Morgan Emmalise Crisostomo Brown (born October 20, 1995) is a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a defender. Born in the United States, she represents the Philippines women's national team.

Early life

Brown was born on October 20, 1995 to Curtis and Susan Brown and has two sisters.

High school

Brown, a native of

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played for the women's soccer team of

Ruben S. Ayala High School Senator Ruben S. Ayala Senior High School, often abbreviated as Ayala High School or AHS, is located in Chino Hills, California. It is one of the four comprehensive high schools in the Chino Valley Unified School District. The school was establ ...

under coach Jeffrey Allen. Her team was the undefeated champions of the 2010-11 Sierra League, the quarter finalists of the 2010 CIF-SS D2 and 2012 CIF D3, the finalist of the 2011 CIF D3. Ruben S. Ayala also participated in the CIF State Playoffs in 2011. She also received individual awards and honors such as the All-CIF-SS D2 Third-Team in 2009–10, Athletic Sierra League Award First-Team Defense in 2010, Athletic All ALeague Award 2nd team in 2011 and the Sierra League Defensive MVP in 2012.

Youth

Aside from playing women's soccer or association football in high school, Brown also played for the FRAM CA Premiere GU17 helping the team win the CSL Premier League Champions, Surf Cup and West Coast Futball Classic titles in 2011. The following year she helped FRAM Premiere win the Far West Regional League Spring Season, Cal South National Cup, and Surf/College Cup titles.

College soccer

Morgan Brown entered the

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to pursue a major degree in psychology and a minor degree in urban education. She played for the

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women's soccer team. In her freshman year in 2013 she started in two matches in nine matches she played.

International career

At the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in May 2013, Brown played for the

Philippines women's national football team The Philippines women's national football team represents the Philippines in international women's football. It is managed by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF), the governing body of football in the country. The women's national footb ...

. Brown debuted in the Philippines' match against

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which it won 6–0. Brown was named into the final 23-player squad of the

for the

2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup The 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 19th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women's national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was originally schedul ...

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* 1995 births Living people Filipino women's footballers Women's association football defenders Philippines women's international footballers Filipino people of African-American descent Soccer players from Los Angeles County, California American women's soccer players Santa Clara Broncos women's soccer players African-American soccer players American sportspeople of Filipino descent {{Philippines-women-footy-bio-stub