18-year-old Mallory Pugh is going pro. Despite a full-ride scholarship to UCLA, where she’s only played three spring games so far, she has decided to turn professional.
“UCLA Soccer brought amazing things to my life, and chasing after a national championship with my friends and teammates would've been special, but I could not turn down this opportunity,” Pugh said via UCLA press release.
Pugh’s phrasing makes it sound like there’s at least one offer on the table, a theory sort of confirmed by Grant Wahl, who said Pugh wants to either land with Portland Thorns in NWSL or go to France, where big clubs Lyon and PSG could afford her contract.