Meghan Elisabeth Schnur (born April 16, 1985) is a retired

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, who played for

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 ...

Women's Professional Soccer Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top-level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 ...

, and was a member of the

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. Schnur is an alumnus of

Butler Senior High School Butler Area Senior High School is a coeducational public senior high school in Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States, serving grades 9–12. The school has a Butler, Pennsylvania post office address. It is the senior high sc ...

Career

Schnur played college soccer at the

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from 2003 until 2007, and was a First Team All-Big East selection each year. In 2007, she was named an

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All-American, and was a two-time

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Midfielder of the Year. In 2009, Schnur was selected in the second round (11th overall) in the inaugural Women's Professional Soccer draft by Sky Blue FC, later winning the first league title. After knee surgery in 2011, Schnur retired from professional soccer to pursue a career as a physical therapist. In 2013, Schnur was inducted into the

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Hall of Fame.

References

External links

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US Soccer player profile

Sky Blue FC player profile

New England Mutiny player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schnur, Meghan 1985 births Living people UConn Huskies women's soccer players Gotham FC players MagicJack (WPS) players American women's soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen Women's association football midfielders United States women's international soccer players Women's Professional Soccer players United States women's youth international soccer players