OL Reign Acquire Rights to Veronica Latsko in Trade with Houston

OL Reign have acquired the rights to forward Veronica Latsko from the Houston Dash. In exchange, OL Reign has traded its natural 3rd round pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft and $30,000 in allocation money.

The Venetia, Pennsylvania native played in 22 matches for the Dash this season and made 14 starts for a total of 1,275 minutes played. She scored three goals throughout the season and added two assists. A reliable player for Houston, Latsko made 193 successful passes and 14 key passes during the 2021 regular season. During the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup, she played in four matches for Houston, earning three starts in the tournament.

Originally selected with the 38th overall pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft out of the University of Virginia, Latsko played her rookie NWSL season with the Dash in 2018, ending the season with four goals and two assists under her belt. She remained with the Dash for the 2019 season, but only featured in four games before missing the rest of the season due to an ACL injury. In 2020, Latsko made seven appearances in the NWSL Challenge Cup and earned one assist. Later that year in the NWSL Fall Series, she started in all four matches and scored three goals and added one assist for Houston