Andi Maureen Sullivan (born December 20, 1995) is an American soccer player who plays for the

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in the National Women's Soccer League and the

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Early life

Raised in Lorton, Virginia, Sullivan is the youngest of four siblings and attended South County High School. She played club soccer for Bethesda Soccer Club (Freedom) and McLean Youth Soccer. In 2013, she was named the national Youth Player of the Year by the

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(NSCAA). Top Drawer Soccer ranked her as the top college recruit.

Stanford Cardinal, 2014–2017

During her freshman season in 2014, Sullivan started in 23 of the 24 matches in which she played. She scored her first goal for the Cardinal during a match against

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and served four assists throughout the season ranking third on the team. She made the All-Freshman First Team for Top Drawer Soccer, as well as the Pac-12 First Team and NSCAA All-Pacific Region Second Team. She was also awarded Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and named National Freshman of the Year by Top Drawer Soccer and Soccer America. As a sophomore, Sullivan played and started in all 23 games. She scored 5 goals, including three game-winners, and provided 2 assists. As a junior, Sullivan led Stanford in points (29), goals (11) and game-winning goals (4). She was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year and earned All-Pac-12 first team honors for the third consecutive season. As a senior, Sullivan tallied three goals and six assists and led Stanford to their second national championship, scoring in the College Cup final. She won the Hermann Trophy, after being a finalist in 2016 and a semifinalist in 2015.

Club career

Washington Spirit Reserves, 2012–2015

Sullivan played in the

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during the 2012–2015 seasons. She played with

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in 2012, which was later renamed the Washington Spirit Reserves for the 2013–2015 seasons.

Washington Spirit, 2018–present

On January 18, 2018, Sullivan was selected as the number one overall draft pick at the

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by the

. Sullivan appeared in every game for the Spirit, except for the last game of the season which she missed as she was completing in the Nordic Cup with U.S. U-23. Sullivan was named a finalist for 2018 NWSL Rookie of the Year, she finished second in voting for the award behind winner,

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. She returned to Washington for the 2019 NWSL season and was named team captain.

International career

Youth national teams

Sullivan has represented the United States on the senior national team as well as the under-15, under-17, under-20, and under-23 national teams. Sullivan competed for the United States at the

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in Guatemala where she helped the under-17 national team win gold. Despite being the youngest player on the under-20 national team roster at the 2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, she co-captained the team to a

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berth. On August 23, 2018, she was named to the United States U-23 team for the 2018 Nordic tournament.

Senior National Team

She earned her first cap with the senior national team during an

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match against Switzerland on October 19, 2016, and earned Player of the Match for her impressive performance. She earned her first

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a few days later on October 23, 2016. She then played in two more matches on November 10 and 13 where she earned another assist. However, she tore her ACL a few days later during a college match on November 18, 2016. She missed a large part of the year due to the injury but made her return to the national team on October 19, 2017. Sullivan was named to the 23-player roster for the

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, the U.S. won the tournament for the second time. She was on the 35-player provisional roster for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship but was not named to the final 20-player roster. In 2019, Sullivan was originally not included on the January camp roster but was added to the roster by head coach Jill Ellis. Sullivan was also named to the team for the 2019 SheBelieves Cup.

International goals

Career statistics

International

Personal life

On December 14, 2019, Sullivan married Drew Skundrich.

Honors and awards

Stanford University * NCAA Women's Soccer Championship:

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United States U17 *

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Individual * Pac-12 Freshman of the Year: 2014 * Hermann Trophy: 2017 * Honda Sports Award: 2017 *

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Player of the Week: November 2016

References

Match reports

External links

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