Shea Moyer (born December 28, 1998) is an American professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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in the

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Early years

Moyer is tall and plays as a

. She played for Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School. She played for her

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team

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between 2017 and 2019. She could not finish the 2019 season due to an injury, a form of

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(ACL) tear suffered in her right knee after the second match. She scored three goals in 43 games played in her college soccer career. Moyer was also with the clubs FC Revolution during her high school years and after the college as well as Penn Fusion.

Club career

In March 2021, Moyer went to Iceland and signed a one-year contract with

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-based club Throttur. After the 2021 season, she moved to Israel and joined

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to play in the Ligat Al Nashim. In 2022, she returned to Iceland and her former club Throttur. She played in the 2023–24 season again for ASA Tel Aviv University. Mid-January 2024, she moved to Turkey and signed a deal with Ankara BB Fomget GSK for the second half of the

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. She appeared in 14 matches and scored one goal. Her team finished the season as runners-up. On July 12, 2024, it was announced that Moyer would be joining

as part of the club's inaugural roster to compete in the new top-flight women's soccer league in the USA, the

International career

Moyer was called up to 15 youth training camps of the

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during her school years. She was named to the United States national team at under-14, under-15, under-18, under-19, and under-20 levels. She was part of the United States under-20 team who played in the 2016 Women's International Cup in Ireland.

Personal life

Shea Moyer was born to former successful

athletes Jerry and Janeen Moyer in

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. Her father was an All-Region selection,

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in 1984, and captain for the men's soccer team, and her mother was a successful member of the swimming team. After graduating from the Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School, she attended

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in the spring 2017. Majoring in

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, she graduated in December 2020. She is a certified personal trainer.

References

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