Madlyn Whitney Evans (born April 21, 1991) is an American retired

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 A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

and defender.

Early life

Born in Philadelphia and raised in Glenside, Pennsylvania to Grant and Elizabeth Evans, Maddy attended

Abington Senior High School Abington Senior High School is a three-year co-educational high school in Abington, Pennsylvania, United States. The school was a two-year high school known as Abington South Campus from September 1964 until June 1983. In September 1983, Abingt ...

where she played four varsity sports, Cross Country, Track, Soccer, and Lacrosse. Named to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Coaches' All-Star Team (soccer), All-Suburban One Second Team (X-Country). As of 2016, holds the 800-meter and one mile run records (track). During her junior and senior years, she opted to play varsity lacrosse. Evans was ranked 41st in the ESPN Rise Girls' Soccer Top 50 Rankings. Evans was a seven-year member of the club team, FC Bucks Vipers and helped lead the team to its first ever U.S. Youth Championship in 2009. She was named the Golden Boot winner after scoring five goals at the Nationals, including the game-winning goal during the championship game. With the team, she won seven Eastern Pennsylvania State Cups, a Region I Premier League Championship, and two Region I Championships. She was also a seven-year member of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Region I Olympic Development Program (ODP) teams, with whom she competed internationally. She was named MVP of the 2009 Kuban Spring Tournament in Russia and captained the 2008 Pennsylvania ODP team that won the Region I Championship.

Penn State Nittany Lions

Evans attended

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvan ...

and played for the Nittany Lions from 2009 to 2012. During her senior year, she served as the team captain and played a pivotal role in leading the Nittany Lions to the College Cup Final. Evans finished her collegiate career with 11 goals, 9 assists, and 31 points. She was named a 2012 All-Big Ten Second Team selection. She made the Penn State record books on August 26, 2011, when she scored the second fastest goal in the program's history. She scored within the first 62 seconds of a winning match against West Virginia. During the game, she also tallied one assist.

Club career

Boston Breakers, 2013–2015

In 2013, Evans was selected by the Boston Breakers during the fourth round (29th overall) of the

2013 NWSL College Draft The 2013 NWSL College Draft was the first annual college draft held by the National Women's Soccer League to assign the NWSL rights of college players to the eight NWSL teams. It took place on January 18, 2013 at the National Soccer Coaches Asso ...

. Not signed initially after training camp, she was called up as an amateur player when international players were called up to their national teams in late May. She played three seasons in Boston, making 46 appearances, including 23 starts.

Orlando Pride, 2016–2017

In November 2015, Evans was selected by Orlando Pride in the NWSL Expansion Draft.

Brisbane Roar, 2016/2017

Evans joined

Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat. Brisba ...

on loan for the 2016–17 W-League.

Retirement

On August 11, 2017 Evans announced that she will be retiring from professional soccer. She played her final match on August 12, 2017.

References

External links

Boston Breakers player profile

Penn State player profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Maddy Living people 1991 births American women's soccer players Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer players Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders Soccer players from Philadelphia Orlando Pride players Boston Breakers (NWSL) draft picks Boston Breakers (NWSL) players Brisbane Roar FC (A-League Women) players National Women's Soccer League players A-League Women players