SINEAD FARRELLY — Finding Her Way Back Home (updated; 11/12/23)

Sinead Farrelly last played professional soccer in 2015 for the Portland Thorns. She was traded after the season to the Boston Breakers, but never played for them. A car accident after the season ended resulted in a concussion and other injuries and she felt unable, or unwilling, to do what it would take to make her way back. She officially announced her retirement in the fall of 2016. Nearly six years earlier, she had been the #2 selection, behind Alex Morgan, in the 2011 Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) Draft. But there was, as there often is, more to the narrative, and hers was particularly complex. <a href="https://jonathancoleman64.medium.com/sinead-farrelly-finding-her-way-back-home-fa3118f2233e">Website</a>