Jordan Leigh Angeli (born May 31, 1986) is an American former soccer player from

Lakewood, Colorado The City of Lakewood is the home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 155,984 at the 2020 U.S. Census making Lakewood the fifth most populous city in Col ...

. She last played in 2015 for the

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in the National Women's Soccer League after a preseason 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 ...

. Known for her versatility, Angeli originally debuted for the Santa Clara University women's soccer team as a defender, was moved to forward for Santa Clara in 2005, and played as a

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for the

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at the

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. She is currently a television analyst for the

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Early life

Born in Englewood, Colorado, Angeli attended Green Mountain High School in Lakewood. In 2003, she was named Soccer America Player of the Month and earned 2003 All-Jeffco first team honors as well as an All-State honorable mention. The following year she was named the 2004 Gatorade Colorado High School Girls Soccer Player of the Year, 2004 Colorado 5A All-State player, and was a 2004 McDonald's All-American. During Angeli's high school career, the team won league championships in 2002 and 2004. Angeli played for the Colorado Rush in the W-League and led the team to the 2001 under-15 National Championship. Her team also won the regional tournament in 2004.

Playing career

Club

Boston Breakers, 2010–2012

Angeli was selected by the

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in the second round (16th pick overall) of the

2010 WPS Draft The 2010 WPS College Draft took place on January 15, 2010. It was the second college draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams. Format2010 WPS season, she was on the starting lineup in 17 of the 22 games in which she played. She scored seven goals in her 1,576 minutes on the pitch helping the Breakers place second during the regular season with a 10–6–8 record. The Breakers advanced to the playoffs but were defeated during the semi-final match by the Philadelphia Independence. Angeli returned to the Breakers for the 2011 WPS season. During the team's first season game against the Atlanta Beat, she suffered a season-ending ACL injury. In her 29 minutes played during the season, she scored one goal helping the Breakers defeat the Beat 4–1.

Washington Spirit, 2013–2014

In 2013, Angeli was selected by the

in the

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. Still recovering from knee surgery, she did not play for the Spirit during the 2013 season.

Western New York Flash, 2015

Following the 2014 NWSL season, the Spirit traded Angeli and a first-round pick—sixth overall—in the 2015 NWSL College Draft to the

for Angela Salem and Katherine Reynolds. The first-round pick later became Lynn Williams. Angeli announced her retirement from playing soccer in June 2016.

References

External links

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Santa Clara player page
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Angeli, Jordan 1986 births Living people American women's soccer players Santa Clara Broncos women's soccer players Boston Breakers players Women's Professional Soccer players National Women's Soccer League players Washington Spirit players People from Englewood, Colorado Soccer players from Colorado Women's association football utility players Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards Women's association football defenders Western New York Flash players United States women's under-20 international soccer players