NJ/NY Gotham FC received defender Ali Krieger and goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris from the Orlando Pride in exchange for a 2022 NWSL Draft first-spherical selection, a 2023 NWSL Draft natural 0.33-round choose and $50,000 in Allocation Money.
“We have splendid gratitude for Ashlyn and Ali, gamers who've been so ingrained in our club and community, so this changed into a very hard decision,” Pride General Manager Ian Fleming stated in a membership press launch.
“However, we believe this could be in the lengthy-time period pleasant hobby of Ashlyn, Ali, and the Pride. We wish them nothing but the first-class of their new possibility with Gotham FC. Each decision we make isn't always completed in a vacuum, and with these received assets we are able to keep to work tough to broaden our roster to satisfactory role this membership for success and bring a championship to Orlando.”
Harris leaves the Pride as the Club’s all-time look leader, recording 89 games across all competitions throughout her six-yr tenure. She was selected because the No. 2 select within the 2015 NWSL Expansion Draft, status as one of the business enterprise’s first gamers.
She also served as crew captain during the 2017 season.
Krieger first joined the Pride in 2017, recording 86 total appearances since signing. She served as the crew’s co-captain since 2019, incomes NWSL Team of the Month honors 4 times and NWSL’s Best XI in both 2017 and 2019.
“On behalf of the club and the Orlando network, we need to thank Ashlyn and Ali for his or her willpower and leadership on the Pride over the last six years,” Orlando Pride Owner and Chairman Mark Wilf stated inside the press release.
“They each have been amazing ambassadors for our enterprise as well as extremely good players. We want them the satisfactory of success in this subsequent bankruptcy of their careers. As we move ahead, we remain very constructive about the destiny as we build the Pride towards lengthy-term fulfillment on the sphere.”
