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United States women’s national team midfielder Julie Ertz has signed with Angel City FC, multiple sources tell The Equalizer. The Los Angeles-based National Women’s Soccer League club is expected to announce the signing of Ertz in the coming days.
Angel City beat out multiple NWSL clubs to sign Ertz, who returned to competitive play this month for the first time in 19 months by appearing off the bench in a pair of U.S. friendly matches against Ireland.
Ertz last played a competitive match in the NWSL on May 16, 2021, when she played 28 minutes for the Chicago Red Stars before suffering a sprained MCL. She returned to play for the U.S. in the Olympics that summer but did not play again for club or country that year. Chicago traded her rights to Angel City late that year, but Ertz never signed with the team nor played anywhere in 2022. She became a free agent at the end of the 2022 season during the league’s first free-agency period. She gave birth to her first child in August.
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