The San Diego Wave have agreed a deal to signal Colombian defender Daniela Arias from Brazil’s Corinthians, sources informed ESPN.
The Wave pays a switch charge of $150,000 to safe Arias, sources mentioned.
Arias, 30, is a center-back who performed for Colombia on the 2023 World Cup and the 2024 Olympics. She helped Corinthians win the Copa Libertadores, the Brazilian league and Supercopa in 2024.
Arias will be a part of a San Diego group that misplaced a number of star gamers in current months, together with the $1.1 million world-record switch of United States center-back Naomi Girma to Chelsea.
New Wave head coach Jonas Eidevall, who resigned from his publish as Arsenal supervisor final fall, opened the brand new NWSL season with a number of new gamers, together with French midfielder Kenza Dali and U.S.-born German youth worldwide Gia Corley.
Corley scored within the Wave’s 1-1 draw with Angel City FC on Sunday to open the common season.
The NWSL’s major switch window stays open by means of Monday.
