Birmingham Metropolis have accomplished the signing of American goalkeeper Adrianna Franch on a short-term deal which can run till the tip of the season.
WSL Full-Time had been knowledgeable of the information through an official membership press launch from the Blues this night.
The 34-year-old joins Birmingham Metropolis off the again of a powerful profession within the Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League (NWSL). Franch has turned out for Western New York Flash, Portland Thorns and Kansas Metropolis Present on the prime degree of the American sport. The keeper has received silverware with every of these golf equipment.
On the worldwide stage, Franch has been capped by the US on 10 events. She was a member of the squad which received the FIFA Girls’s World Cup France 2019 whereas she additionally claimed an Olympic Bronze the next yr.
After becoming a member of Birmingham Metropolis, Franch mentioned “‘I’m super-excited to be right here. The chance introduced itself and culturally getting a unique expertise, you proceed to study.
“Being part of a crew that desires to maneuver ahead and be ambassadors within the girls’s sport [is great] and hopefully, I could be a part of one thing particular.”
It’s unclear whether or not Franch will probably be accessible for choice for Sunday’s Barclays Girls’s Championship fixture towards Southampton.