{"id":59107,"date":"2025-01-07T10:48:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T10:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59107"},"modified":"2025-01-07T10:48:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T10:48:56","slug":"super-falcons-midfielder-deborah-abiodun-joins-washington-spirit-in-nwsl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/07\/super-falcons-midfielder-deborah-abiodun-joins-washington-spirit-in-nwsl\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Falcons Midfielder Deborah Abiodun Joins Washington Spirit in NWSL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian international Deborah Abiodun has completed a transfer to Washington Spirit of the National Women\u2019s Soccer League (NWSL).<\/p>\n<p>The Super Falcons midfielder, who represented Nigeria at the 2023 FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup and is set for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, joins the American club in a significant move.<\/p>\n<p>Abiodun\u2019s arrival at Washington Spirit marks a major milestone in her career and adds to the growing presence of Nigerian players in the NWSL.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder will aim to make an immediate impact, bringing her international experience to a top-tier team like Washington Spirit, who are seeking to strengthen their squad for league success.<\/p>\n<p>This transfer highlights the rising profile of Nigerian women\u2019s football and serves as an inspiration for other Nigerian players to explore international opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke Nigerian international Deborah Abiodun has completed a transfer to Washington Spirit of the National Women\u2019s Soccer League (NWSL). The Super Falcons midfielder, who represented Nigeria at the 2023 FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup and is set for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, joins the American club in a significant move. Abiodun\u2019s arrival [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":59108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59109,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59107\/revisions\/59109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}