Nicole Anne Cross (born May 30, 1985) is a retired

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player. She last played for the

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of the

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in the 2015 season; the team acquired her via trade with the

Washington Spirit The Washington Spirit is an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that participates in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the W-League and cont ...

on December 2, 2014. She retired partway through the 2015 season, making her last appearance on August 1 against the

Club career

Connecticut Huskies

Cross played in 92 career games ranking 13th on the

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Games Played list. She played for the

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in 2004. In 2005 she played for

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(WPSL) club Bay State Select, alongside Brazil national team players

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and Raquel de Souza Noronha. She made two appearances.

Umeå Södra FF

On August 11, 2008, Cross joined

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Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...

club Umeå Södra FF.

2010

In 2010 Cross attended

FC Gold Pride FC Gold Pride was an American professional soccer club based in the San Francisco Bay Area, which participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The club replaced the San Jose CyberRays of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association as the top-l ...

's pre-season camp but was released. Her club

Saint Louis Athletica Saint Louis Athletica was an American professional soccer club that was based in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri that participated in Women's Professional Soccer. Athletica started the 2009 season playing its home games at Ralph Korte S ...

then folded two months into the season. She joined

Boston Breakers The Boston Breakers were an American professional soccer club based in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). They replaced the original Breakers, who competed in the defunct Women's ...

as a developmental player between June and August, but only played for the reserve team

Boston Aztec Boston Aztec was an American soccer team based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 2006, the team played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in ...

in the

(WPSL). After being released again she was signed by FC Gold Pride until the end of the season. Following the American season she traveled to Australia to play for

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Medkila IL

On August 31, 2011, Cross inked a contract in

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with Medkila IL.

FC Bayern Munich

On January 12, 2012, Cross joined

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side

FC Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which play ...

. On May 9, 2012, Cross signed a new two-year contract to remain in Munich. On May 12, 2012, she was part of the FC Bayern Munich squad who dethroned the

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title holders

1. FFC Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt is a German women's association football club based in Frankfurt. Its first team currently plays in the German top flight, Frauen-Bundesliga. From 1998 to 2020, the club was known as 1. FFC Frankfurt. Eintracht have won sev ...

with a 2–0 in the 2011–12 final in

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and celebrated the biggest success of the club's history since winning the 1976 championship.

Honours

Club

;FC Bayern Munich * Frauen DFB-Pokal: 2011–12

Personal life

Cross holds a German

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. Married Molly S Bodell on Feb. 6th 2016. Sister-in-law Adelaide Bodell.

References

External links

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profile at

* * * 1985 births Living people American women's soccer players UConn Huskies women's soccer players Saint Louis Athletica players FC Gold Pride players American expatriate women's soccer players Newcastle Jets FC (A-League Women) players Boston Breakers players American expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Norway American expatriate soccer players in Germany FC Bayern Munich (women) players Frauen-Bundesliga players Women's association football defenders Washington Spirit players Houston Dash players National Women's Soccer League players Soccer players from Massachusetts Medkila IL (women) players Boston Aztec (WPSL) players Women's Premier Soccer League players Damallsvenskan players Women's Professional Soccer players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Boston Renegades players {{US-women-footy-bio-stub