![]() ![]() Krieger started in the quarterfinals of the tournament, where they faced Wisconsin on November 6. Penn State was the 2003 Big Ten Conference regular season champion and was No.1 seed in the Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament. She ranked fifth in number of shots in the season at Penn State with 24 and third in assists with nine. In 2003, Krieger started in all 25 matches for Penn State, ten of those appearances being in conference matches. She was an advertising and public relations major. Krieger attended Penn State University from 2003 to 2006 where she played for the Nittany Lions women's soccer team. During her junior and senior years, she was a first-team All-Met selection and as a senior was named The Washington Post's Player of the Year, Krieger was also honored as Gatorade's Virginia Player of the Year in her final year at Forest Park. She was twice named an All-Virginia AAA selection and was an All-Met Honorable mention during her sophomore year. At Forest Park, she was a three-year team captain, led her team to their first undefeated regular season and was a three-time, first-team all-district player. In high school, Krieger spent one year at Hylton High School before transferring to newly opened Forest Park High School in Woodbridge, Virginia. She played with the team from age seven to 19 and was one of the eight players that stayed with the Sparklers for the entire twelve-year run. Krieger played youth soccer for the Prince William Sparklers, where she was coached by her father for 12 years. Her brother, Kyle, was the reason she started playing soccer. Her father played professional soccer and was a soccer coach in Virginia. We were best friends.īorn to Debbie Alongi and Ken Krieger in Alexandria, Virginia, Ali was raised with one older brother, Kyle in Dumfries, Virginia. I wanted to hang out with him all the time and just be hardcore. 3.1.2 Return to the national team, 2010.3.1.1 First cap and 2008 Summer Olympics.During her five years with FFC Frankfurt, she won the UEFA Women's Champions League and was the only player on the United States women's national team that played overseas. FFC Frankfurt of Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga, Tyresö FF of Sweden's Damallsvenskan and Washington Spirit. She became the oldest first time US Olympian for women's soccer.īefore joining the Orlando Pride in 2016, Krieger played professional soccer for the Washington Freedom, 1. After persevering, Krieger was named to her first Olympic team four years later and participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics. In 2012, Krieger sustained a serious knee injury during the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament and did not recover in time to be selected to the 2012 Olympic Team. She started in all seven matches for the United States in the 2015 tournament, and she played every minute of all six United States matches at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was part of the defense that held opponents scoreless for a record 540 minutes and helped lead the United States to become 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup champions. Krieger has represented the United States at three FIFA Women's World Cups: 2011 in Germany, 2015 in Canada, and 2019 in France. She has since made more than 100 total appearances for the team. She first appeared for the United States national team at the 2008 Four Nations Tournament during a match against Canada on January 16, 2008. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 22, 2021Īlexandra Blaire Krieger (born July 28, 1984) is an American soccer player for NJ/NY Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States, and the United States women's national soccer team. *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 6, 2021
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