Source: USWNT’s Albert leaving PSG for Lyonnes

United States midfielder Korbin Albert has agreed to phrases to sign up for eight-time European champions OL Lyonnes on a loose switch, a supply with wisdom of the deal showed to ESPN.

Albert will sign up for Lyonnes following two and a part seasons at French rival Paris Saint-Germain.

The 21-year-old used to be a part of the USWNT’s Olympic gold medal-winning group closing 12 months. She scored within the crew level and began within the 1-0 win over Brazil within the ultimate.

Albert has 25 caps for the USWNT. She is with the USWNT U23 group within the present window, along fellow gamers with senior-team enjoy like Jaedyn Shaw.

Off the sector, 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 mild of former USWNT winger Megan Rapinoe’s torn Achilles, surfaced on-line. Albert apologized in a commentary on social media.

“I’ve sat down with her, I’ve had several conversations with her in and around these things to make sure that self-development piece is there,” USWNT trainer Emma Hayes mentioned in November.

Albert will sign up for fellow American midfielder and USWNT captain Lindsey Heaps at Lyonnes, who on Monday introduced Jonatan Giráldez as its new head trainer.

Joe Montemurro simply departed after just one 12 months because the Lyonnes head trainer to take over the similar function with the Australian girls’s nationwide group.

Giráldez left the Washington Spirit after lower than a 12 months to sign up for Lyonnes, who stocks Michele Kang as an proprietor.

French outlet Le Parisien used to be the primary to record Albert’s transfer to Lyon.

Lyonnes, whose girls’s group used to be not too long ago rebranded from Olympique Lyonnais, has received 18 of the closing 19 French league titles. They are eight-time champions of Europe — a report — however have not received since 2022.