US midfielders Bethune and Hutton move in pair of blockbuster $1m NWSL trades

• Bethune traded from Spirit to Kansas City for $1m

• Hutton departs Current for Bay FC in $1.1m move

• Moves shake up landscape a month before season

Two of the best young midfielders in US women's soccer were on the move Wednesday in a pair of seven-figure trades, shuffling up the NWSL landscape a month before the season begins.

Croix Bethune, the 2024 rookie and midfielder of the year, was traded from the Washington Spirit to the Kansas City Current for $1m. In a separate move, Kansas City traded Claire Hutton, the 2025 midfielder of the year, to Bay FC in a $1.1m transaction.