NWSL standout Madison Hammond signed a two-year extension contract through the 2025 season with Angel City FC, the club confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.
Hammond, a restricted free agent, told ESPN that discussions on extending her contract started during the back half of the 2023 season.
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“I had this opportunity to actually think about what I want in the next two years, and not only as a soccer player, but what I can get from off the field and what I can do with my life as a 26-year-old,” Hammond says.
“It allowed me to be like, ‘Where would I want to live? What would I want to do?’ And I feel like that’s something that a lot of female athletes and a lot of generations of female athletes have never had the opportunity to do.”
Ahead of the 2020 Challenge Cup, Hammond joined the OL Reign as a non-roster invitee.
Soon after, she signed a contract with the club and made her pro debut in the 2020 Fall Series.
Hammond, of Black, Navajo and San Felipe Pueblo descent, became the first-ever Native American to play in the NWSL.
During the 2023 season, the 26-year-old played 1,285 minutes over 20 games with 14 starts.
