One of the top NCAA players is off the board.<\/p>\n
Today, the Houston Dash announced that they have signed forward Kat Rader from Duke University to a three-year contract through the 2028 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more excited to start my professional career with the Houston Dash,\u201d Rader said. \u201cFrom my first conversation with the club, I could tell there was a shared belief and clear vision about where this team is going. I\u2019m extremely grateful for the opportunity to be a part of the club and help this team reach its goals in the years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Coming out of high school, Kat Rader was ranked as the No. 5 overall prospect by Top Drawer Soccer.<\/p>\n
After four terrific seasons with the Duke Blue Devils, she is now of the best players coming out at college and rated No. 9 by TDS.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are thrilled to welcome Kat to Houston following a remarkable career at Duke University,\u201d President of Women\u2019s Soccer, Angela Hucles Mangano, said. \u201cKat\u2019s proven goal-scoring ability and competitive nature stood out throughout her collegiate career, and we believe she has the talent and drive to make an impact at the next level. She\u2019s a great fit for the culture we\u2019re building in Houston, and we\u2019re excited to see how she develops with the guidance of our technical staff.\u201d<\/p>\n
This was the Houston Dash\u2019s first signing off the offseason and one that will help them massively for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the top NCAA players is off the board. Today, the Houston Dash announced that they have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,40400],"class_list":{"0":"post-115196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news","11":"tag-nwsl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}