Andi Alise Tostanoski (born August 29, 1994) is an American soccer goalkeeper who played for

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of the

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(NWSL) as a non-rostered amateur player. During her time at the Reign she earned multiple single game contracts and eventually a mid-season full contract.

Early life

Born and raised in

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, Tostanoski attended Palmer High School where she played on the soccer team. She attended

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from 2012 until 2016. In 2012, she was named to the

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All-Freshman Team. In 2014, she was named West Coast Conference Goalkeeper of the Year and earned All Conference and All Academic team honors. In 2015, she was named Third Team West Coast Conference Goalkeeper, All West Coast Conference Honorable Mention, was a NSCAA Scholar First Team West Coast Conference, and made the West Coast Conference All Academic team. Tostanoski left Santa Clara as one of the most decorated soccer players to ever play there. In four seasons, Tostanoski recorded 337 saves and a 0.047

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(GAA). She also had a 0.804 save percentage and played 7542.53 minutes in 84 games.

Playing career

Tostanoski was invited to train with

prior to the 2016 season. She subsequently earned two one-match GK replacement contracts, before making her first appearance as for the club during a match against the

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in July 2016. She has represented the United States at the under-18, under-20, and under-23 levels.

Coaching

After Tostanoski ended her playing career at Seattle Reign FC, she started as a volunteer coach for the Colorado College Tiger's Women's team in 2016 which kicked off her coaching career. In 2017, she accepted a graduate assistant position at

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, and coached for two seasons before returning an assistant coach at

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where she was for 3 years. After her stint at Colorado College she returned home to Pride Soccer Club, where she played her youth career, to be an assistant director of coaching. In addition to her work with the youth players at Pride SC, Andi has also served on the ODP West Region staff as an assistant goalkeeper coach from 2020 to 2022, after which she was named the Head of Goalkeeping for the Region in November 2022.

References

External links

Santa Clara player profile
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