Midfielder Jaedyn Shaw has been traded from the North Carolina Courage to Gotham FC for a National Women’s Soccer League-record $1.25 million in intraleague transfer funds.

The previous record was the $600,000 that the Utah Royals received from the Kansas City Current for Ally Sentnor last month.

Gotham said Thursday that the team is working toward an “updated and extended contract” with Shaw.

“Jaedyn is one of the world’s top talents who already has great NWSL and international experience,” Gotham general manager Yael Averbuch West said in a statement released by the team. “We look forward to having her in our team environment and can’t wait to see her impact on our club both now and into the future.”

Shaw, who was on the U.S. team roster for the Paris Olympics, joins a star-studded G

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