U.S. soccer stars Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris surprised fans this week by going public about their relationship ― and announcing their engagement in the process, too.

On Wednesday, the Orlando Pride teammates confirmed the news to People, saying that after nine years together, they plan to tie the knot later this year. The proposal reportedly took place Sept. 15, 2018, just a few days after their final game of the season.

“We became really close friends, and we just hung out, we clicked, and we had so much in common,” Harris, who is a goalkeeper, said of their first meeting in 2010, when both were playing for the U.S. National Team. “We always sat next to each other on the bus and on flights, and we kind of just talked about our dreams and our hopes and what we wanted to do one day when we grew up.”