Brittany Margaret Ratcliffe (born February 7, 1994) is an American

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player who plays as a

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for

North Carolina Courage The North Carolina Courage is a professional women's soccer team based in Cary, North Carolina. It was founded on January 9, 2017, after Stephen Malik acquired National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchise rights from the Western New York F ...

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 ...

(NWSL).

Early life

Raised in the Williamstown section of

Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey Monroe Township is a Township (New Jersey), township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 37,117, an increase of 988 (+2.7%) fro ...

, Ratcliffe played soccer at

Paul VI High School Paul VI High School is a private Catholic high school located in Haddon Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As there is no post office in Haddon Township, the mailing address is Haddonfield. The school, founded in 1966, i ...

University of Virginia, 2012–2015

Ratcliffe played for the University of Virginia. She appeared in 93 matches throughout her career there.

Club career

Boston Breakers, 2016

Ratcliffe was drafted by

Boston Breakers The Boston Breakers were an American professional soccer club based in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). They replaced the original Breakers, who competed in the defunct Women's ...

in the 2nd round of 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 Boston in April 2016 and made 15 appearances and 5 starts that season. Boston later waived Ratcliffe in February 2017.

FC Kansas City, 2017

Ratcliffe spent the 2017 preseason with the

Chicago Red Stars The Chicago Red Stars are a professional women's soccer club based in Bridgeview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. A founding member of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, they have played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) sin ...

, after she didn't make their final roster she signed with FC Kansas City on April 14.

Utah Royals FC, 2018–2020

After

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 ...

ceased operations following the 2017 season, Ratcliffe was officially added to the roster of the

Utah Royals FC Utah Royals FC was an American women's professional soccer club based in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy, Utah. Established on November 16, 2017, as an expansion club, the Royals played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) from 2018 ...

on February 8, 2018. On June 16, Ratcliffe scored a goal in second half stoppage time to give Utah a 1–0 win over the league leading

; her goal was voted Goal of the Week.

North Carolina Courage, 2021–

Ratcliffe signed with the

in 2021.

References

External links

Virginia bio
* 1994 births Living people American women's soccer players Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer players Boston Breakers players National Women's Soccer League players Paul VI High School alumni People from Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey Soccer players from New Jersey Sportspeople from Gloucester County, New Jersey Boston Breakers draft picks FC Kansas City players Utah Royals FC players Women's association football forwards Kansas City Current players North Carolina Courage players {{US-women-footy-bio-stub