Whitney Engen
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Whitney Elizabeth Engen | ||
Date of birth | November 28, 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Torrance, California, United States | ||
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Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Boston Breakers | ||
Youth career | |||
Slammers FC | |||
2006–2009 | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009 | Pali Blues | ||
2010 | Chicago Red Stars | 24 | (0) |
2011 | Western New York Flash | 17 | (0) |
2011 | → Tyresö FF (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2012 | Pali Blues | ||
2013 | Liverpool Ladies | 13 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Tyresö FF | ||
2014 | Houston Dash | 11 | (0) |
2015 | Western New York Flash | 5 | (0) |
2016– | Boston Breakers | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2006–2007 | United States U-20 | ||
2009 | United States U-23 | ||
2011– | United States | 29 | (4) |
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 29, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 20, 2015 |
Whitney Elizabeth Engen (born November 28, 1987) is an American professional soccer player who plays for the Boston Breakers of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)[1] and the United States women's national soccer team.
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Early life
Born in Torrance, California to parents Chris and Kim Engen, Whitney attended Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in Rolling Hills Estates, California where she was named her Most Valuable Offensive Player as a freshman and Most Valuable Player as a sophomore. She lettered for two years as a forward and attacking midfielder on the varsity soccer team, but missed her junior season with an injury and then concentrated on club soccer during her senior year. Engen played club soccer for nine years, the last four with Slammers Futbol Club (SFC) and helped lead SFC to back-to-back state and regional titles from 2004–2005. She twice took part in national championship tournaments with her club, taking second in 2004 and third in 2005. Engen also played on the '86 Olympic Development Program (ODP) team that clinched regional and national titles. Engen was ranked among the Top 25 recruits in the nation by Soccer Buzz in 2006.[2]
University of North Carolina
Engen attended the University of North Carolina. She began her college career with the Tar Heels playing as a forward before transitioning to central defense.[3]
As a freshman, Engen played in 27 games for the Tar Heels, starting 24. She was Carolina's third-leading point producer with 37 and tied for second on the team in goals with 12 and in assists with 13. She won the UNC soccer team's Gift of Fury award. During her sophomore year, Engen played in all 23 games that she played in, scoring six goals and providing eight assists. She ranked third in point total on the team with 20 and was named to the All-ACC Academic team. As a junior, Engen moved into the starting role at center back after playing her first two years as a starting striker. She started all 28 games and led the team in minutes played with 2,518, playing the last 1,211 minutes of the season without taking a break. Engen recorded three assists and tied the school record for games played and games started in a season with 28.[2]
A highly decorated player, Engen received the following honors during her junior and senior years alone with the Tar Heels:
- Second-Team Soccer Buzz All-America
- Third-Team NSCAA All-America
- Second-Team All-ACC
- Women's College Cup All-Tournament Team
- All-ACC Tournament
- ACC All-Academic Team
- NSCAA/adidas First-Team Collegiate Scholar All-America Team
- First-Team NSCAA All-Southeast Region
- First-Team Soccer Buzz All-Southeast Region
- Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (September 23, 2008)
- Soccer America National Team of the Week (September 23, 2008)
- Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week (September 23, 2008)
- MVP of 2008 Duke adidas Classic
- 2008 Duke adidas Classic All-Tournament Team
Club career
Pali Blues
Engen joined Pali Blues in 2009.
Chicago Red Stars
On January 15, 2010, Engen was drafted fourth overall to the Chicago Red Stars in the 2010 WPS Draft.[4]
Western New York Flash
Engen transferred to Western New York Flash for the 2011 season. She was named WPS Defender of the Year as the Flash won the Championship.
Tyresö FF
At the end of the WPS season, Engen joined Swedish team Tyresö FF on loan, playing six games and scoring one goal in the Damallsvenskan.[5]
Second stint at Pali Blues
Returning to America to find that the WPS had collapsed, Engen rejoined W-League team Pali Blues.[6]
Liverpool L.F.C.
