US Women’s National Team (USWNT) defender Naomi Girma has become women’s soccer’s first ever million-dollar player, joining English champion Chelsea from San Diego Wave FC.

Chelsea Women completed the signing of U.S. defender Naomi Girma from the San Diego Wave on Sunday.The deal is worth a record-breaking $1.1 million, sources told Meg Linehan of The Athletic, making Girma the first women's soccer player to command a transfer fee in excess of $1 million.

Chelsea FC is on the verge of completing a groundbreaking transfer for San Diego Wave center-back and USWNT star Naomi Girma, sources told ESPN. The deal, set to surpass $1 million, would make Girma the first player in women’s football history to meet a seven-figure transfer fee, per ESPN’s Tom Hamilton and Emily Keogh.

U.S. women's national team defender Naomi Girma is the first million-dollar transfer in women's soccer history. San Diego Wave FC and Chelsea FC announced their deal on Sunday as Girma is now part of the London giants,

Women’s soccer has its first million-dollar player after United States defender Naomi Girma moved from San Diego Wave to Chelsea.

Chelsea have completed the signing of San Diego Wave defender Naomi Girma for a world-record fee. The USA international joins the Women's Super League side in $1m move. The fee is a new record for women's football, beating the previous move that saw Racheal Kundananji move from Madrid CFF to Bay FC.

The deal gives Chelsea two of the very best center backs on the planet with Girma and Millie Bright, sending the USWNT defender to the former home of her national team coach Emma Hayes.

Chelsea have made Naomi Girma the first female million-dollar player, signing the United States defender to a long-term deal for a world-record transfer fee reported by British media to be in the region of 900,

Chelsea have made USWNT defender Naomi Girma the first $1m transfer in women's football, but how did the record-breaking deal come about?