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Personal

Daughter of Scott and Jane Sauerbrunn...Has two brothers, Grant and Adam...Named co-captain of the U.S. Women’s National Team along with Carli Lloydfor 2016...Selected by the Washington Freedom as the third overall pick in the 2008 WPS draft; allocated to FC Kansas City for the inaugural NWSL season...Became the first player in history to be honored with a NWSL award in three consecutive seasons after claiming Defender of the Year Awards in 2013-15...Enjoys reading and her favorite genres are science fiction and fantasy...Has a dry sense of humor that still often catches her teammates off guard...Interests include cave swimming, playing video games – especially any game with a strong female character – and watching soccerand movies.

Olympic Experience

• 3-time Olympian; 2-time Olympic medalist (1 gold, 1 bronze)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze (Team - Women)
• Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 5th (Team - Women)
• Olympic Games London 2012, gold (Team - Women)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2019 – gold (Team - Women)
• Years of part
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  You can look at all sports- soccer, basketball, it doesn't matter. You would not find a better role model, a man or woman, then Becky Sauerbrunn," said Becky's college coach.

  Becky's most memorable trait is how tough she is. This is because, when she was barely three years old she would want every minute to play with her two other brothers, so when the two brothers ask Becky to play catcher, she was already to get couch cushions stuffed into her shirt, slapped a catcher's mask over her head, get a ball glove, and she was ready to play ball! Becky was playing catcher, probably a little closer to the batter than was safe. And at some point, though, the bat left Adam's hands, bounced, and smashed Becky in the face, splitting open her upper lip. She did freak out like every other three year old, but after her brothers practically mummified the bottom half of Becky's face she went outside where her father was mowing the lawn, and act like nothing happened. Then when her father noticed he removed the bandage

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  Becky Sauerbrunn

  American soccer player (born 1985)

  Rebecca Elizabeth Sauerbrunn (born June 6, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a center back. She co-captained the United States national team with Carli Lloyd from 2016 to 2018 and was the captain of the team from 2021 to 2023.^[2][3][4][5]

  Sauerbrunn played college soccer for the Virginia Cavaliers before starting her professional career with the Washington Freedom in Women's Professional Soccer in 2010. After the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) formed in 2013, Sauerbrunn led FC Kansas City to two of the league's first three championships. She was named NWSL Defender of the Year three times with Kansas City and once with Utah Royals FC. She won her third championship with Portland Thorns FC, with which she retired in 2024.

  Sauerbrunn won gold with the national team at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, and she played for the team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup where they finished