The Orlando Pride added another star to its vaunted attack, trading a 2019 first-round draft pick to the new Utah Royals for the rights to U.S. women's national team forward Sydney Leroux.
Leroux joins the likes of Alex Morgan and Marta in the Pride's stable of strikers and is reunited with coach Tom Sermanni, who used to manage the U.S. women.
The trade is just the latest acquisition involving major names in NWSL, with Carli Lloyd, Sam Kerr, Christen Press and Janine Beckie all part of a three-team deal involving Sky Blue FC, the Houston Dash and Chicago Red Stars, while U.