Alyssa Lee Mautz (born July 29, 1989) is an American former professional

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and

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. She played from 2013 to 2022 for the

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of the

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, and played on loan to Australian club

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 ...

for the

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season. She previously played for

Sky Blue FC NJ/NY Gotham FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 until 2020. A founding member of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2013 ...

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(WPS),

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in the

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and has represented the United States at the U-23 level. She retired from Chicago in 2022 to accept a job as an assistance coach at

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Early life

Born and raised in Missouri, Mautz attended

Fort Zumwalt West High School Fort Zumwalt West High School, the third high school established in the Fort Zumwalt School District, is located in O'Fallon, Missouri. First opened for the 1998–1999 school year, the school now has an approximate enrollment of 2,000 student ...

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where she was named All-State, All-Metro and All-Conference all four years. She netted 133 goals during her high school career, the fifth-most in Missouri girls' soccer history. As a junior, she was named National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Region. Mautz was named Metro Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007 and earned State Player of the Year honors as a senior. During her senior season, she helped the team to the state championship in senior season and she was named an NSCAA All-American. Mautz played club soccer for the St. Louis Soccer Club and led the team to 10 straight state titles. She also played on state and regional Olympic Development Program (ODP) teams.

College

Mautz attended

Saint Louis University Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississip ...

for the 2007 season before transferring to Texas A&M University in January 2008. In 2008, her first season at Texas A&M, she made 19 appearances with 9 starts and was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week for the week of November 3. Mautz scored five goals and three assists for 13 points. She recorded a career-high eight points vs. Houston Baptist with a hat-trick, scoring the game winner, and serving two assists. She netted four goals and tallied 10 points in her last two games of the season. As a junior, she started in 20 matches and saw playing time in all 25 of A&M's matches. After ranking second on the team with 66 shots and 27 shots on goal, she scored four goals, three of which came in Big 12 matches, and two assists for 10 points. She was named to the All-Big 12 Conference second team. During her senior season, she was one of only two Aggies to start in all 23 matches and led the offense with 29 points on a team-high and career-high 12 goals and five assists. Mautz was named NSCAA National Player of the Week, Big 12 Player of the Week, and was selected to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week, the All-Big 12 first team and the Big 12 All-Tournament team. She recorded her second career hat trick vs. No. 16 Virginia Tech and had a team-high of five game-winning goals.

Playing career

Club

Sky Blue FC

Mautz played in five matches for

during the 2010 season. She made two starts and scored once.

Chicago Red Stars (WPSL Elite)

After the WPS suspended operations in early 2012, Mautz signed with the

in the

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(WPSL Elite). The team won silver in the WPSL Elite national championship.

Chicago Red Stars (NWSL)

Mautz re-joined the

for the inaugural season of the

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in 2013. She was drafted in the fifth round (36th overall) of the

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On July 30, 2022, Mautz played in her last game as a Chicago Red Star. She was one of only six players to have played all ten years of the NWSL with the same team. She appeared in 143 matches with the Red Stars and scored 16 goals during her career. She retired to accept a job as an assistant coach with her alma mater, Texas A&M.

Zorky

In September 2013, Mautz was loaned for 2.5 months to

club

Perth Glory

On October 5, 2016, Mautz joined Australian club

as an international player. Mautz went on to make 14 appearances during the 2016–2017 season for the Glory. After an NWSL offseason load to Adelaide during the 2017–2018 season, she resigned a loan agreement for the 2018–2019 season with the Perth Glory.

Adelaide United

On October 27, 2017, Mautz moved from Perth Glory to join Australian club

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as an international player. Mautz joined fellow Chicago Red Stars teammates

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and

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for the

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season.

International

Mautz was a member of the

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that took home gold at the

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. She has also played for the U-23 team. In addition to playing professionally Mautz coaches soccer collegiately and is currently available for private lessons in the O'fallon, MO area.

References

External links

Texas A&M player profile

US Soccer player profile

Chicago Red Stars player profile
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