Courtney Wetzel

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Courtney Wetzel
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Portland Thorns FC, 2013
Personal information
Full name Courtney Rashelle Wetzel [1]
Date of birth (1989-02-25) February 25, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Puyallup, Washington, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2010 Oregon State Beavers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007 Seattle Sounders Women 8 (0)
2008–2011 Ottawa Fury Women 27 (5)
2011–2012 SC Sand 7 (0)
2012 Ottawa Fury Women 7 (1)
2013 Portland Thorns 18 (1)
2014 WNY Flash 8 (0)
International career
2010 United States U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Courtney Rashelle Wetzel (born February 25, 1989) is an American soccer midfielder. She played for the Western New York Flash and Portland Thorns FC of the NWSL, and the Ottawa Fury Women and Seattle Sounders Women in the W-League.

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Early life

Wetzel was born in Puyallup, Washington and began playing soccer as a young girl. Starting at age eight, she played for club soccer team, FC Royals, a team she won five state championships with. [2] She attended Puyallup High School where she played on the varsity soccer team for three years. She finished her high school career with 47 goals and 17 assists. As a senior, she was named to the all-state second team after scoring 19 goals. [2]

Wetzel also played for the Washington state and Region IV Olympic Development Program (ODP) teams. She won the 2004 national championship title with the Washington state ODP team and was a finalist in 2005. [2]

Oregon State Beavers

Wetzel attended Oregon State University from 2007 to 2010. She ended her collegiate career with 81 caps for the Beavers and seven goals. She also appeared in two games for the women's basketball team. [3]

Club career

Wetzel played for the Seattle Sounders Women in 2007 and Ottawa Fury Women in the W-League in 2008 and played for the Fury for four seasons. She was named to the W-League Team of the Week in 2012 after scoring a goal and serving an assist during a shutout win against Hamilton. [4]

On April 5, 2013 she joined the Portland Thorns FC for the 2013 NWSL season as a discovery player. [5] [6] She scored her first goal for the Thorns during a home match on June 7 against FC Kansas City. [7] Wetzel made 18 appearances for the Thorns during the 2013 season and helped the team win the league's championship title. [8]

On April 5, 2014, Wetzel was traded with Kathryn Williamson and Portland's first-round pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft to the Western New York Flash for Sarah Huffman and a player to be named later. [9] April 7, 2014, Portland Thorns revealed that the player to be named later was Verónica Boquete. [10] The draft pick became Jaelene Hinkle. [11]

She was waived by the Western New York Flash in September 2014. [12]

International career

Wetzel was called up to the United States women's national under-23 soccer team in 2010. [13]

Honors

Portland Thorns FC

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Courtney Wetzel". Oregon State University. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Courtney Wetzel". Portland Thorns. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Perez Earns W-League Player of the Week". Seattle Sounders Women. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  5. ↑ "From tryouts to Portland Thorns FC, Courtney Wetzel enjoying her time in the Northwest". Portland Thorns. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Wetzel gets pro shot with new Portland team". Corvallis Gazette Times. April 18, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Portland Thorns highlights: Alex Morgan's brace, goals by Courtney Wetzel and Danielle Foxhoven". Oregon Live. June 7, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Courtney Wetzel". Soccer Way. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  9. ↑ Kassouf, Jeff (April 5, 2014). "Thorns send Williamson, Wetzel, pick to Flash for Huffman, player to be named – Equalizer Soccer".
  10. ↑ "Thorns FC acquire Spanish international Verónica Boquete, midfielder Sarah Huffman from Western New York Flash in exchange for midfielder Courtney Wetzel, defender Kathryn Williamson, 2015 NWSL College Draft First Round Draft Pick | Portland Timbers". Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  11. ↑ Staff, The Equalizer (January 16, 2015). "Dash select Brian No. 1 overall in 2015 NWSL Draft – Equalizer Soccer".
  12. ↑ "Four Players Selected Off NWSL Waiver Wire". National Women's Soccer League. September 15, 2014. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. The following players were not selected off of waivers ... Courtney Wetzel
  13. ↑ "Courtney Wetzel Concludes Training Camp with USA U23 Squad". Oregon State University. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
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