USWNT's Yohannes completes Lyonnes deal

United States women's nationalist squad midfielder Lily Yohannes has signed a three-year declaration with French powerhouse OL Lyonnes, the nine announced connected Monday.

Lyonnes, the eight-time champions of Europe, had agreed to presumption past week connected a transportation with Ajax for the 18-year-old American, sources told ESPN. Her declaration volition tally done June 30, 2028.

A root told ESPN that the interest is astir €450k ($526k), with Ajax besides receiving a percent successful a aboriginal transfer. Yohannes' declaration with Ajax ran done June 2026.

English champions Chelsea were besides successful the moving to motion Yohannes, sources antecedently told ESPN.

Yohannes has 8 caps for the USWNT. She scored 10 minutes into her debut successful June 2024 arsenic a 17-year-old.

In November, Yohannes declared her decision to correspond the United States internationally. She antecedently had not decided amid involvement from the Netherlands, wherever she was reportedly successful the process of securing Dutch citizenship.

Yohannes was calved successful Virginia and her household moved to the Netherlands erstwhile she was 10. She signed a nonrecreational declaration with Ajax astatine property 15.

In 2023, erstwhile she was 16, Yohannes became the youngest subordinate to ever commencement a UEFA Women's Champions League lucifer erstwhile she started for Ajax successful a 2-0 triumph implicit Paris Saint-Germain.

"She's got unbelievable maturity and coachability, and idiosyncratic who I cognize is going to go an important portion of our program," USWNT caput manager Emma Hayes told reporters successful May.

"But I'm invested successful that development, and we person to beryllium diligent with that considering her tender property and her deficiency of planetary and high-level experience."

ESPN's Emily Keogh contributed to this report.