Kristie Mewis
Mewis in training with the U.S. national team (2012 )
Kristen Anne Mewis ( born February 25, 1991 Hanson, Massachusetts) is an American football player who has stood the 2014 season with the Boston Breakers in the National Women's Soccer League under contract.
Career
Early 2013, she signed her first professional contract with the Australian W - League team Canberra United FC, where he obtained on two assignments as many goals. In January 2013, Mewis was undertaken, in the college draft to the newly founded NWSL in the first round in third position of Kansas. Your league debut on April 13, 2013 against the Portland Thorns FC. In November 2013, first Mewis ' Change to the Seattle Reign FC in exchange for Amy Rodriguez has been known to only a few days later, she joined the league rivals Boston Breakers.
Internationally
Mewis played between 2008 and 2010 for the U -17 and U-20 national teams of the United States. Since 2011 she has been repeatedly invited to training camps of the U.S. senior national team, but did not in games used. Mewis made his debut on 9 February 2013 in a friendly against Scotland and took the U.S. team then successfully in the Algarve Cup 2013 part. On 15 June 2013, it scored in the 4-1 win against South Korea its first international goal.
Personal
Mewis younger sister Samantha (* 1992) co-starred with her in the U.S. U -17 and U-20 national team. Samantha was first nominated in January 2014 along with Kristie for the senior national team, but was unable to Einsatz.Am March 7 were both off the bench as part of the Algarve Cup 2014 match against Sweden in the 67th minute, which for the first time since 1997 again two sisters were used in the U.S. team. Three days later, both were in the starting line-up against Denmark, which for the first time there were two sisters in the starting lineup.
Awards and achievements
- 2008: Young Female Athlete of the Year, awarded by the United States Soccer Federation.
- 2013: winning the Algarve Cup