World Flag Series Announces Rosters for WFS1 in Tampa
World Flag Series unveiled the three teams and full rosters for WFS1, a 30-athlete professional women's flag football event set for July 25 at Suncoast Credit Union Stadium in Tampa. The Glitter Bombs, H.E.R. and the Ice Queens will draw from 14 countries, play the Olympic 5-on-5 format, and every athlete on the field will be paid.
At a Glance
- World Flag Series announced the three WFS1 rosters on July 14: the Glitter Bombs, H.E.R. (Hustle Every Rep), and the Ice Queens, 30 athletes in total.
- WFS1 runs July 25 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. ET at Suncoast Credit Union Stadium in Tampa, in the same 5-on-5 format used at the international level and at the 2028 Olympics, and every athlete competing will be compensated.
- The rosters pull from 14 countries, and the event arrives two years before flag football's Olympic debut, as a professional tier of the sport begins to take shape around the women's game.
World Flag Series announced the three teams and full rosters for WFS1 on July 14, filling in the last major blanks on an event it is positioning as the first professional women's flag football showcase of its kind. The Glitter Bombs, H.E.R. (Hustle Every Rep), and the Ice Queens will each carry 10 athletes into Suncoast Credit Union Stadium in Tampa on July 25, with the event running from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. ET.
The 30 athletes represent 14 countries: the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Chile, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Poland, the Czech Republic, Australia, Austria, France, Germany, and Italy. The competition will be played 5-on-5, the format used by IFAF internationally and the one flag football will use when it debuts at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Every athlete competing at WFS1 will be paid, a detail World Flag Series has put at the center of its pitch since the event was first announced in June.
"WFS1 is about creating a professional stage for the best flag football athletes in the world," said Phil Cutler, Founder and CEO of World Flag Series. "These three teams bring together world-class talent, national team athletes, international champions, rising stars, and players who are helping build the future of the sport in their home countries. This is not another tournament. This is the beginning of the new professional platform for flag football."
What WFS1 Is
The event is built as a broadcast-first, entertainment-forward production rather than a weekend tournament bracket. World Flag Series describes the WFS model as one designed around elite athletes, high-stakes matchups, global participation, and a live experience aimed at fans who grew up playing the sport themselves. Ticketing is open at worldflagseries.com, and the organizers have said broadcast details and the full game schedule will be announced ahead of July 25.
The venue is a deliberate step up from the fields where most elite flag football is currently played. Suncoast Credit Union Stadium, known formally as Suncoast Credit Union Field at Riverfront Stadium, sits on the Hillsborough River in Tampa and is the home of Tampa Bay Sun FC of the USL Super League. It was renovated in 2024 and holds roughly 5,000 fans, which makes WFS1 a stadium event rather than a complex event, and that distinction is most of the point.
Glitter Bombs
The Glitter Bombs are the most American roster of the three, built around quarterback Lacey Abell and a group of receivers and defensive backs drawn heavily from the Florida college pipeline. Six of the ten are Florida-based or Florida-schooled, including Ottawa University's Si'Naya Glover and Webber International's Rylee Bolser. Lauren Clark, the Warner University standout now coaching at Indiana Wesleyan, was among the first athletes World Flag Series signed. Sarah Massucci, at 36 the oldest player in the event, arrives from the United States women's national team. Valerie Perez, a Cuban international based in West Palm Beach, rounds out the group's two-way talent.
| # | Player | Pos | Hometown | Country | Ht | Wt | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Si'Naya Glover | DB / WR | Bradenton, FL | USA | 5'5" | 134 lb | 23 |
| 3 | Rylee Bolser | DB / WR | Babson Park, FL | USA | 5'10" | 140 lb | 23 |
| 5 | Abigail Dunn | DB / WR | Orlando, FL | USA | 5'4" | 135 lb | 25 |
| 6 | Valerie Perez | WR / R | West Palm Beach, FL | Cuba | 5'2" | 125 lb | 28 |
| 7 | Brianna Laney | DB / R | Charlotte, NC | USA | 5'5" | 140 lb | 22 |
| 11 | Jacci Crowe | WR / ATH | Orange County, CA | USA | 5'4" | 145 lb | 25 |
| 12 | Lacey Abell | QB | Denver, CO | USA | 5'5" | 145 lb | 32 |
| 14 | Abigail Rustand | WR / DB | Tucson, AZ | USA | 5'10" | 150 lb | 25 |
| 21 | Lauren Clark | R / C | Austin, TX | USA | 5'7" | 130 lb | 22 |
| 35 | Sarah Massucci | C / WR | Denver, CO | USA | 5'8" | 144 lb | 36 |
H.E.R. (Hustle Every Rep)
H.E.R. is the hemispheric roster: four Mexican internationals, two Canadians, and one athlete each from Chile, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. Mexico's contingent is the deepest single national bloc on any WFS1 team, with Silvana Munoz, Alejandra Juarez, Gisell Barba, and Daniela Serrano Perez all on the same sideline. Natalia Olavarria, at 35, is Chile's most prominent flag football export. Haylie Young, of Loxahatchee, Florida, takes the snaps. Gisell Barba, listed at 5'1" and 108 pounds, is the smallest player in the event, and she plays rusher.
