{"id":139507,"date":"2026-01-27T05:40:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/139507\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T05:40:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:40:38","slug":"houston-dash-announce-2026-preseason-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/139507\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dash Announce 2026 Preseason Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON (Jan. 26, 2026) –\u00a0The\u00a0Houston Dash\u00a0announced its initial preseason roster for the 2026 campaign. The team will begin their preseason later today under the direction of head coach\u00a0Fabrice Gautrat.<\/p>\n

The 30-player roster features 26 players under contract and four players will join the team as non-roster invitees for preseason. The team will share additional updates about its preseason roster over the next six weeks.<\/p>\n

The team features seven new players with the addition of forward\u00a0Makenzy Robbe\u00a0earlier today. The NWSL veteran is one of three free agents to join the Dash this offseason along with goalkeepers\u00a0Hillary Beall\u00a0and\u00a0Caroline DeLisle. Additionally, the Dash opened the year by announcing the addition of four first-year players to the roster that include the 2024 MAC Hermann Trophy winner,\u00a0Kate Faasse, and Houston native\u00a0Leah Klenke, who led Notre Dame to the ACC Women\u2019s Soccer tournament final. The team also signed Duke University forward\u00a0Kat Rader\u00a0and\u00a0University of North Carolina midfielder\u00a0Linda\u00a0Ullmark. The new additions reinforce a roster that includes goalkeeper and team captain\u00a0Jane Campbell,\u00a02025 Golden Boot winner\u00a0Yazmeen\u00a0Ryan\u00a0and team MVP\u00a0Avery Patterson.<\/p>\n

Season Ticket Memberships and a five-match flex plan are currently available for the 2026 regular season at Shell Energy Stadium. Benefits include exclusive matchday experiences and team store discounts. A full overview of each plan is available\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Midfielder\u00a0Sarah Puntigam\u00a0received her green card during the offseason, and she will not occupy an international roster spot. The team currently has four players who occupy an international roster spot and that includes defender\u00a0Lisa Boattin\u00a0(Italy), forward\u00a0Evelina Duljan\u00a0(Sweden), forward\u00a0Clarissa Larisey\u00a0(Canada) and forward\u00a0Amanda West\u00a0(Canada).<\/p>\n

Three players are currently on loan and will not join the team for the preseason. That list includes midfielder Rebeca, defender Jyllissa\u00a0Harris\u00a0and defender Zoe\u00a0Matthews.<\/p>\n

A full list of Houston\u2019s initial preseason roster is available below, listed by position and alphabetical order.<\/p>\n

2026 HOUSTON DASH PRESEASON ROSTER (30):<\/p>\n

GOALKEEPERS\u00a0(5): Hillary Beall, Liz Beardsley (EXC), Jane Campbell, Caroline DeLisle, Batoul Reda (NRI)<\/p>\n

DEFENDERS\u00a0(9): Natalie Bain (NRI), Malia Berkely, Lisa Boattin (INTL), Allysha Chapman, Cate Hardin (NRI), Leah Klenke, Paige Nielsen, Avery Patterson, Christen Westphal<\/p>\n

MIDFIELDERS (7): Danielle Colaprico, Maggie Graham (SEI), Sarah Puntigam, Sophie Schmidt (SEI), Delanie Sheehan, Linda Ullmark, Kiki Van Zanten<\/p>\n

FORWARDS\u00a0(9): Messiah Bright, Evelina Duljan (INTL), Kate Faasse, Sarah Foley (NRI), Clarissa Larisey (INTL), Kat Rader, Makenzy Robbe, Yazmeen Ryan, Amanda West (INTL and SEI)<\/p>\n

INTL = International Roster Spot<\/p>\n

NRI = Non-rostered Invitee
NYR = Not yet reported to camp
ML = Maternity Leave
SEI = Season Ending Injury List<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (Jan. 26, 2026) –\u00a0The\u00a0Houston Dash\u00a0announced its initial preseason roster for the 2026 campaign. The team will begin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6470,56,6472,6469,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-139507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-dash","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-dash","11":"tag-houston-dash-news","12":"tag-houston-headlines","13":"tag-houston-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139507","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=139507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}