Arielle Leah Ship (born May 2, 1995) is a former American

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player who most recently played as a

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for Swedish club

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in the top-flight

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. She was the recipient of the

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' first ever Pac-12 Player of the Year Award in 2015.

Club career

Ship was drafted by

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in the

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. Reign FC then traded Ship along with a

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pick to the

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in exchange for

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. On August 8, 2017, Ship was named

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after scoring a goal and adding two assists in a 4–1 Spirit win over

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. On August 26, 2017, Ship suffered a torn right

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during a game against the

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and missed the remainder of the 2017 season. After being

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by the Spirit in 2019,

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selected her from the league re-entry wire on November 5, 2019. After the Royals dissolved in 2020, its player rights were relocated to expansion team

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, including Ship's, in December 2020. In December 2021, she left the

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without making an appearance having agreed to join the Swedish team

in November. She left IFK Kalmar in June 2022 without making an appearance for the team.

International career

In February 2017, Ship was named to the

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for the friendly La Manga Tournament against Japan, England, and Norway.

After soccer

In 2023, Ship became a sales representative for an interior design company in California.

References

External links

California Golden Bears bio
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