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, television personality, and former soccer forward who played for the

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, as well as the

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and San Jose CyberRays of

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(WUSA).

Playing career

College

Clemens attended Santa Clara University and found success in

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as a forward. She graduated in 1999 with a degree in business. With the Broncos, Clemens was twice named a First-Team All-American. In 95 games at Santa Clara she scored 67 goals and served 67 assists, both all-time records in program history. She collected the Hermann Trophy, for the best college player in the country, after her senior year in 1999. She spent the final six months of her college career in

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, Australia, where she eschewed soccer in favor of running

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s. This caused Clemens to lose so much weight that "startled" national coach

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told her she no longer resembled a soccer player.

Club

In 2000, Clemens was among the twenty founding players of the

, (WUSA), the first official

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women's soccer league in the United States. From 2001 to 2002, she played for the

. After her second season in Philadelphia, team

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Mark Krikorian traded Clemens to San Jose CyberRays in exchange for a fourth round draft pick, which he used to acquire

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. Clemens had often been moved into midfield or left on the substitutes' bench after an injury to Philadelphia's

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saw Krikorian make tactical changes. With the demise of WUSA, Clemens signed for

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(WPSL) team

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for the 2004 season. In 2007, she joined WPSL team

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. During her graduation year in 1999, Clemens had played WPSL soccer for Silicon Valley Red Devils – she scored three goals and added an assist to total seven points.

International

Clemens's first appearance on the

was on February 24, 1999, in a 3–1 win over

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in Orlando, Florida. She collected a total of five

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over the following three years, but was not included in the US squads for the

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, or the

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Personal life

In 2004 Clemens took part in

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(ABC)

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show '' The Bachelor''. After her soccer career she became a

and a qualified practitioner of

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(MBSR). In 2012, she was pregnant with

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