The Houston Dash announced today that they have acquired midfielder Kaylyn Kyle from the Boston Breakers in return for defender Nikki Washington. Rumors of the deal broke on Twitter yesterday afternoon with only the details of the trade remaining a mystery. Kyle fills a need that the Dash have had in the midfield since the season ending injury to Brittany Bock during the opener against the Portland Thorns on April 12th.

The trade brings a combination of youth and experience to the Dash midfield; despite her young age (25), Kyle has made 76 appearances for the Canadian national team and tallied 5 goals. She was assigned to Seattle Reign FC ahead of the inaugural season of NWSL last year via the allocation process. She made 21 appearances and scored 3 goals for Seattle prior to being traded to Boston during the off-season.

Kyle began her career in the W-League with the Vancouver Whitecaps where she played while attending school at the University of Saskatchewan. She spent a total of six season with Vancouver, sandwiched around a season with Piteå IF of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She started two of Boston’s three games this season prior the trade.

Washington had started all three games for the Dash this season at left back. However, given the arrival in a months time of US Women’s National Team players Whitney Engen and Meghan Klingenberg as well as the performance thus far of Ari Romero at right back, Washington would likely have been headed to the substitutes bench soon. The availability of Kika Toulouse, who came on as a substitute against Seattle this weekend and performed well, means the Dash have a player on the roster who can hold down the position until the National Team pair arrive.

For the well traveled Washington (this will be her 12th club since 2009), this marks her second stint with Boston. She previously was on the Breakers roster, although very briefly, during the 2011 WPS season.

House of Houston previously reported that the Dash were not finished with making roster moves and would continue to look for a viable replacement for Bock. In Kyle, Coach Randy Waldrum has acquired a player who will fit his system well.

Kaylyn is clearly going to make our team better. She has all the qualities I’m looking for in a central midfield player, she has great vision, she’s technical and composed with the ball, she’s tough and brings a physical presence to our midfield. She has awealth of experience that our young team needs. I’m really excited to have Kaylyn become part of the Dash family

House of Houston will have more coverage of the Kyle trade tomorrow from Houston Dash practice.

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