The Washington Spirit have re-signed midfielder Marissa Sheva to a one-year contract for the 2023 season, the team announced yesterday.
A Penn State alumna, Sheva played briefly for Utah Royals FC and Spain’s Deportivo Alavés Gloriosas in 2020, before signing with the Spirit as a COVID-19 replacement player in June 2022. The Spirit were clearly impressed with Sheva’s performance: they brought her back repeatedly on short-term replacement deals and finally added her to the active roster in August.
Sheva played in 8 games for the Spirit in 2022 and started all 3 games in which players were absent for national team duty.