Ali Krieger feels 'happy' and 'free' after splitting from Ashlyn Harris
Ali Krieger do not let her be separated from Ashlyn Harris prevent her from having a positive New Year.
“I have never felt happier or freer, so I am looking forward to the future,” said the former American women's soccer player (39). E! News in an interview published on Wednesday, January 17. “I'm excited for a new chapter. … I am excited to discover new passions.”
Part of Krieger's new chapter includes spending “more time” with her and Harris' children, daughter Sloane, 2, and son Ocean, 17 months. She told the outlet that she hopes to “meet up at the playground and go to brunches and birthday parties” with other families.
When it comes to co-parenting with her ex, Krieger revealed that it's been “so good so far.”
Ashlyn Harris and Ali Krieger went from teammates to spouses — to exes. The athletes got engaged in September 2018, eight years after they met while playing for the U.S. women's national soccer team. Harris and Krieger waited until March 2019 to make their relationship – and engagement – public. […]
We weekly confirmed in October 2023 that Harris, 38, had filed for divorce from Krieger the month before after nearly four years of marriage. The two met while playing for the U.S. women's national soccer team and married in December 2019. They adopted Sloane almost two years later, followed by Ocean in August 2022.
From 2024 as a single mother, Krieger says E! News she hopes that she can “continue to heal and continue to have a deeper relationship with myself and discover myself a little deeper on that kind of level,” adding, “I haven't had that much time alone for myself.”
Not long after their uncoupling, news broke that Harris had started seeing an actress Sophia Bush after her respective divorce from her estranged husband Grant Hughes. This is evident from court documents obtained by Us in August 2023, the One Tree Hill alum, 41, and Hughes split 16 days after celebrating their first wedding anniversary on June 11, 2023.
Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris.
Roy Rochlin/Getty ImagesAt the time, Krieger seemingly responded to Harris' new romance by saying one Instagram photo of herself with her children. “My happy place,” she captioned the post.
In another Instagram post, Krieger wrote that in her “Beyonce lemonade era,” as she shared photos of herself playing soccer. Krieger did not explicitly accuse Harris of cheating, although Beyoncé, 42, wrote to her in 2016 Lemonade album to her husband, Jay Zbecame involved in a fraud scandal.
Some famous couples have gone all the way, while others weren't so lucky. 2024 started with a handful of Hollywood duos calling it quits. Fans were shocked when Bachelor couple Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo split after four years of marriage. Us Weekly confirmed on January 2 that the chiropractor had filed for divorce […]
Harris, for her part, denied rumors that she had been unfaithful for a long time Instagram rack. “A few weeks ago, a process that had been going on privately for some time became public. Ending a relationship after nearly thirteen years of friendship, teamwork, marriage and co-parenting (many of which were good years) is a decision not made lightly,” she wrote in November 2023. “We agreed to put our children first to continue therapy. , divorce and move on with our lives.”
Harris added: “Two happy families are always better than one unhappy family. This process is never easy, but we got through it.”