The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has announced the 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft will be held on Friday, Jan. 10 at 11am ET via conference call. As the lone expansion club, the Houston Dash will be able to select up to ten (10) players from the expansion draft list of unprotected players.

The Maryland SoccerPlex closed all fields for Jan 5 due to weather. The Washington Spirit Reserves tryouts that were rescheduled for Jan. 5 are cancelled due to the closure.

The U.S. Women’s National Team will begin its 30th year of existence with a training camp running from Jan. 8-15 at U.S. Soccer’s National Training Center in Carson, Calif., as head coach Tom Sermanni has called up 28 players.

The Spirit will retain USWNT players Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris along with Canadian WNT players Diana Matheson and Robyn Gayle. The Spirit welcome newcomers midfielder and USWNT player Yael Averbuch and Mexican WNT player Renae Cuellar.

The Spirit Ambassadors will host a live chat with Spirit defender, Toni Pressley on Thursday, January 2 at 8pm EST. The live chat is free to all.

The Washington Spirit announced the signing of Jodie Taylor for the 2014 NWSL season, with a club option for 2015 NWSL season. The Spirit originally acquired her discovery rights in a trade with Seattle Reign FC in October of this year.