Miranda Alexis Freeman (born March 23, 1995) is an American

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 ...

player who plays as a defender for

NJ/NY Gotham FC NJ/NY Gotham FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 until 2020. A founding member of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 201 ...

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 ...

Career

Freeman played for

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from 2013 to 2016, she was part of team that won the 2016 NCAA National Championship.

Sky Blue FC, 2017-present

Freeman was drafted by

Sky Blue FC NJ/NY Gotham FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 until 2020. A founding member of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2013 ...

with the 10th overall pick in the

2017 NWSL College Draft The 2017 NWSL College Draft was the fifth annual meeting of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchises to select eligible college players. It was held on January 12, 2017 at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Convention in ...

. She appeared in 21 games in the 2017 season. Freeman returned to

for the

2018 NWSL season The 2018 National Women's Soccer League season was the sixth season of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (200 ...

, where she once again appeared in 21 games for the team. Freeman tore the achilles tendon in her right ankle during preseason training ahead of the

2019 NWSL season The 2019 National Women's Soccer League season was the seventh season of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer ...

, this injury would rule her out for the season.

References

External links

USC bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Freeman, Mandy 1995 births Living people African-American women's soccer players American women's soccer players National Women's Soccer League players People from Palm Beach County, Florida NJ/NY Gotham FC draft picks NJ/NY Gotham FC players Soccer players from Florida Sportspeople from the Miami metropolitan area United States women's under-20 international soccer players USC Trojans women's soccer players Women's association football defenders 21st-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American women