From the stands of the stadium where her NWSL team will play most of its home matches this season, Sullivan watched as midfielder Drew Skundrich, United’s newest signing and her husband of 17 months, made his MLS debut.
After living on opposite coasts for most of two years, Washington soccer’s power couple reunited this past winter when Skundrich signed with Loudoun United, D.C.’s second-division squad in Leesburg. Before playing a game, though, he earned a contract with the MLS team.
They are the only married couple currently playing for MLS and NWSL teams that represent the same city, but they aren’t the first: Alex Morgan and Servando Carrasco were with the Orlando teams in 2016-17 and Sydney Leroux and Dom Dwyer were together for stints in Kansas City and Orlando .