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There’s no denying the belief in Ally Sentnor that every coach and sporting director has shown her over the last few years.
From the University of North Carolina to every draft war room across the National Women’s Soccer League, from the Utah Royals brain trust to U.S. women’s national team head coach Emma Hayes, everyone believes that Sentnor has the goods.
The trouble is that she has been stuck on a cellar-dwelling roster of a recent expansion team that forces her to be everything the rest of the squad can’t be. Not an easy thing.
That ended on Friday, when The Athletic reported Sentnor would be transferred to the Kansas City Current. Jeff Kassouf followed up in ESPN with details of the record-breaking $600,000 intra-league transfer fee (plus a 20% sell-on fee) the Royals would receive.
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