PORTLAND, Ore. --- The Portland women's soccer team has added two more recruits as Selma Licina and Amber Mutsaers have both committed to the program and will join the Pilots this fall, announced head coach Michelle French. Mutsaers is a graduate transfer with one year of eligibility remaining, while Licina comes to The Bluff as a freshman.
 
"As a program, we are constantly looking to improve our roster by bringing in experienced and talented newcomers who will raise the level of competition not only within our team, but against our competitors as well," French said. "With Jenny (Wahlen), and now Selma and Amber, we have international players who will contribute to the Pilot program by bringing a different style of play and an international level of sophistication learned through competing against other high-level players on a weekly basis. We are beyond excited to have both Selma and Amber join the list of international student-athletes who have the opportunity to leave their stamp on the UP women's soccer program."
 
Licina is a forward who comes to Portland from Bremen, Germany, where she was with the U-17 German National Team in 2017-18. Licina played club for SV Werder Bremen, and her team finished third in the U-17 Bundesliga. Her U-15 squad also won the North German Championship twice. At the One Nation Cup in Bremen in 2015, Lucina faced teams from the U.S., Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and China.
 
Mutsaers, who originally hails from Oss, The Netherlands, is a recent graduate of the Johan Cruyff Institute. A defender/midfielder, Mutsaers played for the Dutch U-16 and U-17 National Teams. She also played in the Dutch First Division with both PSV and Achilles '29.