| # | Player | Pos | Hometown | Country | Ht | Wt | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Olivia Ghosh-Swaby | C / WR | London, ON | Canada | 5'1" | 134 lb | 29 |
| 1 | Clara Beaudoin | WR / QB2 | Montreal, QC | Canada | 5'4" | 140 lb | 26 |
| 6 | Tori Brito | WR / QB2 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Dominican Republic | 5'5" | 135 lb | 26 |
| 7 | Silvana Muñoz | WR / C | Cali Baja, Mexico | Mexico | 5'2" | 117 lb | 27 |
| 9 | Haylie Young | QB | Loxahatchee, FL | USA | 5'6" | 138 lb | 23 |
| 11 | Alejandra "Ale" Juárez | DB / WR | Ensenada, Mexico | Mexico | 5'8" | 141 lb | 28 |
| 17 | Natalia Olavarría | DB / WR | Santiago, Chile | Chile | 5'7" | 146 lb | 35 |
| 28 | Gisell Barba | R / WR | Mexico City, Mexico | Mexico | 5'1" | 108 lb | 31 |
| 32 | Daniela Serrano Pérez | DB / C | Mexico City, Mexico | Mexico | 5'1" | 123 lb | 24 |
| 45 | Agustina "China" Torres | DB / WR | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Argentina | 5'4" | 133 lb | 34 |
Ice Queens
The Ice Queens are the most internationally scattered roster at WFS1, with eight countries on ten jerseys and a European core that reads like an IFAF continental all-star team. Nausicaa Dell'Orto, the 32-year-old from Milan who has become the public face of Italian flag football, lines up alongside Australia's Kodie Fuller, France's Louisa Ajayi, Germany's Anja Kreitczick, Poland's Ania Bak, and the Czech Republic's Evelina Adamkova. Austria has two representatives, Julia-Marie Elisabeth Abbrederis and Elisabeth Schmidt, who at 21 is the youngest athlete in the event. Marlee Marquez of Dallas runs the offense.
| # | Player | Pos | Hometown | Country | Ht | Wt | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ania Bak | C / WR | Katowice, Poland | Poland | 5'9" | 138 lb | 32 |
| 3 | Evelína Adámková | DB / R | Ostrava, Czechia | Czech Republic | 5'7" | 159 lb | 31 |
| 4 | Kodie Fuller | WR / QB2 | Brisbane, Australia | Australia | 5'9" | 163 lb | 29 |
| 7 | Julia-Marie Elisabeth Abbrederis | R / WR | Ternitz, Austria | Austria | 5'5" | 143 lb | 22 |
| 9 | Louisa Ajayi | DB / WR | Colombes, France | France | 5'6" | 132 lb | 34 |
| 13 | Adrianna Cavalotti | DB / WR | Staten Island, NY | USA | 5'6" | 125 lb | 22 |
| 15 | Marlee Marquez | QB | Dallas, TX | USA | 5'4" | 140 lb | 24 |
| 21 | Elisabeth Schmidt | WR / R | Unterach am Attersee, Austria | Austria | 5'4" | 128 lb | 21 |
| 64 | Anja Kreitczick | DB / R | Leipzig, Germany | Germany | 5'10" | 148 lb | 26 |
| 82 | Nausicaa Dell'Orto | WR / R | Milano, Italy | Italy | 5'9" | 159 lb | 32 |
Who Is Building It
World Flag Series was founded by Philip Cutler, who serves as Founder and CEO. Cutler has 20 years in the sport, is one of Canada's most decorated flag football quarterbacks, coaches McGill University's flag football program, and competed for a place on Canada's men's national team earlier this spring. Joseph Hopmeyer, Founder and President, oversees event strategy, operations, and partnerships.
"Flag football is entering a new era," Cutler said when WFS1 was first announced in June. "The growth of the sport is real, but the professional opportunity is still being shaped. After 20 years in flag football, I've seen firsthand how much the game has grown. WFS1 is our first step toward building something that can grow with the game and give the best women's flag football players in the world a platform that matches their talent."
A Professional Tier Takes Shape
WFS1 lands in a year when the infrastructure around flag football is being poured all at once. The NAIA made women's flag football its 30th championship sport in June, with a first national championship scheduled for spring 2027 and roughly 60 schools sponsoring the sport in 2026-27. The NCAA designated it an Emerging Sport for Women in January. The NFL put $32 million behind a professional league with TMRW Sports that is targeting a launch ahead of Los Angeles. The IFAF World Flag Championship in Dusseldorf on August 13-16 will hand out the first two Olympic berths, and several WFS1 athletes will be on the field there three weeks after Tampa.
What has not existed, until now, is a paid professional stage built specifically for the women who have carried the sport this far. That is the space World Flag Series is trying to occupy, and it is doing it first.
"Women have been trailblazers in flag football," Cutler said. "They have helped prove that flag football is its own distinct sport that is fast, technical, and highly entertaining. WFS1 is about giving those athletes the stage they deserve."
Watch: Phil Cutler on the FlagsOnly Podcast
World Flag Series founder Phil Cutler joined the FlagsOnly podcast to talk through the vision behind WFS1, his two decades in the sport, and what it takes to build a professional stage for women's flag football ahead of the Olympic era.