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Kansas City Current is an American women's soccer club which began play in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2021 as Kansas City NWSL. It is the successor to FC Kansas City, the previous Kansas City-based team to compete in the NWSL from 2013–2017, and relocated the roster of Utah Royals FC, which suspended operations in 2020. [1]
Lo'eau LaBonta has been a member of the team since 2016 by way of being with FC Kansas City, the Utah Royals, and Kansas City Current. The Kansas City area last had an NWSL team in 2017, when two-time champions FC Kansas City ceased operations and its player-related assets were transferred to expansion team Utah Royals FC. [1]
The 2024 Kansas City Current season was the team's fourth season as a professional soccer team. The Current played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States .
The Kansas City Current ended a busy summer transfer window with a few new faces on the roster. The NWSL club’s summer window started with the acquisition of center-back Alanna Cook from the ...
In return, the Current received $40,000 ($15,000 in allocation money and $25,000 in “intra-league transfer” funds). The Current selected Spaanstra 10th overall in the 2023 NWSL Draft.
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The roster was then relocated back to Kansas City to the expansion team Kansas City Current, the successor to FC Kansas City, which began play in the NWSL in 2021 season as Kansas City NWSL. [7] [8] All FC Kansas City players who have appeared for the team in an official competition or have been contracted to play for the team are listed below.
The 2022 NWSL Expansion Draft was an expansion draft held by the NWSL on December 16, 2021, for two expansion teams, Angel City FC and San Diego Wave FC, to select players from existing teams in the league. [33] Kansas City Current were exempt from the draft. [34]