Ali Krieger

Ali Krieger
Krieger with the United States national team in 2014
Personal information
Full name Alexandra Blaire Krieger[1]
Date of birth (1984-07-28) July 28, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Dumfries, Virginia, U.S.
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]
Position(s) Right back, center back
Youth career
1991–2003 Prince William Sparklers
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Penn State Nittany Lions 94 (11)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Northern Virginia Majestics 1 (0)
2006–2007 Washington Freedom 7 (0)
2007–2012 1. FFC Frankfurt 69 (2)
2009Washington Freedom (loan) 10 (0)
2013–2016 Washington Spirit 62 (3)
2013Tyresö FF (loan) 7 (0)
2017–2021 Orlando Pride 83 (0)
2022–2023 NJ/NY Gotham FC 36 (0)
International career
2006–2007 United States U23 4 (0)
2008–2021 United States 108 (1)
Medal record
Representing  United States
FIFA Women's World Cup
Winner 2019 France
Winner 2015 Canada
Runner-up 2011 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 21, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 22, 2021

Alexandra Blaire Krieger (born July 28, 1984) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a right back or center back. She made more than 100 appearances for the United States from 2008 to 2021, with which she won two FIFA Women's World Cups.

Krieger played collegiately for the Penn State Nittany Lions, where she was named a first-team All-American as both a midfielder and defender. After college, she joined Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FFC Frankfurt, helping win the league title, national cup, and UEFA Women's Cup in her first season in 2007–08; during her five years in Germany, she was the only member of the United States national team that played overseas. She left for the Washington Spirit of the new National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2013. She later played for the Orlando Pride and NJ/NY Gotham FC, which she captained to an NWSL Championship in her final season in 2023. She was named to the NWSL Best XI four times.

Krieger made her senior international debut for the United States in 2008. She represented the team at three FIFA Women's World Cups: 2011 in Germany, where she played every minute of the tournament and reached the final; 2015 in Canada, where she started every match as part of the defense that held opponents scoreless for a record 540 minutes and helped lead the United States to become champions; and 2019 in France, where she made three appearances as the United States defended their title. In 2012, she sustained a serious knee at the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament and did not recover in time to be selected for the 2012 Olympic team; she was named to her only Olympic team at the 2016 Olympics, becoming the oldest first-time Olympian for United States women's soccer.

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: USA" (PDF). FIFA. July 7, 2019. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference USSOCCER was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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