Girma, USWNT and Chelsea

USWNT star Naomi Girma nearing move to Chelsea for world-record $1.1 million fee
Girma was named U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year for 2023. She also won the federation's Young Player of the Year award in 2020. Girma was captain of the Stanford team that w
Chelsea set to smash world transfer record on USWNT star Girma
The deal would give Chelsea two of the very best center backs on the planet with Girma and Millie Bright, sending the USWNT back to the former home of her national team coach Emma Hayes.
Chelsea splash the cash, reportedly acquire USWNT star Naomi Girma in record transfer: What it all means
Naomi Girma is reportedly on the move. With its eyes on securing the club's first UEFA Women's Champions League title, Chelsea Women broke the women's football transfer fee record to obtain her services in the backline.
USWNT's Naomi Girma to set women's soccer transfer record with Chelsea move
U.S. Women's National Team star Naomi Girma is set to break the all-time women's transfer record. The 24-year-old defender, who spent three seasons with the NWSL's San Diego Wave, is expected join English team Chelsea this week for a reported fee of $1.
Chelsea closing in on Naomi Girma eye-popping $1M transfer deal
Chelsea FC is on the verge of completing a groundbreaking transfer for San Diego Wave center-back and USWNT star Naomi Girma, sources told ESPN. The deal, set to surpass $1 million, would make Girma the first player in women’s football history to meet a seven-figure transfer fee, per ESPN’s Tom Hamilton and Emily Keogh.
Naomi Girma joins Chelsea as women’s game’s first million dollar transfer
In 1979, Trevor Frances became the first English footballer to command a £1 million transfer fee when he moved from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest. 46 years later Naomi Girma is set to make the first million-dollar transfer in women’s soccer history.
First $1m women’s footballer – what Naomi Girma move to Chelsea means for the game
WSL champions’ capture of much-vaunted US defender represents statement of intent as London club try to topple Barcelona’s supremacy
San Diego Wave defender Naomi Girma linked to potential Chelsea move
Naomi Girma, who currently plays for the San Diego Wave of the National Women's Soccer League, is being pursued by several European clubs, with Chelsea reportedly leading the race to sign the star defender.
Naomi Girma, San Jose’s Olympic gold medalist, breaks world record with Chelsea move
Girma grew up in San Jose and attended Pioneer high school before becoming a standout at Stanford. She was the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NWSL draft, and has won the league’s defender of the year award in each of her first two seasons.
Report: Naomi Girma to Join Chelsea, Become 1st Woman to Earn $1M+ Transfer Fee
Chelsea have reportedly agreed to pay the San Diego Wave a record-setting $1.1 million transfer fee for USWNT star defender Naomi Girma, per Meg Linehan
Chelsea and San Diego finalizing record $1.1 million transfer for Naomi Girma: Sources
Chelsea Women have agreed to terms with the San Diego Wave for the transfer of U.S. women’s national team defender Naomi Girma for a record $1.1 million fee, according to sources briefed on the negotiations.
Girma deal marks women’s soccer’s first $1 million transfer. Plus, recent NWSL moves we like
And now Chelsea Women are putting down a record-breaking investment to bring Girma to their team: a $1.1 million transfer fee ...
Source: Wave agree in principle to trade star defender Naomi Girma to English team
Naomi Girma can command a salary that is exponentially larger than what she was making in the National Women’s Soccer League ...
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Emma Hayes verdict speaks volumes as Naomi Girma to break $1 million transfer barrier
USWNT head coach Emma Hayes's eye-opening verdict on NWSL star Naomi Girma will b music to the ears of Chelsea fans ahead of ...
USWNT defender Naomi Girma as $1m transfer pioneer should surprise nobody
Now, one of the best defenders in the world has found a unique way to make her case, with Naomi Girma set to make the first ...