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Sam Coffey joins Man City Women's team

Manchester City Women’s team have finally secured their long-sought-after new signing, Sam Coffey, after months of courting her.

She is Andrée Jeglertz’s first new addition of the January transfer window.

The American midfielder joins Man City Women on a three-and-a-half year contract after having been with National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) outfit, Portland Thorns, for the best part of four years.

Officially arriving at the Joie Stadium and wider Etihad Campus this week, she will wear the 17 shirt.

Already a well-established US international, the 27-year-old helped her now former team to the playoff semi-finals as club captain last term and has featured in the NWSL’s team of the season for the last four campaigns running.

The club went after her this past summer but was ultimately unable to get an agreement over the line.

Sam Coffey came through the youth academy ranks in New York, going on to play her college football in Boston and then at Penn State before making her full senior debut for the Thorns back in 2022.

Fast coming on 50 caps for her country and having won Olympic Gold and a SheBelieves Cup in 2024, she pulls on the sky blue of Jeglertz’s current league-leading side, having already won silverware.

Man City never hesitate when it comes to bringing in top talents to further increase their title chances, and an acquisition like this could help them stay the course towards their first-ever Women’s Super League (WSL) trophy.

Commenting in an official club statement, Coffey said: “It’s a club with so much history, so much success, so much influence in the city. Manchester is not somewhere I’ve been before, but there’s something about it that I felt I was led to and called to.

You can find her first full interview as a City women’s player down below.

She goes on to add: “I think it’s also a place that has just proven its investment in women’s soccer and being a part of this movement that is going on.

“Seeing the facilities, the support the team gets, and all the efforts they’re putting in for the women’s side is such a huge and positive side and something I’m honoured to be a part of.”

City face Bournemouth next in the Women’s FA Cup on Sunday, 18 January, before facing fellow title contenders and serial domestic winners Chelsea in the League Cup next week; it remains to be seen when her first appearance will come.

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Featured Images — Hameltion (via Wikimedia Commons)/Manchester City Women’s Football Club

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