Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris Had First Date ‘Weeks Ago’ (Source)

Sophia Bush is getting a fresh start.

Two months after splitting from husband Grant Hughes, the actress, 41, is spending time with professional soccer player Ashlyn Harris, PEOPLE can exclusively confirm.

“After being friends for years, and running in the same social circles, Sophia and Ashlyn went out on their first dinner date a couple of weeks ago,” a source from inside their social circle tells PEOPLE. “This is so recent, and they are both beginning new chapters.”

Harris, 37, filed for divorce from her wife and fellow soccer pro, Ali Krieger, 38, with whom she shares two kids, in September.

“Although it’s new information to the public, Ashlyn and Ali’s divorce began months ago and they have been living apart since the summer,” the insider says.

The source believes “there is no salacious story” when it comes to Bush and Harris’s recent coupling, “though the public may want there to be.”

Reps for Bush and Harris did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

In August, PEOPLE exclusively confirmed that Bush and Hughes, 42, separated after 13 months of marriage.

“Sophia and Grant were friends for 10 years and bonded during COVID through their love of community service,” a source close to the couple said at the time. “They continue to run their nonprofit together and remain good friends.”

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Harris and Krieger met while playing for the United States National Team in 2010. The pair announced their engagement in March 2019 and married in December of that year.