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Nikki Stanton
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Stanton with Perth Glory in 2018
Personal information
Full name Nicole Leslie Stanton [1]
Date of birth (1990-10-26) October 26, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth North Bend, Washington, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Vancouver Rise
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2013 Fairfield Stags 79 (6)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 Seattle Sounders
2014–2017 Sky Blue FC 41 (0)
2015 ETG Ambilly FFC
2015–2019 → Perth Glory (loan) 45 (0)
2018–2019 Chicago Red Stars 40 (0)
2020 Klepp IL 15 (2)
2021 Chicago Red Stars 14 (0)
2022–2024 Seattle Reign 35 (0)
2025– Vancouver Rise 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 9, 2025

Nicole Leslie Stanton (born October 26, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Vancouver Rise FC of the Northern Super League. [2]

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Early life

Raised in North Bend, Washington about 40 minutes east of Seattle, Stanton attended Mount Si High School where she played for the girls varsity soccer team for four years. [3] As team captain during her senior year, she received the school's Female Athlete of the Year honors and was selected to the All-Star Select Team by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. [3]

Stanton played club soccer for Crossfire Premier and helped lead the team to five state titles and a regional championship in 2006. She was also a member of the regional Olympic Development Program (ODP). [3]

Club career

Seattle Sounders, 2012

Stanton played for the Seattle Sounders during the summer of 2012. [4] [5]

Sky Blue FC, 2014–2017

Stanton was signed by Sky Blue FC in June 2014 after playing for the team's reserve team and made 4 appearances in her rookie season. [6] Stanton returned to Sky Blue for the 2015 NWSl season where she played in 8 games and started 3. [7] She re-signed with Sky Blue on October 23, 2015. [8] In 2016, Stanton appeared in a career high 16 games with Sky Blue and started 13 of them. [7]

On January 18, 2018, Stanton was traded to the Chicago Red Stars along with teammate Sam Kerr as part of a three-team trade. [9]

ETG Ambilly FFC, 2015

Stanton spent two months with ETG Ambilly FFC in 2015 as part of the Play Football Abroad Program. [10]

Loan to Perth Glory, 2015–2019

Following the 2015 NWSL season, Stanton went on loan to Perth Glory for the 2015-16 W-League season. [11] She played all 990 minutes of the season for Perth. [7] Stanton returned to Perth for the 2016-17 W-League where she once again played every minute of the season. Perth advanced to the 2017 W-League Grand Final but lost to Melbourne City 2–0.

Stanton returned to Perth for the 2017-18 W-League season. She suffered a broken arm in a game on November 5, 2017, which forced her to miss a month of the season. [12] Stanton re-signed with Perth for the 2018-19 W-League season, her fourth season with the team. Perth returned to the Grand Final in 2019 but lost to Sydney FC 4–2.

Chicago Red Stars, 2018–2019

In her first season with Chicago, Stanton played in 20 games for the Red Stars. She advanced to the NWSL play-offs for the first time in her career as the Red Stars finished fourth and qualified for the play-offs. Chicago lost to the North Carolina Courage 2–0 in the semi-final. [7]

Vancouver Rise, 2025-

On January 9, 2025 it was announced that Stanton had signed with Vancouver Rise of Northern Super League [13] [14]

Honors

Personal life

She was previously in a relationship with former Perth Glory and Chicago Red Stars teammate Sam Kerr. [17]

In 2024, Stanton appeared in the first season of The Offseason , a reality television series following a group of NWSL players training before the new season. [18]

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  1. ↑ Nikki Stanton at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Nikki Stanton". Chicago Red Stars. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
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  5. ↑ Ruhland, Emilee (August 2, 2012). "Era of excitement: Valley grad Nikki Stanton tapped to play with Sounders Women". Snoqualmie Valley Record. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sky Blue FC Sign Midfielder Nikki Stanton". National Women's Soccer League. June 24, 2014. Archived from the original on June 28, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "N.STANTON" . Retrieved March 26, 2019.
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