziarra King11 Eugénie Le Sommer12 Bethany Balcer14 Megan Rapinoe16 Bethany Balcer18 Eugénie Le Sommer22 Eugénie Le Sommer
NWSL Save of the Week WeekPlayerRef.14 Sarah Bouhaddi21 Jess Fishlock
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