Rapinoe lands in Lyon, while Swedish clubs stock up
by Ryan Wood
The rumor last week about Megan Rapinoe heading across the pond to play for European Champions Olympique Lyonnais became reality this week. The U.S. Women’s National Team midfielder landed in France and has already started training with the reigning French league champions. The same can be said for Japanese international Shinobu Ohno, who recently played for Empress Cup champions INAC Kobe.
“Christen Press och Malin Diaz klara för Tyresö”
So says the headline on Tyresö’s website. The 2012 Damallsvenskan champions signed former Stanford star forward and Mac Hermann winner Christen Press, who played last year with Kopparbergs/Göteborg, and 18-year-old midfielder Malin Diaz from AIK.
Staying in Damallsvenskan … Josefine Öqvist has left Tyresö for Kristianstad … Colombian National Team defender Yoreli Rincon is reportedly headed to LdB Malmö …
Over in Germany
Turbine Potsdam signed Hegerberg sisters, Ada, 17, Andrine, 19, of Norway (they played for Stabaek last year), as well as Norway’s captain Maren Mjelde from Arna Bjornar. Former University of North Carolina midfielder Amber Brooks is indeed off to play in Germany. She left the states Tuesday, heading to play in Bundesliga. The official announcement has not yet come from the team.
Speaking of Norway …
National team player Nora Berge Holstad has moved from Linkoping back to Norway to play for Arna Bjornar. Recently promoted to the Toppserien, Avaldsnes is wasting no time signing players. The most notable so far is Norwegian national team player Cecilie Pedersen. More recently, the club signed Laila Himle, who comes over from Arna Bjornar.
Liverpool continues to stock up
Icelandic international Katrin Omarsdottir is the latest to join Liverpool Ladies. Omarsdottir played last summer in the U.S. for the Orange County Waves in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL). Expect at least one more major international signing for Liverpool.
Ryan Wood
Ryan Wood is the assistant editor of Our Game Magazine. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in writing and communications from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and has written for several major publications. The Boston-based journalist has covered the men’s FA Cup for The Sunday Sun in Northeast England and women’s soccer for The Watford Observer, World Soccer Reader, and GateHouse Media New England, where he currently serves as a sports editor. Ryan is the Communications Director for the Boston Breakers of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). This is his third year with the team. He is also a minority owner of the Spanish men’s football club Real Oviedo.
