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Ellis names Olympic qualifying roster, leaves HAO off

Blues and US National team Captain Becky Sauerbrunn is lone representative for FC Kansas City

FC Kansas City will only have one representative on the U.S. Women's National Team at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship. Head coach Jill Ellis named the 20 player roster today and US and FC Kansas City Captain Becky Sauerbrunn is the only player from the Blues on it.

Heather O'Reilly was not on the USWNT's Olympic qualifying roster. O'Reilly has 228 caps and three Olympic gold medals and was part of the Women's World Cup winning squad in 2015 as well.