Ashley Lynn Nick (born October 27, 1987) is an American former professional

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player who played as a

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College career

Nick played

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USC USC may refer to: Education United States * Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, Santurce, Puerto Rico * University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina ** University of South Carolina System, a state university system of South Carolina * ...

from 2005 to 2008. She scored her first collegiate goal on September 17, 2006 against

UNLV The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada, United States. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. ...

. Nick co-captained the USC team that won the 2007 NCAA Women’s Soccer National Championship. Nick was named to the All-

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First Team in 2007 and 2008.

Club career

She moved to play for

FC Twente Football Club Twente (), sometimes known internationally as FC Twente Enschede, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub E ...

. There she won the 2010–11

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title. In 2012, she moved to

Toppserien The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984. History Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in ...

side

Arna-Bjørnar Arna-Bjørnar Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Arna, Bergen. It was founded in late 2000 as a merger between the football branches from ''IL Bjørnar'' and ''Arna T&IL'', and replaced Bjørnar IL in the league system from 2001. The ...

before moving back in 2013 to the

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by joining

Pali Blues Pali Blues was an American women's soccer team, which played from 2008 to 2014. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Western ...

and later joined

Sky Blue FC Gotham Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 un ...

. On December 12, 2014, she was traded to the

Houston Dash The Houston Dash are an American professional soccer team based in Houston, Texas, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The Dash began play in the 2014 season. The team plays its home games at Shell Energy Stadium. His ...

for a draft position in the second and fourth rounds of the 2015 NWSL College Draft. On May 11, 2015, she was traded to the

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for Defender

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. In the 2015–16 American off-season Nick scored five goals in six

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

games with

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

. She signed with

in March 2016 and announced she would be leaving

June 9, 2016. On September 27, 2018, she joined Italian

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

club

Juventus Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...

. On March 10, 2021, Nick signed a one-year contract with NWSL expansion club

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International career

In February 2008, Nick was called up to represent the United States national under-23 team.

Personal life

Her uncles Bruce Matthews and Clay Matthews Jr. both played in the NFL.

Honors

Club

FC Twente *

** Winners: 2010–11 ** Runners-up: 2011–12 * BeNe Super Cup ** Winners: 2011–12 Juventus *

** Winners: 2018–19 *

Coppa Italia Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ...

** Winners: 2018–19

References

External links

Ashley Nick
profile at

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Ashley Nick
profile at

*
Profile
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