Britt Ellen Eckerstrom (born May 28, 1993) is a retired American

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player who played as a

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for

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of the

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(NWSL). She previously played for the

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College career

Eckerstrom won a national title with the Penn State Nittany Lions in 2015. She did not concede a single goal in that year's NCAA tournament. In 2016, she was awarded the

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, which recognizes one male and one female student from the graduating class of each Big Ten member school, for demonstrating joint athletic and academic excellence throughout their college career. In 2013, she played with the Ottawa Fury. In 2014, she joined the Colorado Pride.

Club career

Eckerstrom was drafted in the 3rd round of the

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. On March 8, 2017, Eckerstrom was traded to the

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for two fourth round picks in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. In October 2017, Eckerstrom was loaned to Australian club

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for the

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season, along with fellow Americans

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and

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. Eckerstrom returned to the Jets in October 2018 ahead of the

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season. She played every minute for the Jets, tallying 61 saves over the course of the season. She announced her retirement from professional soccer on Instagram on January 19, 2021.

Honors

Penn State Nittany Lions *

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

References

External links

US Soccer player profile

Portland Thorns player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eckerstrom, Britt 1993 births Living people American women's soccer players Women's association football goalkeepers Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer players Western New York Flash players Portland Thorns FC players Newcastle Jets FC (women) players National Women's Soccer League players Sportspeople from Rockville, Maryland Soccer players from Montgomery County, Maryland Western New York Flash draft picks American people of Swedish descent Sportspeople from Germantown, Maryland Ottawa Fury (women) players USL W-League (1995–2015) players American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate women's soccer players in Canada 21st-century American sportswomen