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Crystal Alyssia Soubrier (; born July 3, 1992) is an American
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player for the Portland Thorns FC of the
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(NWSL), the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States, and the
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. She first appeared for the United States national team during an international friendly against
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on February 13, 2013. She has since made more than 100 total appearances for the team. Dunn played collegiate soccer with the
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from 2010 to 2013 and was awarded the 2012
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for best college soccer player. She was a member of the team that won the
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in Japan. Following her collegiate career, Dunn was selected first overall by the Washington Spirit in the 2014 NWSL College Draft that took place on January 17, 2014. The following year, she won the NWSL Most Valuable Player and the Golden Boot awards, becoming the youngest player to win both awards, at age 23.


Early life

Born in
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, to Vincent and Rhonda Dunn, Crystal was raised with her brother Henry in
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where she attended
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. At South Side, she was a four-year starter as forward and midfielder and team captain in 2008 and 2009. She lost only two matches in three seasons at South Side and helped lead her team to New York state championships in 2006, 2007 and 2009. In 2008, she was competing at the
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in New Zealand. As captain of the team in 2009, she scored four goals in the first 20 minutes of the state championship game. Dunn scored 46 goals and had 35 assists in three high school seasons, missing the 2008 season due to national team commitments. She was a highly decorated high school player earning Parade All-American and New York Gatorade Player of the Year. She earned First-team All-State and All-Long Island honors in 2006, 2007 and 2009. As a freshman, sophomore and senior, she was an All-New York First Team and All-Long Island team selection. In 2009, she was named 2009 NSCAA, ESPNRise and Parade High School All-America. The teams she played on in 2007 and 2009 went undefeated and were ranked number one in the nation by the
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. As a senior, she was named Newsday Long Island Player of the Year, Nassau County Class A Player of the Year, New York Sportswriters Class A Player of the Year, BigAppleSoccer.com Youth Player of the Year and was the winner of the Mike Clark Award for the best all-around athlete in Nassau County. In addition to her high school experience, Dunn played with the club teams, Albertson Fury, the RVC Tornadoes, and the RVC Power (with whom she won a state title).


University of North Carolina, 2010–2013

Dunn attended the
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and majored in sociology. As a freshman in 2010, Dunn started 23 matches for a total of 1,929 minutes, playing the full 90 minutes 18 times. She was the team's leading player in points (26), including nine goals and eight assists. She scored four goals during the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, including a match-winner against Jackson State, a goal against Notre Dame, and two goals in a 3–1 win over
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in the second round of the tournament. Her accolades during her first year season included Soccer America Freshman of the Year, 2010
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first-team All-America honoree, Second-team Soccer America MVP selection, and First-team All- ACC. She was the first freshman ever to win the ACC Defensive Player of the Year award and was a semi-finalist for the 2010 Missouri Athletic Club
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. As a sophomore in 2011, Dunn started in 19 matches, missing only one while she was training with the United States under-20 women's national soccer team. She scored three goals and made six assists during the season. She was named third-team All-America and first-team All-Southeast Region by the
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. She was also named to the first-team All-ACC and was named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week three times. During her junior season in 2012, Dunn missed the non-conference phase of the 2012 college season while playing for the United States under-20 women's national soccer team at the
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in Japan. Following her return, she helped lead the Tar Heels to win the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship. During the tournament's quarter-final, Dunn scored both goals in a 2–1 win against top-seed team BYU, including a match-winning "golden" goal within four minutes of the end of the second overtime. She also saved her team from losing to BYU when she headed the ball away from the Tar Heels' goal line in the first overtime. Dunn was named the 2013
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winner as well as the ACC Athlete of the Year and ACC Defender of the Year. Dunn was an All-ACC selection for the third straight year and an
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finalist. She also was awarded the 2012
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for Soccer. During her senior-year season in 2013, Dunn scored the first hat-trick of her collegiate career, ending a two-match losing streak for the Tar Heels by defeating the Miami Hurricanes 4–0. She was the team's top scorer with 14 goals, including six match-winning goals. Dunn was named ACC Offensive Player of the Year, NSCAA All-American and First-team All-ACC for the fourth consecutive year. She was a
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finalist and a Honda Award nominee.


