by admin | Jan 17, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Naomi Girma made history Thursday, becoming the first pure defender to be named U.S. Soccer’s Female Player of the Year in the award’s 39-year history, the federation announced. The 23-year-old started all four games for the U.S. women’s national...
by admin | Jul 24, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The curious email slid unannounced into Seble Demissie’s inbox on her final weekend of innocence. She opened it on a Sunday morning in August 2014, with her soccer world still small and her daughter, Naomi Girma, still asleep. “Dear Athlete,” it began....
by admin | Jun 29, 2022 | Pay Equity, SEW
If you drive through a canyon, past a candle shop cloaked in wandering vines, and turn down a dirt road, you enter the Del Mar Polo Fields, training home of the NWSL’s San Diego Wave. It’s also home to the Surf Cup and many other youth cups—and for quite a few of...
by admin | Mar 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW
U.S. women’s national team prospect and top NWSL draft pick Naomi Girma has spoken to GOAL about her experience with the expansion San Diego Wave, training against Alex Morgan and her Ethiopian-American upbringing, among other topics. Girma was selected first...
by admin | Dec 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The National Women’s Soccer League held its 2022 Draft on Saturday, paving the way for a new generation to make an impact on the professional scale. Expansion team San Diego Wave FC earned the number 1 overall pick, drafting Naomi Girma from Stanford University. She...
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