Racing announces USL W League Roster
Today Racing Louisville publicly announced its 38-player roster for the USL W League season beginning in May. Racing’s first match is away vs. Detroit City on May 12th. There are several players with local ties and some high-profile names on the roster.
Reining NCAA champions Florida State are well represented on the roster. Emily Madril is highly rated and was a projected first round pick in the 2022 NWSL before deciding to return to school. Clara Robbins was the ACC Tournament MVP and All-ACC Second team in 2021. Jenna Nighswonger appeared in all 25 matches and started 13 for Florida State in 2021.
There are several current and former University of Louisville players on the team including Ravin Alexander, Anouk Denton, Sarah Hernandez, Hadley Snyder, Maisie Whitsett, Autumn Weeks, Savina Zamborini, Morgan Bentley, Addie Chester, Maya Maxwell, Patricia Ward, and maybe most familiar to Racing/LouCity Fans, Allison Whitfield whose sister Casey provides color analysis for LouCity’s radio coverage. Interestingly it looks like Allison will be attempted to convert to defense from her attacking role at Louisville.
Unsurprisingly, there are several Racing Academy players on the team as well. The name most familiar to Racing fans in this group is likely Ella Sanchez. If the NWSL could get its act together around academy rules and behave like the rest of the footballing world, Ella Sanchez would likely already be in Racing’s First Team squad. Regardless, she has already made the bench for Racing in last year’s Women’s Cup Final and is a fixture in first team practices.
There are a few other players with local connections like:
Cierra Collins who played for Male High School and currently plays for Mississippi State
Allie George who played for Sacred Heart Academy and currently plays for Virginia Tech
Maddie Reed who played for Assumption and currently plays for Xavier
Kacey Smekrud who played for Oldham County and currently plays for College of Charleston
Mackenzie Tucker who played for West Jessamine in Versailles and plays for Xavier
The entire roster and press release can be found here.
