Our reignfc are bringing back club original, captain, and defender Lu Barnes to a new one-year contract, bringing back the free agent for her 13th year with the club. Since 2013, Barnes has played in 232 of the club’s 252 regular season matches. Barnes, 35, enters the 2025 season as the league’s all-time leader in games played (232), games started (224) and minutes played (19,795). She was the first player in league history to reach 200 games played. The veteran defender joins teammate Jess Fishlock as the only other active NWSL player to play for the same club every season since the NWSL’s inaugural season in 2013. Photo by _LivLyons #SeattleReignFC #HereForTheCrown #NWSL #LuBarnes #WomensSoccer