Ashlyn Harris Says There Was No Intimacy in Marriage with Ali Krieger, She Suggested Open Relationshop as 'Last Attempt'

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Ashlyn Harris is candidly opening up about the end of her marriage with Ali Krieger and what led to their divorce.

The soccer stars split in October 2023 after four years of marriage and two children. On the latest episode of her Naked Sports podcast, Ashlyn explained what happened at the end of the marriage and how she began “disassociating.” “And that’s what my therapist knew right away — it was my ability to sit and suffer…my ability to serve other people before my own wants and needs, which I genuinely think probably kept me in that marriage for as long as it did,” she said. Ashlyn then talked about her attempts to save the marriage. Keep reading to find out more… “I started trying all these things, like, let’s do an open marriage,” she said, which she realized quickly was not going to work. “I’m like, that’s just not even me, dude.

That was like, my last attempt of, you know, if I’m not getting what I want and we want to keep this together.” Ashlyn said there was no intimacy for the “entire part” of the marriage. “I think she loved the game so much and all she knew was how to sacrifice her life for the game.

Then when you add children, which is a whole different layer. I just felt like I wasn’t a priority,” she explained. “I didn’t feel that sense of connection, whether emotional or physical.