On August 2, Beijing time, Louisville Athletic Club came with heavy news in the US Women's National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), successfully winning the franchise of Chinese women's soccer star Wang Frost from Lyon Monarchs. This signals that Wang Frost will most likely start her third overseas journey. For the Chinese women's soccer team, which already has a number of international players going overseas, Wang Frost's path to stay in the world has attracted a lot of attention.
Louisville Athletic Club's desire for Wang Frost is evident. Screenshots from the web show that the club's official website has profiled her thoroughly, with a special section on the English pronunciation of her name.
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Wang Frost may join a U.S. team
Louisville Athletic FC has successfully locked up Wang Frost through a deal involving $30,000 in funds and a 2023 NWSL draft pick, the club officially stated. Although Wang Frost had expressed her desire to join the English Premier League women's soccer team, Louisville Athletic currently has a strong interest in her. The introduction and welcoming attitude of Wang Frost on the club's official website has certainly cleared the way for her to join the club.
Although Wang Frost herself has yet to take a stand, her Paris Saint-Germain teammate, Danish international Nadim, who currently plays for Louisville Athletic, has already taken to social media to welcome the move. Nadim said, "It's time to reunite with Wang Frost again and our handshake celebration will be back in action!"
Wang Frost has stayed abroad twice, playing for Chungbuk Sports in South Korea and Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1. In July 2019, she terminated her contract with Paris Saint-Germain and returned to Wuhan Women's Football Club.
Former teammate Danish international Nadim has been "catching up" with Wang Shuang through social media.
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China's women's soccer team expands to stay in the ocean
For the Chinese women's soccer team preparing for next year's World Cup, Wang Frost's stay is undoubtedly a good news. At present, Tang Jiali has been confirmed to join the La Liga Madrid cff, Zhang Linyan has also been confirmed to join the Swiss Grasshopper. Shen Menglu joined Scottish Celtic FC, and Shen Mengyu "division"; Yang Shuhui in the French Ligue 1, Tu Linli in the Icelandic sub-league, is with the national team in the United States training. In addition, just graduated from Florida State University, Zhao Yujie is also looking for opportunities to stay in the ocean.
This year's Women's Euro Cup and the East Asia Cup matches between the Chinese women's soccer team and the national teams of Japan and South Korea have shown the development trend of modern women's soccer: faster pace and higher intensity. Chinese women's soccer is striving to improve its strength, and more and more players are embarking on the road of staying abroad and integrating into the world women's soccer stage. Coach Shui Qingxia has praised the remarkable progress made by overseas players in terms of physical confrontation and self-confidence.
On the road to stay in the ocean, Chinese women's soccer is taking greater steps than the Chinese men's soccer.
