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Jeff KassoufAug 1, 2025, 03:44 PM ET
- Jeff Kassouf covers women's shot for ESPN, focusing connected the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, helium founded The Equalizer, a women's shot quality outlet, and helium antecedently won a Sports Emmy astatine NBC Sports and Olympics.
United States women's nationalist squad guardant Ally Sentnor has joined the NWSL-leading Kansas City Current from the Utah Royals, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Utah volition person $600,000 successful transportation funds successful return, mounting a caller intra-league grounds for an NWSL transfer, according to aggregate sources acquainted with the deal. There is besides a 20% sell-on clause for the Royals, a root confirmed to ESPN.
The Royals volition not person immoderate players successful return, according to aggregate sources.
Kansas City volition wage Utah implicit aggregate years to dispersed retired each team's deed connected the NWSL's nett transportation threshold, a root confirmed to ESPN.
Utah entertained commercialized conversations for Sentnor with aggregate NWSL teams this summer, according to 1 source.
The Athletic archetypal reported Sentnor's determination to Kansas City.
Sentnor has 12 goals successful 4 appearances for the USWNT. She was named the 2024 U.S. Young Female Player of the Year.
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The Utah Royals selected Sentnor No. 1 wide successful the 2024 NWSL Draft, which ended up being the last draught earlier the league's caller corporate bargaining statement abolished drafts.
Sentnor has 1 extremity and 1 assistance this play for the last-place Royals. She has started each 13 games for Utah, which has conscionable 1 victory.
Kansas City, already loaded with attacking talent, sits successful archetypal spot successful the NWSL, 8 points wide of the second-place Orlando Pride.
