NWSL club signs World Cup history-making teenager

Phair made history last July when she took the pitch for South Korea during its 2-0 loss to Colombia. Phair became the youngest player to ever debut in a World Cup at 16 years and 26 days, breaking the previous mark of 16 years and 34 days old, set by Nigeria's Ifeanyi Chiejine in 1999.

The teenager also made history in the match by becoming the first mixed-race player of any gender to play for the East Asian country. Phair was born in the U.S. to an American father and a South Korean mother.

According to a report by Luke Bosher of The Athletic, the forward played for South Korea at the youth level and for the Players Development Academy in the United States, prior to the World Cup.

ESPN's Jeff Kassouf detailed some of Phair's accomplishments in her young life on social media Thursday, shortly after the signing was announced.

"I played in the World Cup with and against the best players," Phair told Kassouf. "Coming back from that, I don't really see how I could play U-17 and then go to college. I wanted to keep getting better and not just peak at the World Cup, then go down and go to college and then have to get back up to a professional level."