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SEATTLE — After making 2 enormous wins in a row, the Reign topped off a hectic summertime transfer window with the acquisition of Swedish global protector Hanna Glas from the Kansas City Current. With sights set on the playoffs, the current outcomes and the addition of Glas have Seattle’s opportunities looking much better than ever.

To obtain the protector, who is just under agreement through completion of the 2024 season, Seattle sent out $10,000 in intra-league transfer funds to Kansas City, plus an extra $10,000 in intra-league transfer funds if particular performance-based rewards are attained.

Glas at first signed with Kansas City before the 2023 season however invested the year recuperating from an ACL injury. The protector rose from the season-ending injury list this July and played 2 matches for the Current. In her launching throughout the Summer Cup, she rapidly gotten in touch with Debinha to make her very first help though it did not count towards regular-season numbers.

Prior to the NWSL, Glas starred in Europe with Bayern Munich from 2020-22 and Paris Saint-Germain the 2 seasons prior. The protector even taped a help and scored the game-winning objective for Bayern throughout the very first leg of their 2021 UEFA Champions League semifinal. 

Internationally, the brand-new finalizing boasts a wealth of experience, having actually made her very first senior group cap in 2017 she assisted Sweden surface 3rd at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup and with a silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics.

“Hanna’s been someone that I’ve tracked for a long time,” head coach Laura Harvey informed The Equalizer before practice on Tuesday. “I think her international pedigree speaks for itself. Obviously, been unlucky with injury. And then I know this year she’s been healthy and fully fit, and just been unlucky with the two people that have been in really good form for Kansas.”