Niki Cross

Niki Cross
Cross at Saint Louis Athletica (2009)
Personnel
Surname	Nicole Anne Cross
birthday	May 30, 1985
place of birth	Brockton ,  United States
size	178 cm
position	Central defense
Juniors
Years	station
2003-2006	Connecticut Huskies
Women
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2007	SoccerPlus Connecticut
2008	Umeå Södra FF	6 0(0)
2009-2010	Saint Louis Athletica	16 0(1)
2010	FC Gold Pride	1 0(0)
2010-2011	Newcastle United Jets	9 0(0)
2011	Boston Breakers	6 0(0)
2011	→  Boston Aztec  (loan)	1 0(0)
2011	Medkila IL	7 0(1)
2012-2014	FC Bayern Munich	43 0(3)
2012	FC Bayern Munich II	1 0(0)
2014	Washington Spirit	10 0(0)
2015	Houston Dash	15 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Niki Cross (born May 30, 1985 in Brockton , Massachusetts ) is a former American soccer player who was last under contract with the Houston Dash in the 2015 season.

Career

societies

Cross started playing soccer at the age of five after being enrolled in the local club by her parents. At the University of Connecticut (UConn) she played from January 2003 to December 2006 with the "Connecticut Huskies" , played 92 league games and scored 13 goals. A year later she was active at SoccerPlus Connecticut , with which she won the U-23 national championship.

In 2008, she denied six league games for the Swedish first division club Umeå Södra FF before April 25, 2009 to 2 May 2010 for the US women's soccer - Franchise Saint Louis Athletica and on 12 September 2010 for the FC Gold Pride in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was a defender .

From November 19, 2010 (3rd matchday) to January 28, 2011 (12th matchday), she completed nine league games in Australia for the women's football department of the Newcastle United Jets ; due to the descent, she left the club.

Back in the States, she was under contract with the Boston Breakers . From May 2, 2011, her debut in a 1-0 home win against Sky Blue FC , to July 11, 2011 (2-0 home win against Atlanta Beat ), she played six league games. She also played a league game - on loan - for the Boston Aztec junior team .

From September 3, 2011 (16th match day) to October 29, 2011 (22nd matchday), she played seven league games for the Norwegian first division promoted Medkila IL and scored on October 9, 2011 (20th matchday) in the home game against the women's football division of Sandvikens IF with the hit to the 4-0 final score in the 90th minute also their only league goal. After this club had to be relegated as the table penultimate from the top series in 2011 , it was signed by Bundesliga club Bayern Munich during the winter break .

“In view of the long-term injuries, the difficult situation in the league and the great cup semi-final chances, we want to have new options and set accents.” These were the words of the manager of the women's team at FC Bayern Munich, Karin Danner , that was made during the winter break Obligation of Niki Cross and Sarah Hagen established. On March 14, 2012, she made her debut for both FC Bayern Munich and the Bundesliga when she played for Isabell Bachor in the 89th minute in the 1-1 draw in the away game against Hamburger SV . On October 3, 2012 (5th matchday), she scored her first Bundesliga goal in a 3-2 home win against Bayer 04 Leverkusen with a goal to make it 2-0 in the 22nd minute.

At the end of the 2013/14 season , she left FC Bayern Munich and continued her career with the US first division club Washington Spirit . She made her debut on June 21, 2014 in a 6-1 home loss to Portland Thorns FC . For the 2015 season, Cross switched to the Houston Dash franchise in exchange for the Mexican national player Arianna Romero . She ended her active career on August 1, 2015.

successes

• WPS Champion 2010
• DFB Cup - 2012 winner

Web links

• Niki Cross in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Niki Cross in the database of weltfussball.de
• Niki Cross in the database of Soccerdonna.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Niki Cross on uconnhuskies.com (English)
2. ↑ Statistics on svenskfotboll.se
3. ↑ Statistics on women.soccerway.com
4. ↑ Final table 2011 on weltfussball.de
5. ↑ Statistics ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on wpsl.info 
6. ↑ Press release on the homepage of FC Bayern Munich
7. ↑ Cross' Bundesliga debut on the homepage of FC Bayern Munich
8. ↑ Announcement ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on framba.de 
9. ↑ Houston Dash defender Niki Cross sticks to her commitment, leaves with the team owing a "debt of gratitude" , houstondynamo.com (English). Retrieved August 2, 2015.