Alexandra Erika Singer (born November 18, 1987) is an American sports executive and former professional

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who played as a defender. She is currently the general manager of

Houston Dash The Houston Dash is a professional women's soccer team based in Houston, Texas. It joined the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the 2014 season, and is affiliated with the MLS team Houston Dynamo FC. History Establishment On November ...

Playing career

Singer has played for

Washington Freedom Washington Freedom was an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Germantown, Maryland, that participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The Freedom was founded in 2001 as a member of the defunct Women's Uni ...

in the

Women's Professional Soccer Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top-level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 sea ...

before she was waived during the 2010 season. Singer was signed by

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

in Australia's W-League to bolster their defensive stocks and spent the latter part of 2009 playing for the

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based side. In 2011, she left Perth Glory for the Swedish team

Dalsjöfors GoIF Dalsjöfors GoIF is a football club in Dalsjöfors, Sweden. They play in the highest level of women's soccer leagues in Sweden, the Damallsvenskan. Dalsjöfors GoIF play their home games at Borås Arena Stadium in Borås, also home of IF Elfsb ...

Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...

. In January 2012 she transferred to the German club

Turbine Potsdam 1. Frauenfußballclub Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V., commonly known as 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (or Turbine Potsdam outside of Germany), is a German women's football club located in Potsdam, Brandenburg. They are one of the most successful women's footb ...

and signed a contract until 2014. In June 2014, she signed with the

Washington Spirit The Washington Spirit is an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that participates in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the W-League and cont ...

in the

NWSL The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federatio ...

. She was waived by the Spirit on June 17, 2015. Singer was rostered with

Avaldsnes IL Avaldsnes Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Avaldsnes, Karmøy, Rogaland. It was founded on 16 June 1937. The club has sections for football and handball. Women's football The women's team began play in 1989, winning the 1st Division of ...

of Norway's

Toppserien The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984. History Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in 1 ...

in 2015. In 2019 Singer was a founding member of Alexandria Soccer Association's Women'
semi-pro level futsal team
The team went on to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Futsal Cup that year and in early 2020 competed at the USFF Northeast Regional Championship in Atlantic City.

Executive career

In 2017, Singer joined the sports agency

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, where she worked as director of strategic initiatives and talent. On August 24, 2022,

of the

National Women's Soccer League The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federatio ...

hired Singer as its general manager.

References

External links

Virginia Cavaliers profile

Washington Freedom player profile

Perth Glory Women's player profile
Living people 1987 births 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players Washington Freedom players Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia Expatriate women's footballers in Germany American expatriate soccer players in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Dalsjöfors GoIF players Damallsvenskan players American women's soccer players Washington Spirit players National Women's Soccer League players Women's association football defenders Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer players American expatriate women's soccer players 21st-century American women Women's Professional Soccer players National Women's Soccer League executives Houston Dash non-playing staff {{US-women-footy-bio-stub