Seattle Reign FC have added Japanese midfielder/defender Rumi Utsugi, the team announced today. Utsugi will arrive in Seattle upon completion of her current contract with French side Montpellier HSC. Her first match, pending the receipt of her International Transfer Certificate (ITC), should be against the Western New York Flash on July 9.
Utsugi, 27, has already amassed quite the international career, representing Japan in the 2007, 2011, and 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup tournaments. She has 87 caps and five goals for Japan, playing every minute of the team's seven World Cup matches in 2015, where she was voted onto the 2015 World Cup All-Star Squad.