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Ashleigh Sykes Announces Retirement

Ashleigh Sykes is retiring from professional soccer and will not join the Thorns for the 2018 NWSL season, per an announcement from her Australian club Canberra United.

THANKS, ASH |
Canberra United can today announce that decorated forward @ashsykes91 will retire from Professional football after 10 @WLeague seasons.
More: https://t.co/Du6mbUUGEk#CUinGreen pic.twitter.com/C1AO74ceoY— Canberra United (@CanberraUnited) February 15, 2018

Sykes has played in every one of the 10 years of the W-League’s existence, coming on as a substitute in the very first Grand Final as a 16 year old.