Naomi Girma, ladies’s soccer’s first million-dollar participant, was injured and changed in her Chelsea debut on Sunday.
The United States defender was taken off after 59 minutes of a 2-2 draw in opposition to Brighton and it was not instantly clear how critical the unspecified damage was.
“We’ll must assess her tomorrow, but it surely would not look too unhealthy, however we are going to see,” Chelsea coach Sonia Bompastor mentioned.
The 24-year-old Girma joined Chelsea from the San Diego Wave FC in January for a reported price of £900,000 ($1.1 million). That deal surpassed the earlier world-record price of $788,000 that Bay FC paid to signal Zambia striker Racheal Kundananji from Madrid CFF final yr.
Girma was changed by Nathalie Björn within the Girls’s Tremendous League sport at Brighton’s Broadfield Stadium.
“She’s studying concerning the league, the workforce and her teammates. As you might see, the primary sport isn’t straightforward as a result of it is a aggressive league,” Bompastor mentioned. “It was good for us to have her begin this sport, constructing minutes and with the ability to play with the workforce.”
5-time defending WSL champion Chelsea secured a degree by means of Lauren James‘ equalizer within the 61st minute.
Chelsea led by means of Sandy Baltimore‘s opener within the sixteenth, however Brighton went into half-time up 2-1 after objectives from Marisa Olislagers within the twenty second and Vicky Losada within the forty second.
Chelsea are 5 factors forward of Manchester United on the high of the standings.