Club career


Washington Spirit, 2014–2017

In January 2014,
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selected Dunn with the first overall pick in the 2014 College Draft for the 2014 season of the
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. She made 19 starts in her 22 appearances for the Spirit during the 2014 season. The team finished fourth during the regular season with a record securing a place in the playoffs. During the semi-final, the Spirit were defeated by regular season champions Seattle Reign FC 2–1 on August 31 in Seattle. Dunn returned to the Spirit for the 2015 season. On April 26, 2015, she scored two goals as a defender in a match against Sky Blue FC, helping the Spirit win 3–1. She was subsequently named NWSL Player of the Week for week 2 of the season. On August 1, 2015, Dunn scored the franchise's first
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, scoring three goals in the first half of the Spirit's victory over the visiting
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. She finished the month with six goals, earning her the league Player of the Month award. Dunn finished the regular season with a league-leading 15 goals, giving her the 2015 NWSL Golden Boot, and won the league Most Valuable Player award. She became the youngest player to win both awards at age 23 and broke the league record with her 0.77 goals-per-game average. She has said that being left off the national team for the
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gave her extra motivation in the league. Dunn returned for her third season in 2016, scoring four goals and notching a career-high five assists. Two of her four goals were the two Spirit goals scored in the team's first-ever appearance in the NWSL Championship, which was won on penalties by the
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after a 2–2 draw.


Chelsea, 2017–2018

On January 3, 2017, Dunn joined
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club Chelsea. On March 19, she scored her first goal just 12 minutes into her first competitive appearance for the club, in a 7–0
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win over Doncaster Rovers Belles. She made her first appearance in the FA WSL in April, scoring her first league goal in a 6–0 victory over Yeovil Town. At the beginning she played as a striker for Chelsea, but switched to the wing-back position. During her time at Chelsea, Dunn scored five goals in 20 appearances in all competitions and helped Chelsea win the FA WSL Spring Series. She also helped the club reach the quarter-finals in the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League, marking the first time they reached that stage of the competition. Dunn enjoyed her time at Chelsea, and even named one of her adopted chickens after the club, but made the decision to return to the United States so that the national team staff could see her play more.


North Carolina Courage, 2018–2020

After a year in England, it was planned that Dunn would return to North America with the deal of a trade with
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for two of
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's players at the time,
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and Ashley Hatch. The Spirit retained the League rights after Chelsea signed Dunn back in January 2017. This move was confirmed by Chelsea on February 25, 2018. She made her first appearance for the North Carolina Courage in a 1–0 win over Portland Thorns FC, in the opening game of the 2018 NWSL season. Dunn was named Player of the Week twice in the 2018 NWSL season, for weeks 8 and 13. She was named Player of the Month for the month of June. Dunn appeared in 22 regular season games for the Courage, scoring eight goals, helping North Carolina win the NWSL Shield. The Courage broke multiple season records including most goals scored, most wins, and most points. Dunn was named to the 2018 NWSL Best XI. Dunn was in the starting lineup for the semi-final game against the Chicago Red Stars, in which North Carolina won 2–0 and advanced to the Championship Game. She was in the starting lineup for the final, which North Carolina won 3–0 over the Portland Thorns.


Portland Thorns, 2020–

On October 22, 2020, Crystal Dunn was traded to
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in exchange for Casey Murphy and $140,000 in allocation money. Later that day, she was traded to the
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in exchange for an international roster slot, a 2022 first round
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, and $250,000 in allocation money.


International career


Youth national teams

Dunn has competed on behalf of the United States in various national youth teams from 2008 through 2012, including at the
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. She played in 14 international matches for the U-20 national team in 2010 before playing in every minute of the U.S.' five matches at the
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, in which they won. She competed at the
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in Germany and was a member of the team that won the
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in Japan.


Senior national team

On January 22, 2013, Dunn received her first call-up to the senior team's training camp, by the newly appointed coach Tom Sermanni. Dunn made her debut for the team, on February 13, against
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in a
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; and was placed on the roster for
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. Dunn made her first
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appearance for the senior team during the team's first match in the tournament on March 6, 2013, against
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. She started the match at left back and played for the full 90 minutes. The United States defeated Iceland 3–0. Dunn earned her third cap with the senior team during the final match of the tournament against
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. The United States clinched the tournament championship after defeating Germany 2–0. In October 2014, Dunn was dropped from the national team roster ahead of the
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, which served as the qualifying tournament for the
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. Dunn returned from injury in December 2014 and traveled with the team to Brazil, but did not play. Dunn was named to the roster for February 2015 friendlies against
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and
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, and made a substitute appearance against England. February 2015, Dunn was named to the 2015 Algarve Cup roster, but did not play during the tournament. Dunn was named to the preliminary roster for the
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, but surprisingly did not make the final squad of 23. In September 2015, Dunn was added to the roster for the national team's Women's World Cup victory tour prior to the September 17 match against
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, becoming the first player not on the World Cup roster to join the tour. She made her first start of 2015 against Haiti and earned her first cap since the England friendly. She recorded her first career national team assists, both on
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's goals, and scored her first national team goal in the final moments of the match. Dunn played in the national team's opening game of the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship, scoring her fifth international goal in the 5–0 victory over Costa Rica. In the third group match vs Puerto Rico, Dunn was tied for the most goals scored by a U.S. player, netting five goals and one assist. During their first match of March 2019, each national team player wore a jersey with the name of a woman they were honoring on the back; Dunn chose the name of
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. On February 7, 2020, Dunn played her 100th match for the United States in a 4–0 win against
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. Dunn was the only American player to start in all six matches at the
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in Japan and played all but 16 minutes at the tournament helping the team win bronze.


