The Californian’s first opportunity to do so, in a unique player-controlled league set to debut in Dallas, also comes at an interesting time in her Olympic career.
Lowe is playing her first competitive matches in a year amid continuing uncertainty over whether the Tokyo Games will happen this summer after they were postponed because of the pandemic.
“Every practice, I’m thinking about how I’m going to return to form for the national team,” the 28-year-old Lowe said. “I think the coaches, especially at the national team, are looking for me in particular, they’re looking at this league, with high levels of scrutiny because they haven’t seen me play in a year — a year and a half with national team activities.