Sarah Alexandra Mirr (born September 29, 2000) is an American professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

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. She was called up to the

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Early years

Mirr is tall, and plays as a

. In the time from 2014 to 2017, she captained her high school team Foothill Varsity Soccer. In August 2018, she was honored with the weekly ''High School Athletic Award'' by the regional channel TV30. Between 2014 and 2018, she played for the local youth team of Pleasanton Rage in the Bay Area Division of the

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(ECNL Girls). She captained the team, and led them to the ECNL Champions League. . She played for her

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team

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in the Patriot League women's soccer tournament between 2018 and 20022. In September

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, she was named ''Midfielder of the Week''. Mirr was also named to the ''Loyola's Fall Academic Honor Roll'' member, earning ''Patriot League Academic Honor Roll'' recognition as a student-athlete for her competing during the 2022 fall semester.

Club career

After graduation from the college, she returned home and played for her former club Pleasanton Rage in the

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(WPSL). In March 2024, Mirr moved to Turkey and joined the

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-based club

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for the second half of the 2023-24 Women's Super League. She scored one goal in nine matches.

International career

Mirr was selected to take part at the

's Identification Camp in

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in May 2024.

Personal life

Sarah Alexandra Mirr was born to James R. Mirr and Daphyne Thomas Mirr in

Pleasanton, California Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Located in the Amador Valley, it is an upscale suburb in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 79,871 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 cens ...

. After graduating from the Foothiill High School in her hometown in 2018, she studied at

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from 2018 to 2022.

References

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