Alexa Kennedy Newfield (born December 3, 1991) is an American retired

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player who last played as a

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for Washington Spirit of the

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(NWSL). She also played for NWSL teams Utah Royals FC and

FC Kansas City FC Kansas City was an American professional women's soccer club based in Kansas City, Missouri. The team was one of the eight founding clubs of the National Women's Soccer League in 2012, and began play in 2013. They were two-time NWSL champions ...

Early life

Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Newfield attended St. Pius X Catholic High School where she led the soccer team the 2009 and 2010 Georgia AAA state and NSCAA high school national championships as well as runners up at the 2008 Georgia 4A state championship. She was named to the ''

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'' All-City Team in 2008 and 2009. In 2008, she was named to the 2008 ESPN Rise Top 50 Players to Watch List. The following year, she was named to the 2009 ESPN Rise Fab 50. Newfield set new school records for most career goals and most goals in a season. Newfield played for the Georgia State Olympic Development Program (ODP) team from 2007–2008. Along with captaining the Region III ODP team and receiving u20 National Team camp invitations.

Georgia Bulldogs, 2010–2012

Newfield attended the University of Georgia where she played for the

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from 2010–2012 and set numerous school records in goals scored and assists. All Academic SEC and First Team All-SEC every season played.

North Carolina Tar Heels, 2013–2015

She was an ACC regular season champion in 2014, and was voted captain and was the team's leading goal scorer in her senior year. She started every game she played for the Tar Heels. She was included on the ACC Academic Honor Roll all three seasons as a Tar Heel, and was chosen first team All-Region and first team All-ACC. Previously, she was named to the SEC Preseason Watch List, College Sports Madness Preseason All-SEC Team, and the

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Watch List. She returned to win an ACC title and multiple ACC awards. She was called into an under-23 U.S. national team camp her junior year before suffering a season-ending knee injury.

Club career

FC Kansas City, 2016–2017

Newfield was drafted by

with the 28th pick in the

2016 NWSL College Draft Sixteen or 16 may refer to: *16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17 *one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016 Films * '' Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film * ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film di ...

. She signed with the club in April 2016. Newfield made eight appearances for Kansas City including two starts during the 2016 season. The team finished in sixth place during the regular season with a record. After returning to the team for the 2017 season, Newfield started 12 games and Newfield scored her first goal for

during a match against the Washington Spirit in May 2017 leading the team to a 1–0 win. She scored the game-opening goal against Seattle Reign FC and assisted the second on June 17 with the game ending in a 2–2 draw.

Utah Royals, 2018

After

ceased operations following the 2017 season, Newfield was officially added to the roster of the Utah Royals FC on February 8, 2018.

Washington Spirit, 2018

On August 30, 2018 Newfield was signed by the Washington Spirit for their final game of the 2018 NWSL Season.

References

External links

FC Kansas City player profile

North Carolina player profile

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Newfield, Alexa 1991 births Living people American women's soccer players FC Kansas City draft picks FC Kansas City players Georgia Bulldogs women's soccer players National Women's Soccer League players North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players Sportspeople from Decatur, Georgia Soccer players from Georgia (U.S. state) Utah Royals FC players Washington Spirit players Women's association football forwards 21st-century American women