Blakely Elizabeth Mattern (born September 17, 1988) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

defender who plays for Carolina Elite Cobras.

Career

Collegiate

Mattern played collegiate soccer at the

University of South Carolina The University of South Carolina (USC, SC, or Carolina) is a Public university, public research university in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1801 as South Carolina College, It is the flagship of the University of South Car ...

where she was a two-time All-American in addition to being a Freshman All-American. In 2009, she was a consensus first team selection after earning All-America nods by the NSCAA, Soccer America and the Lowe's Senior CLASS Organization. She was the 2007 SEC Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first sophomore in conference history to earn the honor, and is a four-time All-SEC selection. In her final season, she was captain of a defense that was ranked No. 9 in the nation and led the SEC in every defensive category en route to 15 shutouts and a berth in the NCAA Round of 16.

Club

Mattern was selected by Atlanta Beat as the first choice of the third round and 21st overall selection in the

2010 WPS Draft The 2010 WPS College Draft took place on January 15, 2010. It was the second college draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams. Format Charlotte Lady Eagles The Charlotte Eagles (formerly the Charlotte Lady Eagles) is an American women's soccer team that plays in the USL W League. Owned by Missionary Athletes International (MAI), it is a sister club to the namesake men's team, and the Southern ...

. In the summer of 2011 Mattern joined

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 ...

together with Danielle de Seriere. With Ashley Nick the Dutch club already had an American player. Due to an injury Mattern missed the first couple of matches. Since 2013 she has played for the Carolina Elite Cobras in the United States and for

Mallbackens IF Mallbackens IF is a football club from Mallbacken, 15 kilometres north of Sunne in Värmland, Sweden. The club was established in 1942 and played in the Women's premier division (Damallsvenskan The (; ), known as OBOS for sponsorship reaso ...

in Sweden.

References

External links

Atlanta Beat player profile

1988 births Living people American women's soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen South Carolina Gamecocks women's soccer players Atlanta Beat (WPS) players Mallbackens IF players Women's association football defenders FC Twente (women) players Eredivisie (women) players American expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden People from Simpsonville, South Carolina Damallsvenskan players Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands Charlotte Lady Eagles players USL W-League (1995–2015) players {{US-women-footy-defender-stub