This is not the start anybody was hoping for. ☹️
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USWNT's Naomi Girma, women's soccer's first million-dollar player, exited her Chelsea debut in the 59th minute due to an unspecified injury during Sunday's 2-2 draw against Brighton. 😬
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It was not immediately clear how serious the unspecified injury is for the United States defender. 👀
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"We'll need to assess her tomorrow, but it doesn't look too bad, but we will see," Chelsea coach Sonia Bompastor said. 👏
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Girma joined Chelsea from the San Diego Wave FC in January after a record-breaking fee of £900,000 ($1.1 million). That deal surpassed the previous world-record fee of $788,000 that Bay FC paid to sign Zambia striker Racheal Kundananji from Madrid CFF last year. 💪
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"She's learning about the league, the team and her teammates. As you could see, the first game is never easy because it's a competitive league," Bompastor said. "It was good for us to have her start this game, building minutes and being able to play with ...