Christen Press

One of her biggest highlights of the year came in the first round of the NCAA College Cup when she scored the fastest goal in team history in the 37th second of the match.

She scored twice and also assisted on another goal in the team's 7–0 victory.

Press was named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and earned first-team Freshman All-American honors.

During her sophomore year, Press was One of only five players in the squad to start every game of the season.

She scored 16 goals and had 11 assists, while her total of 43 points ranked second in school history.

In the College Cup quarterfinal against the Portland Pilots, Press scored the lone goal of the match in the 86th minute to send the Cardinal to the Final Four.

She was the only player from the Cardinal squad to be named to the NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team.

During her third season with the Cardinal, Press set new program records for assists (16) and shots (143).

Christen Annemarie Press (born December 29, 1988) is an American professional soccer player, entrepreneur, and sports journalist.

She plays for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.

They went on to lose the final to the North Carolina Tar Heels, after Press's apparent game-tying goal in the 89th minute was ruled offside.

At the end of the season, Press was named to the All-Pac-10 first team and was a semi-finalist for the Hermann Trophy.

In 2006, she was named NSCAA High School All-American and Parade Magazine All-American.

During her high school career, she scored 128 goals, including 38 her junior year alone (a school record).

She was named Southern Section Division IV Offensive Player of the Year twice and was a four-time Prep League Offensive MVP.

Press played club soccer for Slammers FC of Newport Beach, California, and won the Golden Boot for most goals scored in the US Youth Soccer Association's national championship tournament.

Press is the all-time leading scorer for the Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team with 71 goals.

While playing for the Cardinal, she broke school records for career points (183), assists (41), and shots (500); as well as single-season records for goals (26), shots (180), and game-winning goals (10).

She was Stanford's second Hermann Trophy winner and a two-time runner-up at the NCAA Women's College Cup.

As a freshman, Press started 18 games for Stanford.

She led the team in assists (6) and ranked second in goals (8), points (22) and shots (60).

Seven of her 21 goals during the 2009 season were game-winning goals.

Her 58 points raised the bar that she set during the previous season for the second-highest point total in a single season and ranked third in the nation.

Press also broke her previous record for fastest goal scored in Stanford history after scoring 23 seconds into a match against BYU.

In the College Cup, she scored the golden goal and had an assist in the Cardinal's 2–1 overtime win against the UCLA Bruins to send them into their first-ever cup final.

Press was the recipient of the Hermann Trophy in 2010 and holds the all-time scoring and assists records at Stanford Cardinal.

In her senior year, Press was the recipient of the 2010 Hermann Trophy for being the nation's top college soccer player.

Following her collegiate career, Press was selected fourth overall by the Washington Freedom in the 2011 WPS Draft, where she was named WPS Rookie of the Year.

She first appeared for the United States national team during an international friendly against Scotland on February 9, 2013.

She has made 155 appearances for her country and is currently ninth all-time with 64 goals scored.

She was the Damallsvenskan's top scorer in 2013 with 23 goals scored for Tyresö FF and became the first American to earn the Golden Boot award in the history of the Swedish League.

Press has played for the Chicago Red Stars and Utah Royals in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC and Tyresö FF in the Swedish Damallsvenskan, magicJack in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) and Manchester United of the English FA Women's Super League.

She helped the United States win their titles at the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

In 2019, she co-founded a gender-neutral lifestyle brand, re-inc, with fellow athletes Megan Rapinoe, Tobin Heath, and Meghan Klingenberg.

Press co-hosts the podcast, The RE—CAP Show, with Tobin Heath.

Born in Los Angeles to Cody and Stacy Press, Christen was raised in the suburb of Palos Verdes Estates with her two sisters, Channing and Tyler.

Both of her parents played different sports: Cody was an American football player at Dartmouth and Stacy was a tennis player.

She began playing soccer at age five and later attended Chadwick School for high school.

As a two-year team captain and four-year starter of her high school's soccer team, Press led Chadwick to two Southern Section Division IV titles.

She also lettered in track and tennis.