"You always dreamed and hoped for it -- you just never really knew how long it was going to take to get there," Hatch's Spirit teammate, Nicole Barnhart, told ESPN about the NWSL's growth.

Nicole Barnhart, a 12-year veteran of the NWSL, retired and joined the club’s staff as an assistant goalkeeping coach. In the league’s first offseason without the college draft — an effect ...

Stanford grad Nicole Barnhart has limited experience with the United States women’s soccer national team with just three caps, the fewest of any one of the 18 players picked for the World Cup ...