After many twists and turns, Chinese women's soccer star Wang Frost has ushered in a new chapter in her overseas campaign, but not in the English Premier League, which she has been dreaming of. Louisville Athletic Club, the powerhouse of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), officially announced on the 2nd of February that it had successfully signed Wang Frost through a deal involving sister team Lyon Women's Soccer, and that the two sides would reach a working contract.
Wang Feng (1973-), Chinese female astronaut
In an official statement, Louisville Athletics praised Wang Frost as an extremely efficient striker, winner of the 2018 Miss Soccer Asia award, and three-time Best Women's Soccer Player in China. The team's No. 10 player, Danish international Nadia, was thrilled, saying, "Wow! Finally we can reunite with Wang Frost again, and our handshake celebration is coming back!" Nadia and Wang Frost worked together at Paris Saint-Germain and were close, often celebrating goals hand in hand. In addition, Louisville Athletics paid $30,000 and a 2023 NWSL fourth-round draft pick for the transfer.
Since winning the Asian Cup, Wang Frost has been actively preparing for her overseas journey, and in May this year, when she participated in Lu Yu's one-day trip, she revealed that she was eager to go to the English Premier League to play soccer, and the expected time of her stay in the world was July and August. Now, although the time is consistent, but the destination has changed from the English Premier League to the United States NWSL.
The NWSL is reported to have 12 teams, with the regular season ending Oct. 2 and the top six advancing to the playoffs. Louisville Athletics is currently in 11th place. It's worth noting that the team's head coach, Cam Bjorkgren, has a history with women's soccer, having coached the BJC women's soccer team during the 2018-2019 season.
Wang Frost is the vice president of the Hubei Provincial Football Association
Wang Frost's trip is her third time on the road to stay in the ocean.In 2013, she played for the South Korean Chungbuk toto women's football team, helping the team to win the second place in the league.In September 2018, Wang Frost joined the French women's football team of Paris Saint-Germain, making 25 appearances and contributing 8 goals and 10 assists, becoming the core of the team, winning the runner-up spot in the French Ligue 1 with the team and being awarded the title of Miss Football Asia.In July 2019, Wang Frost returned to Wuhan women's football team with the early termination of her contract with Paris Saint-Germain early termination of contract and returned to Wuhan women's soccer.
It is worth mentioning that Chinese player Tang Jiali had a one-year loan to Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League, but after the contract expired, the two sides did not renew the contract, and Tang Jiali announced that she would join the Madrid cff team in the Spanish women's soccer league. Two days ago, the Scottish Premier League Celtic women's soccer team announced that Chinese player Shen Menglu to join, and teammate Shen Mengyu become sisters, the two are not only on the field side by side, private friendship is also very harmonious.
