After four years of playing together on the Stanford women’s soccer team, Kelley O’Hara and Ali Riley will be teammates on the professional level as well — and they won’t even have to leave the Bay Area.

Both Cardinal stars were selected by FC Gold Pride in the 2010 Women’s Professional Soccer draft. O’Hara, a striker who just won the Hermann Award as the country’s top collegiate player, was selected with the third pick. Riley, a fullback and New Zealand international, was selected 10th overall.

FCGP, which will move into its new stadium in Hayward, Calif. this season, is already closely connected to the Farm. Stanford alums Nicole Barnhart and Rachel Buehler — a goalkeeper and defender, respectively, on the United States national team — are both on the roster and head coach Albertin Montoya was a volunteer assistant for the team in the 2008 season. Montoya also coached current Stanford players Teresa Noyola and Lindsay Taylor at the club level.

The Women’s Professional Soccer season will begin in early April and FC Gold Pride’s home opener will be on April 17 against Sky Blue FC.