Morgan Brian
Morgan Brian was born in St. Simons, Georgia, United States on February 26th, 1993 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 31, Morgan Brian biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Morgan Paige Brian (born February 26, 1993) is an American soccer player for the Chicago Red Stars (NWSL), the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States), and the United States women's national soccer team.
During a friendly against Korea Republic on June 15, 2013, she first appeared for the US national team.
She has since made 82 appearances for the team and scored six goals. At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics, Brian represented the United States.
She was the youngest member of the team at the World Cup at age 22.
She played for the University of Virginia Cavaliers from 2011 to 2014.
She scored 40 goals and 40 assists in her four years with the Cavaliers, finishing her collegiate career second in career points.
Brian received the MAC Hermann Trophy in both 2013 and 2014, becoming the fourth woman to win the award in a row following her college career.
Early life
Morgan and her older sister Jennifer were born in St. Simons Island, Georgia, to Vickie and Steve Brian. Gautrat was a big soccer fan on St. Simon's Island, and she competed with girls who were four to five years older than her. She was given the nickname 'Plankton' because of her small size on the team.' Gautrat later joined the Ponte Vedra Storm in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where she competed from U-12 to U-19. The team did not compete for the Clay County Soccer Club for the first time, but the squad was still the Clay County Soccer Club for their U-19-year participation. Gautrat also competed in state championships at the U-17 and U-19 levels, despite the Storm. The team won the 2012 United States Youth Soccer National Championship in their U-19-year as the Clay County Soccer Club. Gautrat missed the championships because she was with the United States U-20 women's national team.
Gautrat, as well as all of her Ponte Vedra Storm colleagues, tried out for the Olympic Development Program state team in Florida. She did not make the ODP team the first year, but she used it as encouragement to train harder. She later served on the state, provincial, and national ODP teams. Gautrat wrote about her ODP experience, saying that "what got [her] recognized right away."
Gautrat attended Frederica Academy in St. Simon's Island from 2007 to 2011, where she played soccer for four years and helped the team win four consecutive state championships. Gautrat also played varsity basketball as an eighth-grader, sophomore, and senior, in addition to soccer. Both All-Region and All-State awards for basketball were given to her.
Gautrat had 186 goals and 95 assists in her high school soccer career. She was a two-time Parade All-American and two-time Gatorade Georgia State Player of the Year. She was also named the 2010 NSCAA Youth Player of the Year and the 2010 Parade National Player of the Year in 2010, as well as the 2010 Parade National Player of the Year. She was named Gatorade National Player of the Year in 2011. Gautrat was also named as the first soccer player to be honoured as the Gatorade National Female Athlete of the Year in 2011.
Gautrat attended the University of Virginia. She appeared in 22 games and was in 23 of the 24 total matches for the first time as a freshman in 2011. She was the second-leading scorer for the Cavaliers as a midfielder, with 11 goals and eight assists. She was named National Freshman of the Year, NSCAA First-Team All-American, Second-Team Soccer America MVP, and a semi-finalist for the Hermann Trophy. She was named the first-team All-ACC Freshman of the Year and First-Team All-ACC.
Gautrat appeared in 15 games beginning with her second year as a member of the United States in the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, where she helped the United States capture gold. Gautrat scored four goals and gave seven assists for the Cavaliers. She was named first team All-Southeast Region, First Team All-ACC, ACC Tournament MVP, Second Team TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Season, and First Team Valiant All-State.
Gautrat played 25 games in 2013 for their third year. She finished first in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in scoring with 46 points on 16 goals and a league-high 14 assists. She led Virginia to the College Cup in all four NCAA Tournament victories. She was named Soccer America Player of the Year, TopDrawerSoccer.com Player of the Year, Valiant State Player of the Year, First-Team NSCAA All-American, First-Team Soccer America MVP, and First-Team All-ACC. She was voted champion of the 2013 Hermann Trophy.
Gautrat returned to the winner of the Hermann Trophy for the fourth year in a row, following Mia Hamm of North Carolina (1992 and 1993), Christine Sinclair of North Carolina (2006 and 2008) and Kerri Hanks (2006 and 2008).
Personal life
Gautrat is a Christian. Gautrat is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
She was in a relationship with Eric Bird from 2013 to 2015. Fabrice Gautrat, a soccer player, was married in November 2017. During the NWSL Challenge Cup, she wore a jersey with "Gautract" as her name, which was apparently "to surprise her husband."
Club career
On January 16, 2015, the Houston Dash selected Gautrat with the first overall pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft for the 2015 season of the National Women's Soccer League. Gautrat made her first appearance for the Dash on April 10, 2015 in a match against the Washington Spirit. Due to commitments with the United States women's national team at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, Gautrat missed almost half of the NWSL season. She returned to the Dash in late-July, appearing in a match against FC Kansas City on July 20. Gautrat made ten appearances for the Dash in the regular season, recording three assists in 810 minutes played. The Dash finished fifth in the league and did not advance to the playoffs.
On January 13, 2016, Gautrat was on the official list of United States women's national team allocated players for the 2016, having been assigned to the Houston Dash along with Carli Lloyd. Gautrat made seven appearances for the Dash before joining the national team in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Gautrat will be returning to Houston for her third season in the NWSL and fifth overall season for the NWSL. Gautrat made her 2017 debut on May 6, 2017 in Chicago during the fourth week of the NWSL historical 5th season. Gautrat sat for the first few weeks due to a MCL injury that she sustained during her 66th appearance for the USWNT during the She Believes Cup against France in early March.
On August 30, 2017, the Chicago Red Stars acquired Gautrat from the Dash for Kristie Mewis. In January 2018, Gautrat signed a deal to play in France for Olympique Lyonnais, Chicago retained her NWSL rights. The Chicago Red Stars announced Gautrat's return to the team on June 19, 2018, as she signed a deal for the remainder of the 2018 season.
On January 1, 2018, Olympique Lyonnais Féminin announced they had signed Gautrat to a 2 and a half year deal, that would run until June 30, 2020. On May 30, 2018 it was reported that Gautrat was leaving Lyon after only 5 months. This was confirmed on June 19, 2018 as the Chicago Red Stars announced she had signed a deal to return to the NWSL.
On June 19, 2018, after having spending 5 months with Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, Gautrat made her return to the Chicago Red Stars. Gautrat appeared in 9 regular season games for the team before appearing in her first career NWSL playoff game on September 18. The next season, Gautrat helped lead Chicago to the playoffs again, where the team earned its first playoff win in team history; Gautrat scored her first career NWSL goal in a September 15 game against Sky Blue FC and was named to her first ever NWSL Team of the Month that same month.
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