ORLANDO — Six more players have been added to the Orlando Pride roster, three coming in the first round thanks to some shrewd dealing to secure more picks.
Mia Fishel was the first to join the Pride, coming as the fifth selection. Fishel comes from UCLA and will be reunited with her former coach, Amanda Cromwell, who just took over the Pride job.
Fishel is a two-time All-American having played 59 matches scoring 32 goals and managing 14 assists. The new Pride member has already become part of the US Women’s National Team, earning an October call-up following an impressive qualifying tournament for the Under-20s. At that tournament, she won the golden ball and golden boot after scoring 13 goals.
After that, the negotiations began and the 10th pick was acquired from OL Reign. In exchange for that pick, Orlando gave up Phoebe McClernon and gained this pick, a 2023 natural second-round pick, defender Celia Jimenez Delgado, and forward Leah Pruitt.
With that 10th pick, the Pride took defender Caitlin Cosme from Duke. Cosme started 62 of her 70 matches for the Blue Devils with 10 goals and an assist, she won all-region honors in 2020.
Just one pick later Pride was back up and selected 2020 NCAA Champion Julie Doyle a forward from Santa Clara University as the 11th selection. Doyle captained that side winning all-conference honors three times in her career.
With the 29th pick, Orlando Pride traded that away to get the rights for Deanne Rose, currently playing for Reading in the FA WSL in England. With the 31st and final pick, Orlando picked up another player who played their college soccer in California taking Jada Talley.
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