Amy Sauer is a retired American soccer player who played for the

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Early life and education

Sauer grew up in

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, the daughter of Donald and Mary Ellen Sauer and the younger sister of A. J. Sauer, who played for Stanford's men's soccer team form 1995 to 1999. She attended from

Klein Oak High School Klein Oak High School is a public high school serving students grades 9– 12 in unincorporated Harris County, Texas. The school's principal is Thomas Hensley. It was established August 1982. Klein Oak was the third high school established i ...

, then

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, graduating in 2001.

Career

Considered one of the top 15 recruits in the country, Sauer played for

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soccer team from 1998 to 2001, playing in every game and starting in most. In 2002, she made her professional debut with the

Women's United Soccer Association The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the Uni ...

(WUSA), where she was selected to play for the San Diego Spirit in the second round of the draft. She was released from the team in 2003.

References

1980 births Sportspeople from Spring, Texas Soccer players from Harris County, Texas American women's soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen Women's United Soccer Association players San Diego Spirit players Women's association football defenders Living people Stanford Cardinal women's soccer players {{US-women-footy-defender-stub