Meghan Klingenberg

Klingenberg was born in Pittsburgh and raised in the North Hills suburb of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. She has a younger brother named Drew who played college soccer at Penn State. She attended Pine-Richland High School from 2003 to 2007 and was the captain of the girls soccer team. In 2005, she helped lead Pine-Richland to the Pennsylvania state high school championship and was an NSCAA All-America selection. She was also named a Parade All-American. Klingenberg claims she enhanced her soccer skills by practicing Taekwondo, and that the martial art made her a more aggressive player. She is now a black belt. University of North Carolina Klingenberg attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a four-year starter for the Tar Heels. She scored 18 career goals with 24 assists. Klingenberg was a highly flexible player, playing on all three lines for UNC. As a freshman in 2007, she played in 24 games, starting 10, and earned Freshman All-ACC honors. She scored five goals with three assists and was a Soccer America First-Team All-Freshman selection. Klingenberg led UNC freshmen in all offensive categories and was an All-ACC Academic Team selection. ==Club career==

WPS, 2011 In 2011, Klingenberg was selected by the Washington Freedom in the first round of the WPS draft. After the team was moved to Florida and renamed magicJack, she was traded in early June to the Boston Breakers. Klingenberg played 10 matches for Boston, starting them all and totaling 961 minutes for the season. She ended the season with one goal and two assists. During her time with Tyresö she won the 2012 Damallsvenskan. She finished UEFA Women's Champions League with Tyresӧ FF, before joining the Dash mid-season. She left in October 2015 after making nineteen appearances for the club. Portland Thorns, 2016–2024 in 2024 In October 2015, Klingenberg was part of a pingpong trade that had her join the Seattle Reign as she was traded by Houston Dash for Amber Brooks and a conditional selection in the 2017 NWSL College Draft, then traded to the NWSL 2016 expansion team Orlando, who then traded her to the Portland Thorns FC for Alex Morgan and other considerations. On December 30, 2024, Klingenberg announced that she had departed the club. ==International career==

Klingenberg has played for the United States women's national soccer team at the U-16, U-17, U-20 and U-23 levels. She received her first call-up to the senior squad for the 2011 Four Nations Tournament and earned her first two caps during the event. She was named an alternate for the 2012 Summer Olympics. In March 2013, she was named to the senior team roster by US WNT coach, Tom Sermanni for upcoming exhibition matches against Germany and the Netherlands. Klingenberg made her debut for senior team on January 23, 2011, at the Four Nations Tournament against Canada, coming in as a substitute at seventy-eighth minute. She also played in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. The United States women's national soccer team won the tournament on July 5, 2015. Klingenberg started in every match of the tournament for the team. Despite seeing extensive playing time during the 2016 Summer Olympics, Klingenberg would receive sparse minutes throughout 2017 and has not been called up since January 2018. ==Off-field==

While with the Houston Dash, Klingenberg and teammate Morgan Brian lived with the family of former Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy during the NWSL season, as part of the Dash's host family program. In 2018, Klingenberg participated in negotiating image and likeness rights for the United States women's national team for the U.S. Women's National Team Players Association. ==In popular culture==

Klingenberg was featured with her national teammates in the EA Sports' FIFA video game series in FIFA 16, the first time women players were included in the game. She appeared in the series again in FIFA 23, which added NWSL teams to the game. Following the United States' win at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Klingenberg and her teammates became the first women's sports team to be honored with a ticker tape parade in New York City. Each player received a key to the city from Mayor Bill de Blasio. In October of the same year, the team was honored by President Barack Obama at the White House. ==Career statistics==

Club International :''Scores and results list United States's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Klingenberg goal.'' ==Honors==

North Carolina Tar Heels • NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament: 2008, 2009 Western New York Flash • Women's Premier Soccer League Elite: 2012 Tyresö • Damallsvenskan: 2012 Portland Thorns FC • NWSL Shield: 2016, 2021 • NWSL Championship: 2017, 2022 • NWSL Community Shield: 2020 • NWSL Challenge Cup: 2021 • International Champions Cup: 2021 United States • CONCACAF Women's Championship: 2014 • Algarve Cup: 2015 • FIFA Women's World Cup: 2015 • CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 2016 • SheBelieves Cup: 2016 Individual • NWSL Second XI: 2017, 2021 • FIFPro: FIFA FIFPro World XI 2015 ==References==