Former U.S. women’s national team goalie Ashlyn Harris and defender Ali Krieger are getting divorced and things are getting ugly as all divorces tend to be and this is no exception,
Harris has broken her silence on her ongoing divorce from Ali Krieger, denying rumors that she had been unfaithful.
The athlete posted a statement about their breakup.
“Someday my kids are going to be able to read the hate that strangers on the internet wrote, all because those strangers had an unsolicited opinion on my health and happiness? What are we doing here?” Harris posted.
“People have run with a narrative that’s unbearably painful. Not all marriages last forever. Ours did not. For many reasons. And while I understand that the false narratives about why might feel juicer or make a better headline, they are simply not true. Let me be clear: I did not step out on my marriage. I was always faithful in my marriage, if not always totally happy. Like in many partnerships, there was work and therapy, and processing done. None of this happened on a whim.”
Harris added that she and her now ex-wife are making their way through this.
“Several weeks ago, a process that had been ongoing privately for some time became public. Ending a relationship after almost 13 years of friendship, teammate-ship, marriage, and co-parenting (many of them good years) is a decision that was not made lightly,” Harris wrote.
“We agreed to center our children, continue therapy, separate, and to move forward with our lives. Two happy families are always better than one unhappy one. This process is never easy, but we were making our way through.”
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Harris shared that trolls on social media have encouraged her to “commit suicide” and even written “cruel words” about her children.
It was confirmed in September that Harris filed for divorce from Krieger after four years of marriage. Harris and Krieger met in 2010 while both playing for the USWNT, getting married in December 2019. They share daughter Sloane, 2, and son Ocean, 14 months.
After Harris filed for divorce, rumors surfaced that she started dating actress Sophia Bush. Harris has not confirmed if she is seeing the One Tree Hill alum.
Neither Harris nor Krieger publicly addressed their breakup immediately after Harris filed for divorce. They had planned to keep the split under wraps until the conclusion of Krieger’s soccer season.
However, the news was leaked beforehand, which she called “a betrayal of our deepest confidence.”
