April 30, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)
Racing Louisville FC News Release
Racing Louisville FC on Tuesday announced its roster for the upcoming USL W League season, which kicks off May 14 and runs through June 21.
The 32-player roster consists of 19 Racing Louisville Academy players and 13 current collegiate athletes, with prominent NCAA programs such as North Carolina, Ohio State and Pitt represented on the roster. The Racing W League team will once again be led by coach Callie McKinney, the Bellarmine University head coach and former University of Louisville midfielder who also coaches in the Racing Academy.
Racing’s W League team is run by the Racing Academy and will play 10 matches – five home, five away – on the nation’s premier pre-professional women’s soccer circuit. Louisville is part of the league’s Valley Division, which also includes regional rivals Indy Eleven and Lexington SC.
“I am honored and grateful to have the opportunity to come back and lead the W league team again this season,” McKinney said. “I have an awesome staff coming back to work with me. We have built a team with some talented young women from some of the top college programs around the country and from within our own Racing Academy. They will be able to come in and adapt to our style of play with ease. As a staff, we are excited to continue to develop and be intentional with these young women in preparation for our league games and returning them back to their college teams and academy teams ready to compete at their best.”
This year’s Racing roster is headlined by Racing Academy standouts Tate Blincoe and AG Gibson, two college-bound prospects who trained and suited up for the Racing Louisville senior squad at The Women’s Cup Colombia in late February, early March. Blincoe, Kentucky’s Miss Soccer this past fall, is headed to Ole Miss for college, while Gibson will play for the hometown University of Louisville.
North Carolina standout defender Tessa Dellarose returns to the Racing squad, and the Pittsburgh native will be joined by six other Atlantic Coast Conference players. Louisville’s Brooke Dardano and Betsy Huckaby; Pitt’s Ellie Coffield and Sarah Schupansky; Syracuse’s Cierra Collins; and Virginia Tech’s Allie George are also on the squad.
Indiana center backs Piper Coffield and Avery Snead are part of the 11-player defensive corps. Minnesota midfielder Sophie Boman and Ohio State forward Amanda Schlueter round out the Big Ten Conference contingent.
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