U.S. women's national team standouts Sam Mewis and Rose Lavelle will return to the NWSL from Manchester City, the league announced Monday.
Mewis, the 2020 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year, will go back to the North Carolina Courage. Lavelle will join OL Reign for the first time since the club acquired her rights from the Washington Spirit for a natural first-round draft pick and $200,000 in allocation money in August.
The World Cup winning-duo joined Manchester City in August 2020. In their first two months with the team, they helped lead the English side to its third FA Cup trophy in the last four seasons with Mewis scoring in the final.