In October 2012, Engen signed with English club Liverpool Ladies for the 2013 FA WSL season.[7] With Liverpool challenging Arsenal for the WSL title, Tyresö announced in August 2013 that they had agreed a deal to re-sign Engen on the expiry of her Liverpool contract. She was expected to move back to Sweden in late September or early October and would be available to play for Tyresö in their UEFA Women's Champions League fixtures.[8]
Second stint at Tyresö FF
Engen was one of five American players at Tyresö who were all asked by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) to return to the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris came back for the beginning of the 2014 NWSL season while Engen, Meghan Klingenberg and Christen Press delayed their return until the end of Tyresö's Champions League campaign.[9]
Houston Dash
Engen was allocated to expansion team Houston Dash in January 2014.[10]
Second stint at Western New York Flash
In October 2014, the Houston Dash traded her to the Western New York Flash in return for Carli Lloyd.[11]
Second stint at Chicago Red Stars
In November 2015, the Western New York Flash traded Engen to the Chicago Red Stars.[12]
Boston Breakers
On November 23, 2015, it was announced that Engen had been traded from Chicago to Boston, along with Chicago's second round draft pick in the 2016 NWSL college draft and their natural second round pick in the 2017 NWSL college draft- in exchange for goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher and a third round selection in the 2016 NWSL college draft.[13]
International career
In February 2011, Engen was named to the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team roster for the 2011 Algarve Cup.[14] In 2013, under new head coach, Tom Sermanni, Engen was named to the roster for the 2013 Algarve Cup as well as two friendlies against Scotland.[15][16] Engen was also on the roster of the United States national soccer team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
International goals
Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting) | |
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Location | Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name |
Lineup | Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time |
Min | The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. |
Assist/pass | The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. |
penalty or pk | Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) |
Score | The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team |
Result | The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation |
aet | The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation |
pso | Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time |
Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match | |
Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament | |
Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match | |
NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player |
Goal |
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Location | Opponent | Lineup | Min | Assist/pass | Score | Result | Competition |
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2013-03-08[m 1] | Albufeira | ![]() |
Start | 84 | unassisted |
5–0 |
5–0 |
Algarve Cup – group stage |
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2014-09-13[m 2] | Sandy | ![]() |
on 46' (off Sauerbrunn) |
58 | Christen Press |
6–0 |
8–0 |
Friendly match |
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2014-10-17[m 3] | Chicago | ![]() |
Start | 58 | Megan Rapinoe |
4–0 |
5–0 |
World Cup qualifier:Group A |
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2015-08-16[m 4] | Pittsburgh | ![]() |
63 | Abby Wambach |
8–0 |
8–0 |
Friendly |
In popular culture
Video Games
Engen was featured along with her national teammates in the EA Sports' FIFA video game series in FIFA 16, the first time women players were included in the game.[17]
Ticker Tape Parade and White House Honor
Following the United States' win at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Engen and her teammates became the first women's sports team to be honored with a Ticker Tape Parade in New York City.[18] Each player received a key to the city from Mayor Bill de Blasio.[19] In October of the same year, the team was honored by President Barack Obama at the White House.[20]
See also
References
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External links
- Whitney Engen – FIFA competition record
- US Soccer player profile
- North Carolina player profile
- Whitney Engen on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- American people of German descent
- People from Torrance, California
- Soccer players from California
- North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players
- American women's soccer players
- Pali Blues players
- Women's Professional Soccer players
- Western New York Flash (WPS) players
- Chicago Red Stars (WPS) players
- United Soccer Leagues W-League players
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Tyresö FF players
- Liverpool L.F.C. players
- FA WSL players
- Damallsvenskan players
- ACC Athlete of the Year
- Houston Dash players
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players
- United States women's international soccer players
- Women's association football defenders
- Western New York Flash (NWSL) players