Meghan Klingenberg

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Meghan Klingenberg
Meghan Klingenberg 2013 (cropped) .jpg
Klingenberg near Tyresö FF (2013)
Personnel
Surname Meghan Elizabeth Klingenberg
birthday 2nd August 1988
place of birth Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ,  USA
size 157 cm
position Defense , midfield
Juniors
Years station
Penns Forest FC
2007-2010 North Carolina Tar Heels
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
2011 magicJack 2 (0)
2011 Boston Breakers 10 (1)
2012 Western New York Flash 3 (2)
2012-2014 Tyresö FF 32 (2)
2014-2015 Houston Dash 19 (0)
2016– Portland Thorns FC 57 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
USA U-16
USA U-17
USA U-20
USA U-23
2011– United States 61 (2)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: beginning of the season 2019

2 As of April 10, 2016

Meghan Elizabeth Klingenberg (born August 2, 1988 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) is an American national soccer player who has been playing for NWSL participant Portland Thorns FC since the 2016 season .

Career

society

Klingenberg was in college - Draft for the 2011 season of the WPS - Franchise of magicJack obliged but switched in June after just two league appearances in exchange for Nikki Washington to league rivals Boston Breakers . After the dissolution of the WPS, she first played for the Western New York Flash in the WPSL Elite in 2012 before switching to Damallsvenskan participant Tyresö FF and immediately celebrating the championship in her first season in Sweden. After losing 3: 4 to defending champion VfL Wolfsburg in the 2014 Champions League final , Klingenberg moved to NWSL newcomer Houston Dash . For the 2016 season she joined league rivals Portland Thorns FC .

National team

Klingenberg (No. 25) with the US national team before the game against England on February 13, 2015

Klingenberg played for the US U-16, U-17, U-20 and U-23 teams. In January 2011 it was used for the first time for the USA's A selection as part of the four-nation tournament . After she had no international appearances in 2012, she was called back to the national team in 2013 and also took part in the 2014 Algarve Cup . She scored her first international goal in a 6-0 win against Haiti in the last group game of the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, which made it 3-0. Klingenberg was also called up for the US squad for the 2015 World Cup . She was used in all seven games and did not miss a minute. She became world champion for the first time by beating Japan in the final.

She was also part of the roster for the 2016 Summer Olympics qualifier , which the United States won, and was used in all five games.

successes

Honors

  • Inclusion in the 2015 world selection

Web links

Commons : Meghan Klingenberg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ussoccer.com: "WNT Caps Off European Trip with 1-0 Victory against England"
  2. ↑ ussoccer.com: "WNT Defeats Haiti 6-0 to Earn Top Seed in Semifinals of 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship"
  3. ↑ fr-online.de: "Anja Mittag and Celia Sasic in the 2015 soccer world selection"
personal data
SURNAME Klingenberg, Meghan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klingenberg, Meghan Elizabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd August 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States