Boston Legacy FC has signed its first participant in membership historical past, midfielder Annie Karich on a free switch from Germany’s SC Freiburg.
“Annie is a midfielder that brings a novel mix of technical high quality and tactical consciousness,” Boston Legacy FC common supervisor Domè Guasch stated in an announcement.
“In her time at SC Freiburg, she has additionally proved her competitiveness and maturity on the sector. Annie has the potential to make an actual impression in our workforce. We’re trying ahead to supporting her growth inside our surroundings.”
The membership stated that Karich will go on mortgage to an undisclosed Liga MX Femenil membership for the rest of 2025 earlier than becoming a member of Boston for preseason in January. Karich is signed by means of the top of the 2027 season, with a membership choice to renew for 2028.
Boston will start taking part in within the NWSL subsequent yr as an enlargement workforce, kicking off alongside a brand new workforce in Denver to convey the league to 16 groups.
Karich made 36 appearances at Freiburg since signing with the Frauen-Bundesliga workforce in November 2023.
Karich, 21, turned skilled after two years at Santa Clara College.
The California native has represented the USA at numerous youth nationwide workforce ranges.
“I need to develop by growing my general sport as a participant and by studying tips on how to adapt once more into a brand new metropolis, new workforce, and all the pieces, and I am actually excited to try this right here in Boston,” Karich stated in an announcement.
Guasch stated in an announcement that Boston’s strategy is about discovering expertise as they construct a roster: “Who has the potential to develop into that subsequent prime participant? Then recruit that participant and have a head coach that we belief can develop these gamers.”
Filipa Patão was not too long ago employed as Boston’s first head coach. She advised ESPN that she expects her gamers to be aggressive and play with ardour.
“If you’re a superb participant, you are able to do all the pieces. As a result of we have to be versatile,” Patão stated. “I wish to be chameleonic. I’ve plenty of colours. It is advisable have the sort of capability to vary a little bit bit when it’s essential to win. It is not an issue, as a result of [having an] identification is the perfect software to win. That is my identification.”
Boston and Denver are the primary NWSL enlargement groups in historical past that should construct their rosters with out participant drafts.
The NWSL granted them further cash for salaries and the switch market to assist with roster building.
They and different NWSL groups can even mortgage gamers throughout the league, which is a brand new growth.
The NWSL’s summer time switch window, together with official free company, opened on Tuesday.