Chardonnay Curran

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Chardonnay Curran
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Curran with the Chicago Red Stars in 2024
Personal information
Full name Chardonnay Curran
Date of birth (1999-08-18) August 18, 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii, United States
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Hawaii Rush [1]
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Oregon Ducks 92 (7)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Kansas City Current 29 (0)
2024–2025 Chicago Stars 17 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of July 29, 2025

Chardonnay Curran (born August 18, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder. She played college soccer for the Oregon Ducks, where she set the program record for appearances.

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College career

Curran attended the University of Oregon, where she made 92 appearances and scored seven goals. [1] She holds the school records for matches played, [2] consecutive matches played, and starts. [3] Three of her goals were game-winners. Curran took advantage of the NCAA's COVID eligibility extension to play a fifth year of collegiate soccer.

Club career

Kansas City Current

Curran was selected 17th overall in the 2022 NWSL Draft by the Kansas City Current. [4] [5] She made 30 total appearances for the Current across two seasons, scoring her first professional goal, a game-winning tally in an international friendly against CF Monterrey, before being waived at the end of 2023.

Chicago Stars

In 2024, the Chicago Red Stars (later named Chicago Stars FC) acquired Curran's playing rights through the waiver wire process. [6] She made 17 league appearances before departing from the club on July 29, 2025, via a mutual contract termination. [7]

Rio Ave FC

On August 20, 2025, she signed with Rio Ave FC in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino (also known as Liga BPI), the top women's professional league in Portugal. [8]

International career

Curran has been called in to camps with United States youth teams. In 2018, she was summoned to an under-20 camp in the lead-up to the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Chardonnay Curran bio". University of Oregon Athletics. University of Oregon. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  2. ↑ Rustik, John (October 21, 2021). "Chardonnay Curran continues to make history as Ducks draw in Boulder". Daily Emerald. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  3. ↑ Mendoza, Jim (December 29, 2021). "After setting records at Oregon, this Hawaii player is ready for her pro soccer debut". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  4. ↑ Hull, Billy (December 19, 2021). "Campbell's Chardonnay Curran, Kaiser's Kaile Halvorsen picked in National Women's Soccer League draft". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Curran Goes to Current in NWSL Draft Second Round". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Chicago Red Stars Sign Midfielder Chardonnay Curran". chicagoredstars.com. Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Chicago Stars FC and Midfielder, Chardonnay Curran, Agree to Mutually Terminate Contract". Chicago Stars. July 29, 2025. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  8. ↑ Bompastor, Ana (August 20, 2025). "Feminino: Chardonnay Curran assina pelo Rio Ave FC". Rio Ave Futebol Clube (in European Portuguese). Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  9. ↑ Hull, Billy. "HAWAII GROWN: Curran headed to USA training camp". Hawaii Prep World. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
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