Summer Green
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Summer Lynn Green[1] | ||
| Date of birth | May 2, 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Bloomington, Illinois | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Damaiense | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 65 | (18) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Seattle Reign FC | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Chicago Red Stars | 15 | (0) |
| 2019 | Vittsjö | 18 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | SC Sand | 20 | (2) |
| 2022– | Damaiense | 19 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | United States U17 | 19 | (24) |
| 2014 | United States U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2018 | United States U23 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:29, 15 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
Summer Lynn Green (born May 2, 1995) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for Damaiense in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino. She previously played for the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League and for SC Sand in the Frauen-Bundesliga.
Club career
[edit]Early career in the US
[edit]After playing four years at the University of North Carolina, Green was drafted by Seattle Reign FC with the 30th overall pick in the 2016 NWSL College Draft. She missed her entire rookie season due to a knee injury sustained in the NCAA Tournament.
Green was traded to the Chicago Red Stars for a 2017 international roster spot and a 2017 Draft pick.[2]
In the 2017 season Green made seven appearances for the club, she started one game. In 2018 Green saw a small increase in playing time as she played 319 minutes in eight games.[3]
In Europe
[edit]After two seasons with the Red Stars, Green signed with Vittsjö for the 2019 Damallsvenskan season.[4]
In January 2020, Green joined Scottish side Celtic.[5]
Green then signed with S.F. Damaiense in Portugal during the summer transfer window of 2022.[6] On March 8, 2023, Green was named Liga BPI player of the month for January.[7]
International career
[edit]Green has represented the United States at various youth levels. She was a member of the U.S. U-17 team at the 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, where she started all five games. In a 10–0 win against the Bahamas, Green scored 5 goals which tied a U.S. record for most goals in a single game at any level.[8] At the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Green played in all three games and scored two goals. The United States finished third in their group and did not advance to the knockout stage. When Green finished her U-17 career she was the all-time leading scorer with 19 goals, that record was broken by Ashley Sanchez who has 21 U-17 goals.[9]
Green was a member of the United States U-20 team that won the 2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, she played in four games and had one goal and three assists.[8] She was named to the team for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[10]
In August 2018, Green was named to the United States U-23 team for the U-23 Nordic Tournament in Norway.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 – List of Players: USA" (PDF). FIFA. August 8, 2016. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 2, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ "Seattle Reign acquire international spot from Chicago". 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "S.GREEN". Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ "Green and Perez to Vittsjö". January 7, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ "Green is the colour" (Press release). Celtic F.C. January 29, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ Murphy, Joe (January 23, 2023). "Liga BPI: Most Underrated XI of the Season So Far". Fantasy Tipsters. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ "Summer Green, do Damaiense, eleita jogadora do mês de janeiro da Liga BPI" [Summer Green, from Damaiense, elected BPI League player of the month for January]. O Jogo (in European Portuguese). March 8, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ a b "Summer Green".
- ^ "U.S. U-17 Women's National Team plays Korea Republic to 4-4 draw". August 21, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ "HEAD COACH MICHELLE FRENCH NAMES USA'S FIFA U-20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP ROSTER". July 17, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ "TWO FORMER TAR HEELS PLAYING IN EUROPE WITH U23 TEAM". August 27, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
External links
[edit]- FPF profile
- North Carolina bio
- Summer Green at Soccerway
- 1995 births
- Living people
- American women's soccer players
- United States women's under-20 international soccer players
- Women's association football forwards
- North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players
- Seattle Reign FC draft picks
- National Women's Soccer League players
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Campeonato Nacional Feminino players
- Chicago Red Stars players
- Vittsjö GIK players
- Celtic F.C. Women players
- SC Sand players
- S.F. Damaiense players
- American expatriate women's soccer players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- American expatriate women's soccer players in Germany
- American expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- American expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal
- Sportspeople from Bloomington, Illinois
- Soccer players from Illinois
- United States women's youth international soccer players
- 21st-century American sportswomen