{"id":86967,"date":"2026-09-03T08:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T08:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/86967\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T08:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T08:18:11","slug":"sydney-fc-sign-american-duo-kenzie-roling-and-kiley-dulaney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/86967\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney FC sign American duo Kenzie Roling and Kiley Dulaney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sydney FC have strengthened their squad ahead of the 2026\/27 Ninja A-League season with the signings of exciting American duo Kenzie Roling and Kiley Dulaney.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dulaney, 24, arrives in Sydney following a promising start to her professional career, beginning with NWSL side Washington Spirit before joining Dallas Trinity in the USL Super League, where she made 16 appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The versatile fullback,\u00a0who can also play as a winger, previously spent four seasons with the University of Arkansas, making 78 appearances and scoring nine goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"\"Kiley Dulaney<\/p>\n

\"\"Kiley Dulaney<\/p>\n

Her standout final season saw her earn All-SEC Second Team honours after starting 18 of 20 matches and scoring four goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve heard great things about Sydney FC, and I\u2019m excited to be part of this club and experience a different style of football,\u201d Dulaney said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to use this opportunity to push my game to the next level.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Roling joins the Sky Blues following an impressive collegiate career with the University of Iowa, while Dulaney arrives with professional experience in both the NWSL and USL Super League.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old\u00a0established\u00a0herself as a commanding presence across the front line at Iowa, able to play as both a forward, a\u00a0midfielder\u00a0but\u00a0is more naturally a\u00a0fullback\/winger.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"\"Kenzie Roling<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be joining Sydney FC and to have the opportunity to challenge myself in a new environment in Australia,\u201d Roling said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSydney FC is a club with a proud history and high expectations, and I\u2019m excited to get started and help the team build on last season.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Head Coach James Slaveski believes both players will be of\u00a0great value\u00a0to the team ahead of their\u00a0next campaign\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cBoth Kenzie and Kiley will add strength to our front and back lines, and\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0confident their energy and quality will make a real impact for us this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team is looking to improve and build off last season, and they will be an important part of that process.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Both players are expected to arrive in Sydney to begin training next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Slaveski\u2019s side kick off their 2026\/27 Ninja A-League campaign with a home game against Adelaide United on Sunday, October 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney FC have strengthened their squad ahead of the 2026\/27 Ninja A-League season with the signings of exciting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[342,1417,4640,152,247],"class_list":["post-86967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sydney","tag-a-league-women","tag-a-leagues","tag-alwfeatured","tag-news","tag-sydney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}