When the Women's Super League launched in 2011, she returned to the UK and joined Bristol and that year she was named the FAW's Women's Player of the Year. In 2012 she moved to Australia and joined Melbourne Victory before making her move to the US with Seattle Reign FC. She described the levels of the National Women's Soccer League as higher due to the "sheer intensity, physicality and mentality". In 2018 she received an MBE for services to women's football and the LGBT community. Fishlock has spoken openly about her sexuality, saying her experiences growing up made her determined to be a role model in the LGBT community, especially children, after high school was "hell on earth" for her. In 2019, she celebrated helping Lyon win the French women's league then, in April 2024, became the first Welsh player to reach 150 caps.