Alana Cook

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Alana Cook
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Cook with the Seattle Reign in 2024
Personal information
Full name Alana Simone Cook [1]
Date of birth (1997-04-11) April 11, 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Seattle Reign FC
Number 4
Youth career
The Pennington School
Match Fit Academy Colchesters
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 Stanford Cardinal 93 (5)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Paris Saint-Germain 21 (0)
2020 → Seattle Reign (loan) 0 (0)
2021– Seattle Reign 38 (0)
International career‡
2013 United States U17
2014–2016 United States U20
2017–2019 United States U23 3 (0)
2019– United States 29 (1)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
CONCACAF W Championship
Winner 2022 Mexico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 2, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 29, 2023

Alana Simone Cook (born April 11, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for NWSL club Seattle Reign and the United States national team. [2]

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Early life

Cook was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to parents Florence and Bryan Cook [3] and raised with sister Brianna in Worcester and Far Hills, New Jersey. [4] [5] [6] She attended The Pennington School, a boarding school in Pennington, New Jersey, and helped guide the varsity soccer team to regional and state titles. [7] [8] Cook was named 2013 New Jersey Prep Player of the Year and 2015 NSCAA High School Scholar Player of the Year. [7]

Twice named NSCAA Youth All-American, [9] Cook played in the NSCAA High School All-America Game and earned Best XI honors. [7] She played club soccer for Match Fit Academy Colchesters and won the 2013 U.S. Youth Soccer National League title with the team. [10]

Cook began representing the United States on its youth national teams as a teenager. [7]

Stanford Cardinal

Cook attended the Stanford University from 2015 to 2018 where she earned a degree in symbolic systems and was a four-year starter for the Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team. She captained the team in her final two seasons. She was named Pac-12 Conference Defender of the Year and a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist in 2018. [7]

Club career

Paris Saint-Germain, 2019–21

In January 2019, Cook elected to forgo the 2019 NWSL College Draft despite her first round draft grade [11] and instead chose to pursue opportunities in Europe, signing a three-year deal with French Division 1 Féminine team Paris Saint-Germain. [12]

OL Reign (loan), 2020

On June 16, 2020, Cook joined OL Reign on a short-term loan for the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup. [13]

OL Reign, 2021–

On June 7, 2021, OL Reign signed Cook to a three-year contract with an option for an extra year on a permanent transfer from PSG. [14]

During the 2021 season, Cook was a starting defender in all 20 matches of the regular season. [2] The Reign finished in second place during the regular season with a 13–8–3 record. [15] After advancing to the NWSL Playoffs, they were eliminated by eventual champions Washington Spirit. [16] Cook was named to the league's Best XI. [17]

In 2022, Cook helped OL Reign finish in first place during the regular season winning the NWSL Shield. [2] [18]

International career

Cook has competed for the United States under-17, under-20, under-23, and senior national teams. She captained the under-17 team and made the jump to the under-20 team in 2014 followed by the under-23 team in 2017. [19] She captained the under-23 squad in 2019. [20] [21] She is eligible to represent England because of her British father and earned her first senior international call-up in September 2019 as a training player for England's friendlies against Portugal and Brazil. [22]

Cook with the U.S. national team and Second Gentleman, Doug Emhoff, July 2023 USWNT with SGOTUS July 2023.jpg
Cook with the U.S. national team and Second Gentleman, Doug Emhoff, July 2023

Cook received her first call-up to the United States national team on October 31, 2019. [23] In June 2023, she was named to the U.S. squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. [24]

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 October 2022 [2] [25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOther [lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paris Saint-Germain 2018–19 D1F 300010—40
2019–20 D1F50204000110
2020–21 D1F130004100171
Total210209100321
OL Reign (loan) 2020 NWSL —30——30
OL Reign 2021 NWSL190——10200
2022 NWSL19071—00261
Total3801010010491
Career total5901219110812

International

As of match played October 29, 2023 [2]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States 2019 10
2020 ––
2021 30
2022 150
2023 101
Total291

International goals

Key (expand for notes on "international goals" and sorting)
LocationGeographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Sorted by country name first, then by city name
LineupStart – played entire match
on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time

off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time
( c ) – captain
Sorted by minutes played

Goal in matchGoal of total goals by the player in the match
Sorted by total goals followed by goal number
#NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
MinThe minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/passThe ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pkGoal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
ScoreThe match score after the goal was scored.
Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
ResultThe final score.

Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation

aetThe score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
Pink background color – Continental Games or regional tournament
Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE on background colors: Continental Games or regional tournament are sometimes also qualifier for World Cup or Olympics; information depends on the source such as the player's federation.

NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player


Goals		CapDateLocationOpponentLineupMinAssist/passScoreResultCompetition
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1–0

1–0

Friendly

Honors

Stanford Cardinal
Paris Saint-Germain
OL Reign
United States U23
United States

Individual

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