Tegan McGrady

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Tegan McGrady
Personal information
Full name Tegan Ann McGrady [1]
Date of birth (1997-10-11) October 11, 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth San Jose, California, United States
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
MVLA
2012–2015 Santa Teresa High School
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 Stanford Cardinal 72 (4)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Washington Spirit 19 (0)
2022 San Diego Wave FC 10 (0)
2022–2023 Portland Thorns FC 6 (0)
International career‡
2013–2014 United States U-17 14 (0)
2016 United States U-20 3 (0)
2017–2018 United States U-23 3 (0)
2018 United States 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 25, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 12, 2018

Tegan Ann McGrady (born October 11, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender.

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Early life

McGrady was raised in San Jose, California and attended Santa Teresa High School. [2] While at Santa Teresa, she was a three-sport student-athlete who competed in track and field and tennis in addition to soccer. [2] During her sophomore year, McGrady was suspended from high school play by the California Interscholastic Federation and missed games in the CIF Central Coast Section playoffs for participation in unsanctioned United States women's national soccer team camp games. [3]

McGrady later attended Stanford University and played for the Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team. She was a member of the 2017 national championship team. [4]

Club career

Washington Spirit

Washington Spirit drafted McGrady with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft and subsequently signed her to a standard contract on March 4, 2019. [5]

McGrady spent much of her rookie season struggling with injuries and made only 6 appearances, 5 of them starts. [6] [7]

Her second NWSL season was abbreviated due to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, McGrady started in all five of the Spirit's 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup matches. [7] McGrady missed the 2020 NWSL Fall Series due to a foot injury. [7] [8]

In October 2020, the Spirit re-signed McGrady to a new two-year contract with a club option for an additional 12 months. [9]

San Diego Wave FC

San Diego Wave FC announced that the club had acquired the rights to McGrady ahead of the expansion team's inaugural season in 2022. [10] She made 10 appearances for the team. [11]

Portland Thorns FC

On July 25, 2022, Portland Thorns FC announced that the club had traded defender Madison Pogarch to San Diego in exchange for McGrady. [11]

International career

McGrady was a member of multiple United States Soccer Federation youth teams throughout her childhood and joined the United States women's national under-17 soccer team in 2013. [12] She went on to make 11 appearances, starting all of them, and assisted on 5 goals in 818 minutes of play. [12] In 2014, she appeared in a further 3 games, starting 2, accruing 210 minutes. [13]

McGrady joined the United States women's national under-20 soccer team in 2016 and made 3 appearances, starting 2, for 210 minutes. [14] In 2017, she progressed to the United States women's national under-23 soccer team and made 3 appearances, all starts, and contributed 2 assists in 258 minutes played. [15]

McGrady made her senior national team debut for the United States on April 8, 2018, against Mexico, as a 58th minute substitute replacing Mallory Pugh. [16]

Honors

Stanford Cardinal

Washington Spirit

Portland Thorns FC

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Stanford women's soccer signs top class of six recruits". Palo Alto Weekly. February 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ Sabedra, Darren (February 20, 2013). "High schools: CCS suspends standout national soccer player". The Mercury News .
  4. ↑ Wittry, Andy (December 3, 2017). "Stanford defeats UCLA 3–2 to win 2017 DI Women's Soccer Championship". National Collegiate Athletic Association .
  5. ↑ "Washington Spirit signs five 1st and 2nd round draft picks". Washington Spirit. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  6. ↑ Rachel Kriger (July 15, 2020). "A healthy Tegan McGrady might be the final ingredient to Washington's success". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
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  10. ↑ "San Diego Wave FC Acquires Rights to 2021 NWSL Champion Tegan McGrady – San Diego Wave Fútbol Club". sandiegowavefc.com. December 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  11. 1 2 "Thorns FC acquire defender Tegan McGrady from San Diego Wave FC in exchange for defender Madison Pogarch" (Press release). Portland Thorns FC. July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
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