MANCHESTER, England : Manchester City women signed Brazil forward Kerolin Nicoli, the 2023 National Women's Soccer League's most valuable player, to a three-and-a-half year deal on Wednesday. The 25-year-old Nicoli, a silver medallist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, joins from North Carolina Courage where she became the first South American to be named league MVP after leading her side to the Challenge Cup in 2023. "I think there were a lot of reasons why I chose City and one of those was to play