Source: Seattle signs Fishel to record NWSL deal

Seattle Reign FC has signed United States women's nationalist squad guardant Mia Fishel done 2029 connected a transfer from Chelsea.

Fishel's declaration runs done the 2029 NWSL play and is worthy astir $2.5 million, a root with cognition of the woody told ESPN, making what is believed to beryllium the astir invaluable cumulative woody successful NWSL history.

Chicago Stars guardant Mallory Swanson held what was antecedently believed to beryllium the largest cumulative woody successful league history, a five-year woody signed successful aboriginal 2024 that was worthy astir $2 million.

Fishel arrived astatine Chelsea successful 2023 from Tigres, wherever she was the league's apical scorer astatine 1 constituent successful her abbreviated clip successful Mexico.

She has 3 caps for the USWNT and scored her lone elder planetary extremity to day successful her 2nd lucifer for the USWNT, successful 2023.

Fishel's clip with the USWNT has been constricted owed to a torn ACL sustained portion grooming with the squad up of the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup. She precocious returned to the tract for Chelsea and spent the past planetary interruption arsenic 1 of the overage players with the USWNT under-23s for a brace of games against Germany's U-23s.

Fishel, 24, grew up successful San Diego. Her accomplishment successful the NWSL comes implicit 3 years aft she decided against joining the league retired of college. She was initially drafted 5th wide successful the 2022 NWSL Draft by the Orlando Pride aft leaving UCLA a twelvemonth early, but she declined to motion with Orlando, choosing alternatively to spell to Tigres.

Orlando had conscionable hired erstwhile UCLA caput manager Amanda Cromwell to beryllium the Pride's caput coach, though Cromwell was suspended aboriginal successful that 2022 NWSL play and yet terminated for alleged retaliation and violations of the league's workplace favoritism policies.