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

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player who played as a goalkeeper for Portland Thorns FC of the

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(NWSL). She previously played for the Western New York Flash.

Club career

Penn State Nittany Lions

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 Big Ten Medal of Honor, 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

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Western New York Flash

Eckerstrom was drafted in the 3rd round of the

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by Western New York Flash.

Portland Thorns

On March 8, 2017, Eckerstrom was traded to the

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for two fourth round picks in the

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Loan to Newcastle Jets

In October 2017, Eckerstrom was loaned to Australian club Newcastle Jets for the

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season, along with fellow Americans Katie Stengel, Tori Huster 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.

References

External links

US Soccer player profile

Portland Thorns player profile
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 (A-League Women) players National Women's Soccer League players Sportspeople from Rockville, Maryland Soccer players from Maryland Western New York Flash draft picks American people of Swedish descent People 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 {{US-women-footy-bio-stub