Sydney Leroux finally gets her team

• by Paul Kennedy  @pkedit, Jan 13, 2016

U.S. women's national team star Sydney Leroux finally got a her wish. A three-team deal sent the 25-year-old forward to two-time NWSL champion FC Kansas City, allowing her to reunited with her husband, Sporting Kansas City star Dom Dwyer, and join her fourth club in four seasons. She had been vocal about her displeasure last year when a deal sent her from Seattle to Western New York.

The maneuvering began when FC Kansas City picked up Jessica McDonald and Tiffany McCarty from Houston for an international roster spot and the No. 8 pick in Friday's NWSL College Draft. FC Kansas City then dealt McDonald, an international roster spot in 2016 and 2017 and its second-round pick in the 2017 NWSL Draft to the Flash for Leroux.

Leroux scored one goal in just three games for the Flash in 2015. An ankle injury that required surgery forced her to miss the second half of the 2015 season after her return from the Women's World Cup.

She had five goals in 22 games for Seattle in 2014 and 11 goals -- tied for second in the NWSL -- for Boston in 2013, the first year the NWSL operated.

Leroux joins U.S. teammates Heather O'Reilly, Amy Rodriguez and Becky Sauerbrunn on FC Kansas City. Rodriguez is pregnant and might sit out the year. Lauren Holiday retired after the 2015 season.

-- The Flash's two allocated players will be second-year pros Jaelene Hinkle and Samantha Mewis, both U.S. Soccer-subsidized players for the first time. The third new allocation for 2016 is Lindsey Horan, pending her transfer from Paris St. Germain to Portland.

NWSL Allocations:
Boston Breakers
Whitney Engen

Chicago Red Stars
Julie Johnston
Alyssa Naeher
Christen Press

Houston Dash
Morgan Brian
Carli Lloyd

FC Kansas City
Sydney Leroux
Heather O'Reilly
Amy Rodriguez
Becky Sauerbrunn

Orlando Pride
Ashlyn Harris
Alex Morgan

Portland Thorns FC
Tobin Heath
Lindsey Horan
Meghan Klingenberg

Seattle Reign FC
Megan Rapinoe
Hope Solo

Sky Blue FC
Kelley O'Hara
Christie Rampone

Washington Spirit
Crystal Dunn
Ali Krieger

WNY Flash
Jaelene Hinkle
Samantha Mewis