Mackenzie Wood

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Mackenzie Wood
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Wood with the Chicago Red Stars in 2024
Personal information
Full name Mackenzie Kay Wood
Date of birth (2000-07-04) July 4, 2000 (age 24)
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Chicago Stars FC
Number 19
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Northwestern Wildcats 67 (0)
2022 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 18 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Chicago Stars FC 3 (0)
2023–2024 → Stade de Reims (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 1, 2024

Mackenzie Kay Wood (born July 4, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played collegiately for the Northwestern Wildcats and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

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Early life

Wood was raised in Granger, Indiana, near South Bend, the daughter of Matt and Kiley Wood. [1] She captained her Indiana Fire club team and her team at Penn High School. [1] She helped her school team reach the state final as a sophomore in 2015, but finished runners-up. [2] In her senior year in 2017, she posted 20 clean sheets as her school team became undefeated state champions and was recognized as an All-American by TopDrawerSoccer . [3] While in high school, she was called into national training camps with the United States under-16 and under-18 teams in 2016 and 2017. [1]

College career

Wood was the starting goalkeeper for the Northwestern Wildcats beginning as a freshman. [4] In the 2018 season, she led the Big Ten Conference with 0.650 goals against average and recorded eight shutouts in nineteen games, being named to the Big Ten all-freshman team and Northwestern's most valuable player. She started all 67 games for the Wildcats over four years. Outside of the 2020 season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic, she posted more than 70 saves in three seasons. [1] [5] She graduated with degrees in statistics and communication studies. [6]

Wood then entered the transfer portal and joined the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for her fifth season of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2022 regular season, she allowed only five goals in twelve games, including nine clean sheets, to help the Fighting Irish place third in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). [7] She led the ACC with a career-best 0.600 goals against average and had a career-high ten shutouts, receiving third-team All-ACC honors. She helped Notre Dame hold its first three opponents in the NCAA tournament scoreless before falling in the quarterfinals. [8] She earned her master's degree in sports analytics and studied for another master's in data science. [6]

Club career

Wood was invited to train with the Chicago Red Stars as a non-roster trialist in the 2023 preseason. [9] She signed an injury replacement contract with the team on March 25 and made her professional debut in a friendly against the Mexico national team on April 8. [10] [11] On August 30, she signed a three-year contract with a one-year option and was immediately loaned to French club Stade de Reims for a year. [12] She made two starts for Reims in the Coupe de France féminine in January 2024. [13]

Wood was called back to the Red Stars during the 2024 preseason. [9] She made her first NWSL appearance on May 13, 2024, substituting for Alyssa Naeher due to injury in the 62nd minute of the 3–1 win against the Utah Royals. [14] [15] She made her first NWSL regular-season starts in losses to NJ/NY Gotham FC and Racing Louisville FC over the next two weeks. [16] [17]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mackenzie Wood – 2021 – Women's Soccer". Northwestern Wildcats . Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ Bagley, Lewis (November 1, 2015). "Penn girls fall short of state title". South Bend Tribune . Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  3. ↑ Shealer, Sheldon (July 24, 2018). "HS Girls: TDS Fall All-American". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  4. ↑ Goldsmith, Charlie (September 26, 2018). "Women's Soccer: Freshman Mackenzie Wood is ahead of the curve". The Daily Northwestern . Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Mackenzie Wood Joins Irish Family". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. March 23, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  6. 1 2 King, Marshall V. "Mackenzie Wood's Journey to Notre Dame: A Testament to Excellence". Mendoza College of Business . Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  7. ↑ Frommer, Justin (October 28, 2022). "'Full circle moment': Mackenzie Wood gets hometown swan song that wasn't always in her plans". South Bend Tribune . Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Mackenzie Wood". Notre Dame Fighting Irish . Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  9. 1 2 "Chicago Red Stars Recall Goalkeeper, Mackenzie Wood, From Loan". Chicago Red Stars. February 6, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Chicago Red Stars sign Cheyna Matthews and Sami Feller" (Press release). Chicago Red Stars. March 25, 2023. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Chicago Red Stars Lose to Mexico Women's National Team 5–2". Chicago Red Stars. April 8, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Chicago Red Stars Sign and Loan Goalkeeper Mackenzie Wood". Chicago Red Stars. August 23, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  13. ↑ Chatz, Joe (May 17, 2024). "Chicago Red Stars Injury Update: Alyssa Naeher Unlikely vs. Gotham FC". On Tap Sports Net. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Chicago Red Stars Beat Utah at Home, 3–1". Chicago Red Stars. May 13, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  15. ↑ "USWNT goalkeeper Naeher subbed off for Chicago Red Stars with injury". Pro Soccer Wire. May 12, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Chicago Red Stars Lose First Road Match, 2–1, to Gotham FC". Chicago Red Stars. May 19, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Mackenzie Wood 2024 Match Logs". FBref.com . Retrieved July 22, 2024.
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