DENISE O’SULLIVAN HAS committed her future to North Carolina Courage by penning a multi-year contract extension with the back-to-back NWSL champions.
NC Courage announced the news in a statement this afternoon, adding that “per club policy, no further details of the transaction were disclosed.”
After her move from Houston Dash in 2017, the 25-year-old midfielder helped NC Courage to be crowned NWSL champions the following year. They repeated that achievement last month by retaining their crown with a 4-0 victory over Chicago Red Stars.
In both of their championship-winning seasons, NC Courage — whose squad includes 2019 World Cup winners Abby Dahlkemper, Crystal Dunn, Sam Mewis and Jessica McDonald, as well as Brazil star Debinha — selected O’Sullivan as their MVP.
“She is one of the first names on the team sheet every week,” NC Courage head coach Paul Riley said of O’Sullivan. “She is a massive influencer in the way we play. She allows our creative and impact players to show their talents.
“She has a genius soccer IQ that makes her a brilliant reader and manipulator of the game. She is a tremendous footballer and passer of the ball and she breaks up the opponent’s playmaking ability with an intuitive reading of the game.
“Her development and growth have been accelerated by her determination to succeed on the highest stage and she is a fabulous signing for our club. She is the spine, the engine and the consistency that’s made the Courage a tough team to play against.”
O’Sullivan won her 74th senior cap for Ireland in last week’s draw with Greece in the Euro 2021 qualifiers. She was also recently named PFAI Women’s Senior International Player of the Year.
The Corkwoman is lining out as a guest player for Australian side Western Sydney Wanderers during the NWSL’s off-season.
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