Macey Fraser and the Wellington Phoenix have mutually agreed to terminate the remainder of her contract with the club.<\/p>\n
The talented midfielder made seven substitute appearances for the Phoenix in their history-making 2025-26 Ninja A-League season after sitting out the opening months of the campaign to address her mental health.<\/p>\n
Fraser, 24, launched her professional career in Wellington during the 2023-24 A-League, scoring three goals and leading the Nix with five assists before making a record transfer to Utah Royals in the National Women\u2019s Soccer League.<\/p>\n
She returned to Wellington on a three-year deal last year.<\/p>\n
The Phoenix have agreed to release Fraser from the remaining two years of her contract to allow both parties to explore other options.<\/p>\n
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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND \u2013 MARCH 14: Macey Fraser of the Phoenix on attack during the round 19 A-League Women match between Wellington Phoenix and Brisbane Roar at Hnry Stadium, on March 14, 2026, in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Director of football Shaun Gill has thanked Fraser for her contribution to the club.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wish Macey all the very best for the next chapter in her life,\u201d Gill said.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast season was very challenging for her but she put a lot of hard work in to get back on the pitch and was an integral member of our women\u2019s squad which reached the club\u2019s first grand final.<\/p>\n
\u201cMacey had several memorable moments in Phoenix colours and we will take a keen interest in what the future holds for her.\u201d<\/p>\n
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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND \u2013 MAY 10: L to R, Pia Vlok, Macey Fraser and Brooke Nunn of the Phoenix look on prior to Leg two A-League Women Semi Final series between Wellington Phoenix and Brisbane Roar at Porirua Park, on May 10, 2026, in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Macey Fraser is grateful to have been part of such an historic season for the club.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was amazing to return to the Phoenix and help the team not only reach the finals for the first time, but play in the club\u2019s first grand final.\u201d Fraser said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to my teammates, the staff and the fans for all of their support and making the season so unforgettable.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish the Phoenix all the best for the upcoming season.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Wellington Phoenix still have 17 women\u2019s players contracted for the 2026-27 Ninja A-League with further squad announcements to follow before the team assembles for pre-season training at the start of September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Macey Fraser and the Wellington Phoenix have mutually agreed to terminate the remainder of her contract with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-852348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}