SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – AUGUST 01: Jess Fishlock #10 of Seattle Reign FC celebrates with teammates after profitable the NWSL match between Seattle Reign and Angel Metropolis FC at Lumen Subject on August 01, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Photograph by Steph Chambers/NWSL by way of Getty Photographs)
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After a 14-year profession with Seattle Reign FC, captain Jess Fishlock formally introduced her retirement on the finish of the 2026 NWSL season. General, Fishlock has scored 49 targets, which marks the second most in membership historical past and is the ultimate remaining participant from the membership’s unique roster in 2013.
The Heartbeat of the Reign
Within the span of her profession with the identical membership, Fishlock has contributed to Seattle’s success in attaining three NWSL Shields in 2014, 2015, and in 2022. Moreover, she’s additionally appeared in a number of NWSL Championships (2014, 2015, 2023) and earned the 2021 NWSL MP award.
“It’s exhausting to place into phrases what Seattle and this membership imply to me,” stated Fishlock. “That is the place I’ve grown, the place I’ve fought, the place I’ve skilled a number of the finest moments of my profession. We’ve constructed one thing that goes far past soccer, and I’m so proud to have been part of it from day one. I’ll by no means take without any consideration the individuals, the followers and the town which have supported me by way of all of it, and I’m going to provide all the things I’ve on this ultimate season.”
Fishlock is a devoted participant that has put in so many lengthy hours into the celebrity as she can be the participant with the second-most appearances in membership and league historical past with 219 caps. She additionally ranks second in membership historical past and third in league historical past with 205 begins and 17,785 minutes performed.
On the worldwide stage, Fishlock is probably the most adorned participant in Wales historical past, throughout each the lads’s and ladies’s applications with 166 appearances and 48 targets. In 2017, she completed a significant milestone of changing into the primary Welsh participant to achieve 100 caps.
CARDIFF, WALES – OCTOBER 25: Jess Fishlock of Wales is thrown within the air by her teammates as they have a good time her ultimate worldwide sport earlier than retirement after the Ladies’s worldwide pleasant between Wales and Australia at Cardiff Metropolis Stadium on October 25, 2025 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photograph by Dan Istitene/Getty Photographs)
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Fishlock’s Ultimate Moments within the NWSL
Though Fishlock retired from the Welsh staff in 2025, her ultimate moments within the sport might be throughout the NWSL as their common season concludes in November.
“Jess is among the biggest gamers to ever play on this league, however what makes her really particular is who she is each single day,” stated Seattle Reign FC Head Coach Laura Harvey. “She units the usual together with her work ethic, her competitiveness and her love for the sport, however it’s additionally her soccer mind that units her aside. She sees issues others don’t, and that understanding of the sport has been invaluable to this staff for thus a few years. She has carried this membership on her shoulders at occasions and has all the time executed it with satisfaction. Her affect on this staff, this metropolis and the game as an entire is immeasurable.”
Within the 2023 NWSL season, the Reign had its trio of unique (OG) gamers with Megan Rapinoe, Lu Barnes, and Fishlock. Following Rapinoe’s retirement on the finish of the 2023 season, the Reign now deliver their reign of OG gamers to an in depth as Fishlock is the ultimate participant to retire within the span of three years.
The Reign will honor and have a good time Fishlock on Friday, October 2 and her ultimate common season sport is ready for Sunday, November 1 on Choice Day.
