Amy Sauer

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Amy Sauer
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-03-21) March 21, 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Spring, Texas
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Defender
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2001 Stanford Cardinal 83 (1)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002 San Diego Spirit 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amy Sauer is a retired American soccer player who played for the San Diego Spirit. [1]

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Early life and education

Sauer grew up in Spring, Texas, [2] the daughter of Donald and Mary Ellen Sauer and the younger sister of A. J. Sauer, who played for Stanford's men's soccer team form 1995 to 1999. [3] She attended from Klein Oak High School, then Stanford University, [4] graduating in 2001. [2]

Career

Considered one of the top 15 recruits in the country, Sauer played for Stamford, Texas soccer team from 1998 to 2001, [2] playing in every game and starting in most. [3]

In 2002, she made her professional debut with the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), where she was selected to play for the San Diego Spirit in the second round of the draft. [4] She was released from the team in 2003. [5]

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References

  1. "WUSA: 2002 Draft" . Soccer America. Archived from the original on 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  2. 1 2 3 "Amy Sauer – Women's Soccer". Stanford University Athletics . Archived from the original on 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  3. 1 2 "Player Bio: Amy Sauer". Stanford University Athletics . Archived from the original on 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  4. 1 2 "Sauer sticks with Spirit". Chron . 2002-04-03. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  5. "Defender Tanaka". OurSports Central. 2003-05-21. Archived from the original on 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2023-08-07.