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Late last week we were sitting on the news that Maria Sánchez had requested a trade less than a month into the first season of her multi-year contract with the Houston Dash. The wish was granted at the stroke of the National Women’s Soccer League closing its transfer window when the Dash shipped the Mexican star to the San Diego Wave. The trade was part of a flurry of moves that impacted six of the league’s 14 teams.
In the interim, Sánchez acknowledged she had requested a trade a few weeks prior. This week she steps from a team in the throws of yet another roster retooling and into one that is struggling but has set new standards in its first two-plus years in the NWSL. The move was not without significant investment for the Wave. They sent $500,000 in total money to the Dash and are now on the hook for the rest of Sánchez’s 7-figure contract.
Whether she will help revive the club’s sputtering attack is up for debate. In Houston, she was parked as a left wingback and…
