The 2021 OL Reign season was the team's ninth season of play and their ninth season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

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OL Reign

2021 season
Majority owner	OL Groupe
CEO	Bill Predmore
Head coach	Laura Harvey (from August 9) Sam Laity (interim; from July 2 to August 8) Farid Benstiti (before July 2)
Stadium	Cheney Stadium
NWSL	2nd of 10
Playoffs	Semifinals
Challenge Cup	2nd of 5, West Division
Top goalscorer	League: Bethany Balcer (9) All: Bethany Balcer (9)
Highest home attendance	27,278 (vs. POR, August 29)
Lowest home attendance	1,105 (vs. CHI, April 27)
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On July 2, 2021, head coach Farid Benstiti resigned and was replaced by assistant coach Sam Laity in an interim capacity.^[1] Benstiti finished with a 2–1–4 record in the regular season.

On July 15, 2021, the team announced that Laura Harvey would return as head coach after the Tokyo Olympics, where she was serving as an assistant coach for the United States women's national team.^[2] Harvey officially assumed head coaching duties on August 9, 2021.^[3]

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All times are in PT unless otherwise noted.

As of November 14, 2021; only players who have made appearances are listed.

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular season		Playoffs		Challenge Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
12	GK	FRA	Sarah Bouhaddi	20	0	19	0	1	0	0	0
33	GK	USA	Ella Dederick	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
91	GK	USA	Phallon Tullis-Joyce	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders:
2	DF	USA	Amber Brooks	14	0	2+9	0	0	0	2+1	0
3	DF	USA	Lauren Barnes	24	0	20+1	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	USA	Alana Cook	20	0	19	0	1	0	0	0
13	DF	ESP	Celia	16	1	9+3	0	0	0	4	1
14	DF	USA	Steph Cox	5	0	1+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
19	DF	USA	Kristen McNabb	25	1	15+6	1	1	0	3	0
27	DF	USA	Sam Hiatt	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	MEX	Jimena López	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
99	DF	USA	Madison Hammond	17	0	10+3	0	0	0	4	0
Midfielders:
5	MF	CAN	Quinn	16	0	8+4	0	1	0	3	0
8	MF	GER	Dzsenifer Marozsán	20	0	16+3	0	1	0	0	0
10	MF	WAL	Jess Fishlock	27	6	21+2	5	1	0	2+1	1
16	MF	USA	Rose Lavelle	12	1	11	1	1	0	0	0
17	MF	USA	Dani Weatherholt	24	0	11+8	0	0+1	0	2+2	0
25	MF	USA	Kelcie Hedge	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	BRA	Angelina	19	0	4+12	0	0	0	2+1	0
28	MF	CRC	Shirley Cruz	16	2	5+7	2	0	0	3+1	0
31	MF	NZL	Rosie White	2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards:
7	FW	USA	Ally Watt	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0	0
9	FW	FRA	Eugénie Le Sommer	18	8	15+2	7	1	1	0	0
11	FW	USA	Sofia Huerta	28	2	22+1	1	1	0	4	1
15	FW	USA	Megan Rapinoe	14	6	8+3	6	1	0	1+1	0
23	FW	USA	Tziarra King	19	2	7+8	1	0	0	2+2	1
24	FW	USA	Bethany Balcer	27	9	13+10	9	0+1	0	2+1	0
35	FW	USA	Leah Pruitt	15	1	3+8	0	0	0	3+1	1
Players who left the team during the season:
1	GK	ENG	Karen Bardsley	7	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
18	DF	USA	Machaela George	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	JPN	Nicole Momiki	3	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
22	FW	USA	Jasmyne Spencer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
Own goals for:
	DF	USA	Kiki Pickett (KC, October 30)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Others for:
			Forfeit (WAS, September 12)	1	3	1	3	0	0	0	0

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For incoming transfers, dates listed are when OL Reign officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired (e.g., draft picks) are not listed. For outgoing transfers, dates listed are when OL Reign officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another team. If a player later signed with another team, her new team will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when she was officially removed from the OL Reign roster.

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Date	Player	Pos	Signed From	Notes	Ref
October 22, 2020	Crystal Dunn	DF	North Carolina Courage	Traded in exchange for Casey Murphy and $140,000 in allocation money	[7]
December 4, 2020	Cosette Morché	GK	Eskilstuna United	Free	[8]
December 7, 2020	Ally Watt	FW	North Carolina Courage	Traded in exchange for Taylor Smith and the rights to Jodie Taylor	[9]
January 4, 2021	Tziarra King	FW	Kansas City	Traded, along with a second-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft, in exchange for Darian Jenkins, the rights to Meg Brandt, and a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NWSL Draft	[10]
January 5, 2021	Angelina	MF	Palmeiras	Undisclosed	[11]
March 15, 2021	Ella Dederick	GK	Washington State Cougars	Free	[12]
April 5, 2021	Jenna Holtz	MF	Valadares Gaia	Signed as National Team Replacement Player	[13]
May 17, 2021	Rose Lavelle	MF	Manchester City	Signed as federation player	[14]
June 5, 2021	Phallon Tullis-Joyce	GK	Stade de Reims	Undisclosed	[15]
June 7, 2021	Alana Cook	DF	Paris Saint-Germain	Undisclosed	[16]
June 15, 2021	Jimena López	DF	SD Eibar	Undisclosed	[17]

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Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as incoming transfers. Only trades involving draft picks and executed on the day of the 2021 NWSL Draft will be listed in the notes.