In popular culture

Dunn has been featured in '' Self Magazine''. In 2016, she starred with teammates Hope Solo and
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in a docu-series called '' Keeping Score'' broadcast by Fullscreen. The episodes follow the athletes as they prepare for the
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and address issues such as equal pay and racism.


Personal life

Dunn married Pierre Soubrier in December 2018. They met when she was playing for the
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's
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, where he was working as an athletic trainer. Soubrier's presence in Portland, where he is head trainer for the Portland Thorns, contributed to Dunn's desire to get traded to Portland. Together, they have five chickens (Quinn, Juke, Chelsea, Toulouse, and Rocky), as well as three cats. On November 11, 2021, Dunn announced that she and Soubrier were expecting their first child together; baby Marcel Jean was born on May 20, 2022.


Career statistics


Club summary

Notes


International goals


Honors

University of North Carolina * NCAA Women's Soccer Championship:
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2012–13 Chelsea * FA WSL Spring Series: 2017 North Carolina Courage * NWSL Champions:
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Portland Thorns *
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* International Champions Cup:
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: 2022 United States U20 *
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* CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship:
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* CONCACAF Women's Championship:
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* CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament:
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* SheBelieves Cup:
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Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious an ...
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Hermann Trophy The Hermann Trophy is awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the United States's top men's and women's college soccer players. History In 1967, Bob Hermann, the president of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) and th ...
: 2012 * ACC Player of the Year: 2012 * ACC Defensive Player of the Year: 2010 * ACC Offensive Player of the Year: 2013 *
Soccer America Player of the Year Award Beginning in 1984, Soccer America Magazine began naming a college player of the year. At the time ''Soccer America'' was the best source for U.S. soccer, especially collegiate soccer which was rarely covered by the national news services. Conseq ...
: 2012 *
Honda Sports Award The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports. There are four nominees for each sport, and the twelve winners of the Honda Sports Award are automatically in th ...
: 2012 * NWSL Player of the Week: 2015 (Weeks 3, 8, 11, 16, 18, 20), 2018 (weeks 8, 13) * NWSL Player of the Month: August 2015, June 2018 * NWSL Most Valuable Player:
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* NWSL Best XI:
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* NWSL Second XI:
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* NWSL Golden Boot:
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(15 goals) * CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Golden Boot: 2016 (6 goals) * IFFHS Women's World Team: 2019 * CONCACAF Women's Championship Best XI:
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* CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Best XI:
2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...
* CONCACAF Player of the Year:
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FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held in even-numbere ...
All-star team:
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See also

* List of most expensive association football transfers * NWSL federation players *
List of United States women's national soccer team hat-tricks The United States women's national soccer team played their first international Association football, soccer match on August 18, 1985, losing to Italy women's national football team, Italy 1–0 at the 1985 Mundialito (women), Mundialito. Since ...
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List of American and Canadian soccer champions Despite each receiving FIFA-affiliated status in 1913, both the United States and Canada have lacked a consistent, multi-division soccer system until recently. Consequently, the determination of champions has been problematic at times. The United ...
* List of foreign FA Women's Super League players * List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Olympians *
List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni This is a list of notable alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Academia University leaders Professors Arts and literature Artists Playwrights Poets Writers Other Business Entertainment and broad ...


References

Match reports


Further reading

* Grainey, Timothy (2012), ''Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer'', University of Nebraska Press, * Lisi, Clemente A. (2010), ''The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story'', Scarecrow Press, * Murray, Caitlin (2019), ''The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer'', Abrams, * Rapinoe, Megan (2020), ''One Life'', Penguin, * Walters, Meg (2019), ''World Cup Women: Megan, Alex, and the Team USA Soccer Champs'', Simon and Schuster,


External links

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US Soccer player profile

Washington Spirit player profile

University of North Carolina player profile


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