Christen Press
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Christen Press is an American soccer player from Palos Verdes Estates, California
. She is currently a forward
for magicJack
of Women's Professional Soccer
and the United States U-23 women's national soccer team. She was drafted with the 4th overall pick of the 2011 WPS Draft
. As of August 2011, she was outscoring world-cup runner-up and rival Alex Morgan
.
Press is the all-time leading scorer (71 goals) for the Stanford University
women's soccer team. She is the recipient of the 2010 Hermann Trophy
.
Palos Verdes Estates, California
Palos Verdes Estates is a city, incorporated in 1939, in Los Angeles County, California, USA on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The city was masterplanned by the noted American landscape architect and planner Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. The population was 13,438 at the 2010 census, up from 13,340 in the...
. She is currently a forward
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
for magicJack
MagicJack (WPS)
MagicJack was an American professional soccer club based in Boca Raton, Florida. The team competed in Women's Professional Soccer. MagicJack was originally founded in 2001 as the Washington Freedom of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association. In 2011, the team relocated to Boca Raton, Florida...
of Women's Professional Soccer
Women's Professional Soccer
Women's Professional Soccer is the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded 6 teams for the 2011 season, with continued plans for future expansion...
and the United States U-23 women's national soccer team. She was drafted with the 4th overall pick of the 2011 WPS Draft
2011 WPS Draft
The 2011 WPS College Draft took place on January 14, 2011. It was the third college draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams.-Format:...
. As of August 2011, she was outscoring world-cup runner-up and rival Alex Morgan
Alex Morgan
Alexandra Patricia "Alex" Morgan is an American soccer player from Diamond Bar, California. She is a forward for the Western New York Flash of Women's Professional Soccer and member of the US Women's National Team...
.
Press is the all-time leading scorer (71 goals) for the Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
women's soccer team. She is the recipient of the 2010 Hermann Trophy
Hermann Trophy
The Hermann Trophy is awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the United States's top male and female college soccer players.-History:...
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