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Player	Pos	Previous Team	Notes	Ref
Jimena López	DF	Texas A&M Aggies	No. 28 overall pick	[18]

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Transfers out

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Date	Player	Pos	Destination Team	Notes	Ref
October 18, 2020	Carly Nelson	GK	Kansas City	Out of contract	[19][20]
October 18, 2020	Kim Hazlett	DF		Out of contract	[19]
October 22, 2020	Casey Murphy	GK	North Carolina Courage	Traded, along with $140,000 in allocation money, in exchange for Crystal Dunn	[7]
October 22, 2020	Crystal Dunn	DF	Portland Thorns	Traded in exchange for Portland's natural first-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft, an international slot for 2021, and up to $250,000 in allocation money	[7]
November 12, 2020	Julia Ashley	DF	Racing Louisville	Selected with the 2nd pick in the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft	[21]
November 12, 2020	Michelle Betos	GK	Racing Louisville	Selected with the 12th pick in the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft	[21]
December 7, 2020	Taylor Smith	DF	North Carolina Courage	Traded, along with the rights to Jodie Taylor, in exchange for Ally Watt	[9]
January 4, 2021	Darian Jenkins	FW	Kansas City	Traded, along with the rights to Meg Brandt and a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NWSL Draft, in exchange for Tziarra King and a second-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft	[10]
February 18, 2021	Morgan Andrews	MF		Waived	[22]
April 20, 2021	Jenna Holtz	MF		National Team Replacement Player agreement concluded	[13][23]
April 27, 2021	Allie Long	MF	Gotham FC	Traded in exchange for $80,000 in allocation money and a second-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft; the teams also swapped places in the Discovery Ranking order	[24]
May 31, 2021	Jasmyne Spencer	FW	Houston Dash	Traded in exchange for the natural third-round pick in the 2022 NWSL Draft	[25]
September 29, 2021	Machaela George	DF	Braga	Waived	[26][27]

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Loans in

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Start	End	Player	Pos	Parent Team	Notes	Ref
February 23, 2021	June 30, 2021	Karen Bardsley	GK	Manchester City		[28]
June 5, 2021	December 31, 2021	Sarah Bouhaddi	GK	Lyon		[29][30]
June 5, 2021	December 31, 2021	Dzsenifer Marozsán	MF	Lyon		[29][30]
June 6, 2021	December 31, 2021	Eugénie Le Sommer	FW	Lyon		[31][32]

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Loans out

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Start	End	Player	Pos	Destination Team	Notes	Ref
August 12, 2020	December 31, 2020	Quinn	MF	Vittsjö		[33]
August 14, 2020	November 30, 2020	Lauren Barnes	DF	Kristianstad		[34]
August 14, 2020	November 30, 2020	Nicole Momiki	FW	Linköping		[34]
August 19, 2020	April 5, 2021	Jess Fishlock	MF	Reading		[35][36]
August 28, 2020	December 31, 2020	Machaela George	DF	Fortuna Hjørring		[37]
August 28, 2020	February 28, 2021	Darian Jenkins	FW	Bordeaux	Traded to Kansas City on January 4, 2021	[37][10]
September 23, 2020	February 28, 2021	Celia	DF	Lyon		[38][36]
March 15, 2021	December 31, 2021	Miranda Nild	FW	Kristianstad		[12]
July 19, 2021	December 31, 2021	Nicole Momiki	FW	Linköping		[39]
July 26, 2021	June 30, 2022	Cosette Morché	GK	GPSO 92 Issy		[40]

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New contracts

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Date	Player	Pos	Notes	Ref
December 4, 2020	Sam Hiatt	DF	Signed to a standard agreement	[41][19]
December 4, 2020	Kristen McNabb	DF	Re-signed	[42]
December 4, 2020	Shirley Cruz	MF	Re-signed	[43]
December 7, 2020	Dani Weatherholt	MF	Re-signed	[44]
December 9, 2020	Leah Pruitt	FW	Re-signed	[45]
December 21, 2020	Nicole Momiki	FW	Signed to a new contract	[46]
December 21, 2020	Rosie White	MF	Re-signed	[47]
December 22, 2020	Jasmyne Spencer	FW	Re-signed	[48]
January 25, 2021	Steph Cox	DF	Re-signed	[49]
February 18, 2021	Allie Long	MF	Signed to a standard agreement	[22][50]
March 15, 2021	Miranda Nild	FW	Signed to a standard agreement	[12][19]
June 4, 2021	Ally Watt	FW	Signed to a new contract	[51]
July 26, 2021	Cosette Morché	GK	Team option exercised	[40]

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