Vilde Bøe Risa (31)'s football career continues at North Carolina Courage.

The 31-year-old has decided where her career will go next after she did not extend her contract with Spanish club Atlético Madrid this summer.

According to BA, the move is now on to the American women's top league, NWSL, and the team North Carolina Courage. Only details remain before the agreement is in place.

The midfielder's new club is from the city of Cary in the US state of North Carolina, and is in 8th place in the league after 14 games played.

The club is coached by Mak Adam Lind, who should know Vilde Bøe Risa well from her time in Swedish football. The Swedish-Lebanese has a long career as a coach for Swedish women's teams. He took over the North Carolina Courage at the beginning of this year.

Vilde Bøe Risa has not responded to BA's inquiries.

Per Boston Legacy FC: On July 9, Boston Legacy FC forward Fauzia Najjemba suffered a rupture of her right rectus femoris tendon during a team training session. Najjemba will be re-evaluated biweekly by Dr. Kelly McInnis of Massachusetts General Brigham during her rehabilitation. Najjemba will be placed on the Season-Ending Injury List and is expected to make a full recovery.

Wynalda, a short-term contract signing from San Diego Wave, is one of the most versatile players in the NWSL right now. So far this season she has played 4 different positions for the Wave: left wing, left back, right wing, right back. And based on her collegiate history, she also has played center forward and midfield. Scoring 23 goals and 17 assists in 81 appearances.

Pretty rare for the NWSL, let alone a rookie! Looking forward to seeing how she finishes the ‘26 season.

Good move for her and the club!

You can read the full article here: https://www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/3421/2026-nwsl-mid-year-award-guesses

Agree? Disagree? Anyone missing from the conversation?

Goalkeeper of The Year: Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham), Sandy MacIver (Washington), Jordan Silkowitz (Bay)

Defender of the Year: Kate Del Fava (Utah), Tara Rudd (Washington), Pearle Morroni (San Diego), Avery Patterson (Houston), Sam Staab (Chicago)

Midfielder of the Year: Olivia Moultrie (Portland), Kenza Dali (San Diego), Claire Hutton (Bay), Jessie Fleming (Portland), Croix Bethune (Kansas City), Riley Jackson (North Carolina)

Rookie of the Year: Jordynn Dudley (Gotham), Kat Rader (Houston), Lia Godfrey (San Diego)

Noooooooo I am so sad for her. It was so wonderful seeing her back out there. Ugh.

ETA: Wave FC posted she is now on SEI.

Utah with the 1-0 win over Pride. Was Narumi's goal a shot? A cross? Doesn't matter, it went in.

Ban knees

Jess Carter had previously been victim of online abuse during the 2025 WEURO. The abuse was so bad she had to step off social media and later admitted it significantly impacted her mental health.

All the love to Jess Carter. ❤️

I think the stock ups (stocks up?) make sense but the downs seem a bit harsh to me

The Orlando Pride and assistant coach Giles Barnes have mutually agreed to part ways, it was announced today. Barnes departs the Club to become the new head coach of Al Qadsiah FC of the Saudi Women’s Premier League.  

At this point last year, there were only 3 teams running positive YOY. We're at 7 now, with Denver/Boston of course having nothing to compare to, and Kansas City hitting Ctrl+V.

Gotham had their highest and lowest games this week. The sacred and the propane.

Great recap of Saturday win from Travis Green at ABC4