Rachel Margot Breton (born August 4, 1990) 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 ...

striker and defender. She previously 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 ...

and

New Jersey Wildcats The New Jersey Wildcats is an American women's soccer team, founded by Vincent Baldino in 1996. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues USL W-League (1995–2015), W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and C ...

Club career

On May 30, 2013, she was called up from the

's reserve team into the first team. She made her debut on July 6, 2013, against

Washington Spirit The Washington Spirit are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the USL W-League (1995� ...

. She was described as a "terrific overall athlete who is capable of playing anywhere on the field, strong on the ball and has great quickness."

Personal life

Born in

Kearny, New Jersey Kearny ( ) is a town in the western part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a suburb of Newark. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 41,999, an increase of 1,315 (+3.2%) from the 2010 census cou ...

, Breton grew up in

Manalapan Township, New Jersey Manalapan Township (, ) is a Township (New Jersey), township in western Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is centrally located within the Raritan River, Raritan Valley Region and is a pa ...

.Rachel Breton

. Accessed July 5, 2018. "Hometown: Manalapan, New Jersey"Rachel Breton
,

Villanova Wildcats The Villanova Wildcats are the athletic teams of Villanova University. They compete in the Big East (NCAA Division I) for every sport; except football and women's rowing where they compete in the Coastal Athletic Association (Football Champions ...

. Accessed July 5, 2018. "Hometown: Manalapan, N.J.... Born 8/4/90 in Kearny, N.J." Her father and uncle were also football players.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Breton, Rachel 1990 births Living people Gotham FC players Villanova Wildcats women's soccer players Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's soccer players National Women's Soccer League players American women's soccer players New Jersey Wildcats players Soccer players from Kearny, New Jersey Sportspeople from Manalapan Township, New Jersey Soccer players from Monmouth County, New Jersey Women's association football defenders Women's association football forwards Amazon Grimstad players Toppserien players American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Norway 21st-century American sportswomen