United States midfielder Korbin Albert has agreed to phrases to affix eight-time European champions OL Lyonnes on a free switch, a supply with information of the deal confirmed to ESPN.
Albert will be a part of Lyonnes following two and a half seasons at French rival Paris Saint-Germain.
The 21-year-old was a part of the USWNT’s Olympic gold medal-winning group final yr. She scored within the group stage and began within the 1-0 win over Brazil within the remaining.
Albert has 25 caps for the USWNT. She is with the USWNT U23 group within the present window, alongside fellow gamers with senior-team expertise like Jaedyn Shaw.
Off the sphere, Albert got here into the highlight in March 2024 when social media posts of her purportedly supporting anti-LGBTQA+ content material, and a remark that made gentle of former USWNT winger Megan Rapinoe’s torn Achilles, surfaced on-line. Albert apologized in an announcement on social media.
“I’ve sat down together with her, I’ve had a number of conversations together with her in and round this stuff to guarantee that self-development piece is there,” USWNT coach Emma Hayes stated in November.
Albert will be a part of fellow American midfielder and USWNT captain Lindsey Heaps at Lyonnes, who on Monday introduced Jonatan Giráldez as its new head coach.
Joe Montemurro simply departed after just one yr because the Lyonnes head coach to take over the identical position with the Australian girls’s nationwide group.
Giráldez left the Washington Spirit after lower than a yr to affix Lyonnes, who shares Michele Kang as an proprietor.
French outlet Le Parisien was the primary to report Albert’s transfer to Lyon.
Lyonnes, whose girls’s group was lately rebranded from Olympique Lyonnais, has received 18 of the final 19 French league titles. They’re eight-time champions of Europe — a file — however have not received since 2022.
