Beckie, Chapman allocated to the Houston Dash for the 2016 season

Monday, the NWSL released the list of Canadian players that would be allocated for the 2016 season. A total of 11 players were allocated for the upcoming season. The Houston Dash will, unsurprisingly, have Janine Beckie and Allysha Chapman as their allocated players from the CanWNT.

Chapman was part of the Dash last season, but was gone for most of 2015 due to the Women's World Cup. Beckie was drafted by the Dash during the 2016 NWSL College Draft.

Absent from the list were two of the Dash's previous allocated players Erin McLeod and Lauren Sesselmann. McLeod, as previously reported, is headed to Sweden while Sesselmann is no longer consider an allocated player and would need to sign as a regular player.

Full list (per NWSL Release):

Boston Breakers
None

Chicago Red Stars
None

Houston Dash
Janine Beckie*
Allysha Chapman

FC Kansas City
Desiree Scott*

Orlando Pride
Josée Belanger*
Kaylyn Kyle

Portland Thorns FC
Christine Sinclair

Seattle Reign FC
None

Sky Blue FC
None

Washington Spirit
Stephanie Labbé*#
Diana Matheson
Shelina Zadorsky*

Western New York Flash
Sabrina D'Angelo*
Adriana Leon

Key
* = Newly allocated player in 2016
# = The Washington Spirit and Chicago Red Stars completed the final piece of their Jan. 25 trade, in which the Spirit traded midfielder Amanda Da Costa and the Spirit's natural fourth-round pick in the 2017 NWSL College Draft to the Red Stars. In exchange, the Spirit have received goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé from the Red Stars.