Summary
- Houston gets forward Katie Stengel and the 22nd overall pick in the 2020 NWSL College Draft.
- Utah gets Houston’s natural second-round picks in the 2020 NWSL College Draft and the 2021 NWSL College Draft.
Utah Royal forward Katie Stengel and the club’s 2020 third-round pick in 2020 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) College Draft were traded to the Houston Dash in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2020 draft and a second-round pick in the 2021 NWSL College Draft.
Stengel began her NWSL career with the Washington Spirit in 2016 after playing for FC Bayern Munich in Germany’s Bundesliga, winning the league title and leading the team with nine goals. The Spirit released her in 2017 and the Boston Breakers selected her off the waiver wire. The Utah Royals selected Stengel in the NWSL Dispersal Draft in 2018 after the Breakers folded. With Utah, Stengel made 47 appearances and netted eight goals and added an assist.
Stengel wrote for Our Game about the trading process and the effects it has on players
Collegiately, Stengel played for Wake Forest and finished her careers as Wake’s highest scoring player in history with 50 goals in 75 games and becoming the school’s first first-team All-American.
Utah now holds the 12th and 31st picks in the 2020 NWSL College Draft.
Houston now holds the 18th and 22nd picks in the 2020 NWSL College Draft.