Kylie Elizabeth Bivens (born October 24, 1978) is an American former professional soccer player who featured as a defender and

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

and was a member of the

United States women's national soccer team The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer. The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four Women's World Cup titles ( 1991, 1999, 2015, an ...

. She represented the United States at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Early life

Bivens, a native of Claremont, California, attended Santa Clara University where she featured on the women's soccer team.

Career

Prior to joining the

Women's United Soccer Association The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the Un ...

, Bivens played for the

California Storm California Storm is an American women's soccer team, founded in 1995 as the Sacramento Storm, dropping the city name in favor of California the following season. The team is a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the second tier of wom ...

. She was selected in the second round of the

2000 WUSA Draft The WUSA Inaugural Player Draft, held before Women's United Soccer Association's initial 2001 season, distributed players to the league's eight inaugural teams. The draft occurred on December 10 and 11, 2000. This took place after each team was a ...

by the Atlanta Beat as the 16th overall selection.

Career statistics

Club

''These statistics are incomplete and currently represent a portion of Bivens's career.''

References

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