Brooke Kazuko Elby (born May 24, 1993) is the executive director of the National Women's Soccer League Players Association. An American former

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

midfielder/defender who last played for the Chicago Red Stars in 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).

Club career

She previously played for the Boston Breakers and Melbourne Victory of the Australian W-League. Elby was a member of the Boston Breakers when they folded in January, 2018. She was selected by the Utah Royals FC in the Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft. On June 18, 2018, Elby was traded to the Chicago Red Stars. On December 16, 2019, Elby announced her retirement from professional soccer.

NWSL Players Association

In 2019, Elby was elected president of the National Women's Soccer League Players Association (NWSLPA), succeeding Yael Averbuch. Following her retirement from professional soccer, Elby will assume the role of co-executive director at the NWSLPA.

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External links

Boston Breakers player profile

North Carolina player profile
* 1995 births Living people Melbourne Victory FC (A-League Women) players A-League Women players North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players Boston Breakers players National Women's Soccer League players Utah Royals FC players American women's soccer players Soccer players from California Sportspeople from Los Angeles County, California People from Arcadia, California Women's association football midfielders Women's association football defenders Chicago Red Stars players {{US-women-footy-bio-stub