Ashlyn Harris Explains How She and Sophia Bush Coparent With Ex Ali Krieger

Nearly three years after Ashlyn Harris filed for divorce from her ex-wife, Ali Krieger, the soccer star explained why her former partner is still "a big part of my life."

"She's the mother of my children," Harris, 40, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting her new documentary, Gamechangers: The Ashlyn Harris Story. "I respect her as a mom, I respect her as a player, I respect what she's done for the game. I don't ever want to speak poorly about the mother of my children."

Harris filed for divorce from Krieger, 41, in September 2023 and the couple share two children: daughter Sloane, 5, and son Ocean, 3. Their divorce was finalized in January 2025.

"When all of this news was going crazy, it was really important for me to be intentional that I was a good human during a really hard season that became very public," Harris recalled of their split. "I never wanted to speak ill about the mother of my children in front of them, with other friends. It was really important to me."

Harris started dating actress Sophia Bush in October 2023, which has found the trio of women in a new era of "coparenting."

"I respect her and I'm proud of what we did," Harris said of her relationship with Krieger. "I don't resent or regret anything about the life that I built with her; it just wasn't for me."

Harris explained that her relationship with Bush, 43, finds her in a blissful "season of love and tenderness and care and companionship."

"She is home," Harris gushed. "She is a feeling that I've been yearning and longing for for so long. I just feel my shoulders relax. I move differently."

The couple began dating during a period of change for Bush, as well. The One Tree Hill star filed for divorce from her ex-husband, Grant Hughes, after 13 months of marriage in August 2023. The couple finalized their divorce in January 2025.

"I think what people see is two people who have kind of had it really hard and they found each other," Harris said of her relationship with Bush. "It took a long time. We've been chasing and trying and doing all of the work."

She continued, "Now we just get to be at ease and happy and in love and raise these kids in this family. We're just so grateful and lucky."

Gamechangers: The Ashlyn Harris Story premieres June 8 on The Roku Channel.

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This story was originally published June 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM.