Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher signed a one-year contract to return to the Chicago Stars FC for an 11th season in 2026.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

"I feel like I still have more to give and want to be out there competing with my teammates and continue to push this organization forward," Naeher, 37, said. "We made a lot of positive strides to close out last season and I want to build on that."

Naeher is best known for her career with the United States women's national team. A two-time Women's World Cup champion, she won an Olympic gold medal in Paris in 2024 and retired internationally at the end of the year. She had 115 caps, 112 starts and 69 clean sheets in her international career.

She is one of three players -- the only goalkeeper -- who competed in the inaugural season of the N

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