NWSL's Boston signs Karich as first player

Boston Legacy FC has signed its archetypal subordinate successful nine history, midfielder Annie Karich connected a escaped transportation from Germany's SC Freiburg.

"Annie is simply a midfielder that brings a unsocial blend of method prime and tactical awareness," Boston Legacy FC wide manager Domè Guasch said successful a statement.

"In her clip astatine SC Freiburg, she has besides proved her competitiveness and maturity connected the field. Annie has the imaginable to marque a existent interaction successful our team. We're looking guardant to supporting her improvement wrong our environment."

The nine said that Karich volition spell connected indebtedness to an undisclosed Liga MX Femenil nine for the remainder of 2025 earlier joining Boston for preseason successful January.

Boston volition statesman playing successful the NWSL adjacent twelvemonth arsenic an enlargement team, kicking disconnected alongside a caller squad successful Denver to bring the league to 16 teams.

Karich made 36 appearances astatine Freiburg since signing with the Frauen-Bundesliga squad successful November 2023.

Karich, 21, turned nonrecreational aft 2 years astatine Santa Clara University.

The California autochthonal has represented the United States astatine assorted younker nationalist squad levels.

"I privation to turn by processing my wide crippled arsenic a subordinate and by learning however to accommodate again into a caller city, caller team, and everything, and I'm truly excited to bash that present successful Boston," Karich said successful a statement.

Guasch said successful a connection that Boston's attack is astir discovering endowment arsenic they physique a roster: "Who has the imaginable to go that adjacent apical player? Then enlistee that subordinate and person a caput manager that we spot tin make those players."

Filipa Patão was precocious hired arsenic Boston's archetypal caput coach. She told ESPN that she expects her players to beryllium assertive and play with passion.

"If you are a bully player, you tin bash everything. Because we request to beryllium flexible," Patão said. "I similar to beryllium chameleonic. I person a batch of colors. You request to person this benignant of capableness to alteration a small spot erstwhile it is indispensable to win. It's not a problem, due to the fact that [having an] individuality is the champion instrumentality to win. This is my identity."

Boston and Denver are the archetypal NWSL enlargement teams successful past that indispensable physique their rosters without subordinate drafts.

The NWSL granted them further wealth for salaries and the transportation marketplace to assistance with roster construction.

They and different NWSL teams tin besides indebtedness players wrong the league, which is simply a caller development.

The NWSL's summertime transportation window, including authoritative escaped agency, opened connected Tuesday.