Last week saw the transfer record for a women’s player smashed when USWNT defender Naomi Girma completed a $1.1m (£890,000) move to Chelsea from San Diego Wave. The 24-year-old was one of the most sought after players this month as Arsenal and Lyon were also credited with interest.
T he winter transfer window has been unexpectedly busy in the women's game, especially as a flurry of U.S. women's national team players swap the NWSL for teams in Europe. Naomi G
Girma, like Kerolin and Jenna Nighswonger moved from the NWSL to England this summer, but there's no reason for alarm
In recent years, there was plenty of speculation about which player — and which team — would break the $1million transfer threshold. Last week, U.S. women’s national team defender Naomi Girma joined Chelsea for a $1.1million fee, breaking that milestone barrier.
US Women’s National Team (USWNT) defender Naomi Girma has become women’s soccer’s first ever million-dollar player, joining English champion Chelsea from San Diego Wave FC.
In a historic deal, Naomi Girma ‘22 is setting the bar once again as the first million-dollar women's soccer in the history of the sport.
Chelsea makes top defender for USA's gold medal-winning team at 2024 Paris Olympics the first million-dollar player in women's soccer history.
Olympic soccer star Naomi Girma is taking her skills across the pond after signing a record-breaking deal to play four years at the Chelsea Women football club in England, becoming the woman to cross the million-dollar threshold in the sport.
Women’s soccer has its first million-dollar player after United States defender Naomi Girma moved from San Diego Wave to Chelsea.
U.S. women's national team defender Naomi Girma is the first million-dollar transfer in women's soccer history. San Diego Wave FC and Chelsea FC announced their deal on Sunday as Girma is now part of the London giants,
Former National Women’s Soccer League Rookie of the Year and Olympian Jenna Nighswonger has joined Arsenal. Nighswonger has played for Gotham FC since the 2023 season.