By Mark Gray
4:32pm PST, Jan 24, 2024
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Ali Krieger was at one of her final practices before she retired from professional soccer when another major part of her life came to an end. While passing, shooting and generally honing her skills on the field in October 2023, Ali learned that her wife of four years and former teammate, Ashlyn Harris, had filed for divorce.
"I will never forget that moment," the soccer star told SELF magazine. "I found out at training. I was on the field. And I came off the field, in the locker room, and I was obviously devastated."
Keep clicking to see how Ali reacted to the personal news and how her teammates responded…
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Ali Krieger wasn't alone amid the divorce news: Her Gotham FC teammates "just showed up" and kept her company "until 2 a.m."
"My entire team came over for a dance party the night the news broke," she told SELF. "Then my teammates just started walking through the door. All of them. At different times."
Her teammates, the soccer star said, "didn't even think twice" about coming over.
"And that's something that I will never forget, and they will never understand how grateful [I am]."
"I'm so appreciative," she added.
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Ali Krieger married fellow U.S. Women's National Team soccer star Ashlyn Harris in 2019.
They share two children: 2-year-old daughter Sloane and 1-year-old son Ocean, who were both adopted.
According to reports, Ashlyn quickly moved on with actress Sophia Bush.
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While Ashlyn Harris is off the market, Ali Krieger isn't looking for a partner right now.
"I never thought I would ever have to be in this position," the former Olympian told SELF. "But I'm focusing on me and the kids now, and just moving forward—how can I continue to set them up for success and make sure they are in a space where they're continuing to grow and process everything as well?"
"And so I think 2024 is going to be just me continuing to put myself first, and work on myself so that I am a complete Ali — so that I don't carry all of this past trauma into that next relationship. I'm so ready for the new year, and just propelling myself forward into that. And then I'll be open, really fully open, to what's next," she said.
