Ashley Nick
![]() Nick (left) with FC Twente in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ashley Lynn Nick[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | October 27, 1987||
Place of birth | Monrovia, California, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Kansas City | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2004 | Arcadia High School | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2008 | USC Trojans | 90 | (11) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | FC Twente | 37 | (3) |
2012–2013 | Arna-Bjørnar | 7 | (1) |
2013 | Pali Blues | 15 | (8) |
2013–2014 | Sky Blue FC | 25 | (1) |
2013 | → Zorky Krasnogorsk (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2015 | Houston Dash | 3 | (0) |
2015 | Western New York Flash | 13 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Apollon Limassol | 6 | (5) |
2016 | Sky Blue FC | 3 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Juventus | 7 | (0) |
2021– | Kansas City | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
2008 | United States U23 | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 8, 2019 |
Ashley Lynn Nick (born October 27, 1987) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Kansas City of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).[3]
College career[]
Nick played college soccer at USC from 2005 to 2008.[4] She scored her first collegiate goal on September 17, 2006 against UNLV.[5] Nick was named to the All-Pac-10 First Team in 2007 and 2008.[6][7]
Club career[]
She moved to play for FC Twente. There she won the 2010–11 Eredivisie title.[8] In 2012, she moved to Toppserien side Arna-Bjørnar before moving back in 2013 to the United States by joining Pali Blues and later joined Sky Blue FC.[9] On December 12, 2014, she was traded to the Houston Dash for a draft position in the second and fourth rounds of the 2015 NWSL College Draft.[2][10] On May 11, 2015, she was traded to the Western New York Flash for Defender Toni Pressley.[11]
In the 2015–16 American off-season Nick scored five goals in six Cypriot First Division games with Apollon Limassol.[12] She signed with Sky Blue FC in March 2016 and announced she would be leaving Sky Blue FC June 9, 2016.[13]
On September 27, 2018, she joined Italian Serie A club Juventus.[14]
On March 10, 2021, Nick signed a one-year contract with NWSL expansion club Kansas City.[15]
International career[]
In February 2008, Nick was called up to represent the United States national under-23 team.[16]
Personal life[]
Her uncles Bruce Matthews and Clay Matthews Jr. both played in the NFL.[17][4]
Honors[]
Club[]
FC Twente
- Eredivisie
- Winners: 2010–11
- Runners-up: 2011–12
- BeNe Super Cup
- Winners: 2011–12
References[]
- ^ Ashley Nick at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ a b "Houston Dash acquire rights to midfielder Ashley Nick from Sky Blue FC" (Press release). Houston Dash Communications. December 12, 2014. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ^ "Kansas City NWSL Adds Veteran Midfielder - KC NWSL". KC Women's Soccer. March 10, 2021. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ a b "Ashley Nick - Women's Soccer". USC Athletics.
- ^ "No. 17 USC Blasts To 4-0 Win Over UNLV". USC Athletics.
- ^ "USC's Ashley Nick Lands Pac-10 First Team Honors". USC Athletics.
- ^ "Ashley Nick, Amy Rodriguez Are Pac-10 First-Teamers". USC Athletics.
- ^ "USC's Ashley Nick Wins Dutch Crown". USC Athletics.
- ^ "USC's Ashley Nick Signs With Sky Blue FC". usctrojans.com. August 2, 2013. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
- ^ "Houston Dash Acquire Rights to Midfielder Ashley Nick" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. December 12, 2014. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ "Houston Dash acquire defender Toni Pressley from Western New York Flash". Houston Dynamo.
- ^ "ASHLEY LYNN NICK" (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ^ "Sky Blue FC Signs Midfielder Ashley Nick".
- ^ "Ashley Nick is a Bianconera! - Juventus". Juventus.com.
- ^ "KANSAS CITY NWSL ADDS VETERAN MIDFIELDER". Kansas City NWSL. March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "Trojans Head Overseas With U.S. National Teams". USC Athletics.
- ^ Sapakoff, Gene. "Toughest Matthews is the proudest". Post and Courier.
External links[]
- Ashley Nick profile at National Women's Soccer League
- Ashley Nick profile at Sky Blue FC
- Ashley Nick profile at Houston Dash
- Ashley Nick at Soccerway
- Profile at soccerdonna.de (in German)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- LGBT sportspeople from the United States
- American women's soccer players
- LGBT association football players
- Houston Dash players
- NJ/NY Gotham FC players
- Apollon Ladies F.C. players
- Pali Blues players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Russia
- American expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- FC Zorky Krasnogorsk (women) players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- People from Monrovia, California
- Soccer players from California
- Women's association football midfielders
- Western New York Flash players
- USC Trojans women's soccer players
- FC Twente (women) players
- Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate women's footballers in Cyprus
- Arna-Bjørnar players
- Toppserien players
- Eredivisie (women) players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Norway
- American expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- American expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- American expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- LGBT people from California
- Juventus F.C. (women) players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
- American expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- American expatriate women's soccer players
- Lesbian sportswomen
- Kansas City Current players
- Matthews football family