Chelsea FC is on the verge of completing a groundbreaking transfer for San Diego Wave center-back and USWNT star Naomi Girma, sources told ESPN. The deal, set to surpass $1 million, would make Girma the first player in women’s football history to meet a seven-figure transfer fee, per ESPN’s Tom Hamilton and Emily Keogh.

US Women’s National Team (USWNT) defender Naomi Girma has become women’s soccer’s first ever million-dollar player, joining English champion Chelsea from San Diego Wave FC.

Women’s soccer has its first million-dollar player after United States defender Naomi Girma moved from San Diego Wave to Chelsea.

After three seasons with San Diego Wave FC, Naomi Girma has made history in the NWSL as the defender has signed with Chelsea FC in the Women’s Super League (WSL) for

Chelsea Women completed the signing of U.S. defender Naomi Girma from the San Diego Wave on Sunday.The deal is worth a record-breaking $1.1 million, sources told Meg Linehan of The Athletic, making Girma the first women's soccer player to command a transfer fee in excess of $1 million.

According to The Athletic, Chelsea FC Women have beaten out Olympique Lyonnais and agreed terms with the San Diego Wave for the transfer of USWNT star defender Naomi Girma, with Chelsea paying the NWSL side a fee of $1.1m. Personal terms are not quite yet finalized with the 24-year-old, but are not expected to be a problem.

U.S. women's national team defender Naomi Girma is the first million-dollar transfer in women's soccer history. San Diego Wave FC and Chelsea FC announced their deal on Sunday as Girma is now part of the London giants,

Chelsea have made Naomi Girma the first female million-dollar player, signing the United States defender to a long-term deal for a world-record transfer fee reported by British media to be in the region of 900,

Chelsea have made USWNT defender Naomi Girma the first $1m transfer in women's football, but how did the record-breaking deal come about?