After declaring for the NWSL draft at the last minute the day before the draft, Tierna Davidson has gone #1 overall, selected in the first round by the Chicago Red Stars. Davidson is currently with the US women’s national team in their January camp in Portugal.
Davidson will forego her last year of college eligibility at Stanford to turn pro, and will almost certainly be named an allocated US women’s national team player, meaning her NWSL salary will be paid by the federation.
Davidson has become an important defensive depth player for Jill Ellis, earning 12 WNT caps in 2018, all of them as a starter.