Katherine Nicole Stengel (born February 29, 1992) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who plays for

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of the Barclays Women's Super League. She previously played for the

Boston Breakers The Boston Breakers were an American professional soccer club based in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). They replaced the original Breakers, who competed in the defunct Women's ...

Washington Spirit The Washington Spirit is an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that participates in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the W-League and cont ...

, the

Utah Royals Utah Royals FC is an American women's professional soccer club based in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, Utah. Established on November 16, 2017, as an expansion club, the Royals played its first stint in the National Women's Soccer League ( ...

and the

Houston Dash The Houston Dash is a professional women's soccer team based in Houston, Texas. It joined the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the 2014 season, and is affiliated with the MLS team Houston Dynamo FC. History Establishment On November ...

in the NWSL.

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

in Germany and both

Western Sydney Wanderers Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, or simply as Wanderers) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier ...

and

Newcastle Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australian ...

in the Australian W-League. In 2012, she was part of the United States Under-20 team that won the

2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Panama from 1 to 11 March 2012. All matches were played at the Estadio Rommel Fernández. The top three ...

and the

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Early life

Stengel attended

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in Viera, Florida. She attended

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...

from 2010 to 2013 where she played for the Demon Deacons women's soccer team. Stengel completed her college career as the highest scoring player in Wake Forest history with 50 goals in 75 games, and she was a four-time All-ACC honoree and a three-time All-America, becoming in 2011 the first Wake Forest player to be named first-team All America.

Club career

Bayern Munich, 2014–2015

In January 2014, Stengel skipped the

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and instead joined the

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of the since-disbanded

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. In June 2014, Stengel joined

Frauen-Bundesliga The Frauen-Bundesliga (German for ''Women's Federal League''), currently known as the FLYERALARM Frauen-Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of league competition for women's association football in Germany. In 1990 the German Fo ...

side

. She helped Bayern win the 2014–15 Frauen Bundesliga title, leading the team with nine goals.

Washington Spirit, 2016–2017

In December 2015, Stengel signed with the

. In her first season with the team, she played in 19 regular season matches, starting 10, totaling 928 minutes. Stengel contributed four goals during the season, tied for second most on the team. In 2016 Washington advanced to the NWSL Championship Game. The game was tied 2-2 after extra time and went to penalties. Stengal converted her penalty, but Washington lost to the

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3–2 on penalties. Stengel appeared in five games for the Spirit in

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before she was released by the club on June 28, 2017.

Loan to Western Sydney Wanderers

Stengel was signed by Australian team

ahead of the

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season. She was the leading goal-scorer for the Wanderers with six goals for the season.

Boston Breakers, 2017

The day after her release by the

, Stengel was selected off waivers by the

. She appeared in 12 games for the Breakers in 2017.

Loan to Newcastle Jets

In October 2017, Stengel returned to Australia, joining

for the

2017–18 W-League The 2017–18 W-League season was the tenth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. Clubs Stadia and locations Personnel and kits Managerial changes Transfers Foreign players The ...

season. Stengel scored 10 goals for the Jets and finished second in the Golden Boot race behind

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. Newcastle finished in third place and returned to the Finals series for the first time since the 2008-09 season. Stengel returned to Newcastle for the 2018–19 W-League season.

Utah Royals, 2018–2019

After the

folded ahead of the 2018 season, Stengel was selected by the

Utah Royals FC Utah Royals FC was an American women's professional soccer club based in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, Utah. Established on November 16, 2017, as an expansion club, the Royals played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) from 2018 ...

in the Boston Breakers dispersal draft. Stengel appeared in 23 games for the Royals. She scored a team leading six goals and scored the first brace in Royals history. Stengel returned to the Royals for the 2019 season. She appeared in all 24 games and scored 2 goals.

Houston Dash, 2020–2022

On January 8, 2020, the Utah Royals traded Stengel and a third round pick in the

2020 NWSL College Draft The 2020 NWSL College Draft was the eighth annual meeting of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchises to select newly eligible college players for the 2020 NWSL season. It was held on January 16, 2020 in conjunction with the United Socce ...

to the

in exchange for their second round picks in the 2020 and 2021 College drafts. She was waived by the club in May 2021.

Liverpool Football Club, 2022–present

On January 6, 2022, Liverpool Football Club signed Stengel, reuniting her with manager

Matt Beard Matthew Beard (born 9 January 1978) is an English professional football manager, who is currently head coach of FA Women's Super League club Liverpool FC Women. He has managed the side previously, as well as the women's teams of Bristol City ...

. Stengel had played for Beard previously at Boston Breakers. Stengel will wear the jersey number 24 and play in the number 9 role as a striker on the second-division team.

International career

With the United States Under-20 team Stengel won the

. At the

Stengel appeared in four games and scored three goals. The United States won the U-20 World Cup. Stengel has also played for the United States U-23 women's national team. In March 2014, she received her first full national team call-up from head coach

Tom Sermanni Thomas Dorby Sermanni (born 1 July 1954) is a Scottish football coach and former professional player, who mostly works in women's football. He has previously managed the Australia women's national team, the United States women's national team ...

. Stengel has not yet been capped by the USWNT.

Personal life

Stengel's younger sister Jackie played for

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and her father Scott played for the

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Honors

International

* CONCACAF U20 Women's Championship: 2012 * FIFA U20 Women's World Cup: 2012

Club

FC Bayern Munich * Frauen-Bundesliga Champions: 2014–15

References

External links

*
Boston Breakers profile

US Soccer profile

Bayern profile

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