SAN DIEGO\u00a0(July\u00a028, 2026) \u2013\u00a0San Diego Wave FC announced today that the Club has\u00a0acquired\u00a0midfielder\u00a0Laila\u00a0Harbert\u00a0from Arsenal F.C.\u00a0through\u00a0the 2029 NWSL season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re\u00a0really excited to welcome Laila to San Diego.\u00a0She\u2019s\u00a0an exciting young talent with exceptional technical quality, vision, and composure under pressure,\u201d said Sporting Director and General Manager Camille Ashton. \u201cWe look forward to supporting her continued development and seeing the impact she will make with this team this season and for years to come.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Harbert developed through Arsenal\u2019s academy system after joining the club at nine years old before signing her first professional contract in January 2025. The 19-year-old most recently spent the second half of the 2025-26 Women\u2019s Super League season on loan with Everton. Harbert\u00a0earned her first\u00a0NWSL experience during the second half of the 2025 season while on loan with\u00a0Portland Thorns\u00a0FC, where she made five regular-season appearances. Prior to signing her first WSL contract, Harbert spent time with Southampton FC in the WSL2, making nine appearances with eight starts, while also featuring for Watford\u00a0of the WSL2\u00a0during the 2023-24 campaign through a dual-registration agreement, appearing in 14 matches.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the international level, Harbert has represented England across multiple youth national team levels, most recently starting in every match for the U-19 Women\u2019s National Team as England secured qualification for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women\u2019s World Cup. She also helped England win the Women\u2019s U-23 European Friendly Finals in April 2025 and previously captained the U-17 Lionesses to their first-ever UEFA Women\u2019s Under-17 Championship Final in 2024, alongside a fourth-place finish at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Transaction:\u00a0San Diego Wave FC\u00a0acquires\u00a0midfielder Laila Harbert from Arsenal F.C.\u00a0through the 2029 NWSL season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Name:\u00a0Laila Harbert
Position:\u00a0Midfielder
Height:\u00a05-5
Birthdate:\u00a0January 3, 2007
Hometown:\u00a0Bexley, United Kindom
Citizenship:\u00a0United Kindom
Previous Club:\u00a0Arsenal F.C.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO\u00a0(July\u00a028, 2026) \u2013\u00a0San Diego Wave FC announced today that the Club has\u00a0acquired\u00a0midfielder\u00a0Laila\u00a0Harbert\u00a0from Arsenal F.C.\u00a0through\u00a0the 2029 NWSL season.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-416287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}