1. Alexandra Lowe Riley was born on 30 October 1987 and is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Angel City of the American National Women's Soccer League.
27 Facts About Ali Riley
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Ali Riley was named captain of the soccer team during her senior season and was a two-time Mission League Offensive MVP as well as a two-time first-team San Fernando Valley selection.
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Ali Riley competed for local soccer clubs LA Breakers FC and Real SoCal.
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Ali Riley attended Stanford University and played for the Stanford Cardinal from 2006 to 2009.
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Ali Riley played forward and scored four goals with two assists.
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In January 2010, Ali Riley was selected as the tenth pick in the first round of the 2010 WPS Draft by FC Gold Pride.
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Ali Riley signed for Western New York Flash for the 2011 season, becoming a free agent after FC Gold Pride failed to find financial backers.
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In 2012, Ali Riley re-signed with Western New York Flash for the 2012 season the league folded before play began.
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Ali Riley played her first full season in the Damallsvenskan in 2013.
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In September 2013 Ali Riley re-signed with LdB FC Malmo for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.
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On 26 June 2018, it was announced that Ali Riley would be leaving Rosengard in July to join Chelsea in the English FA Women's Super League.
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On 18 July 2019, Ali Riley moved to Bayern Munich of the Frauen-Bundesliga.
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On 10 February 2020, Ali Riley returned to the US and signed a one-year contract with an option for an additional year for the Orlando Pride.
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On 13 July 2020, having been unable to feature for the Pride, Ali Riley returned to Sweden to be with her partner during the pandemic and rejoined Rosengard on loan.
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On 27 January 2022, Ali Riley was traded to Angel City FC in exchange for $15,000 in allocation money and a third-round pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft.
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Angel City announced on 22 August 2024 that Ali Riley would be placed on the Season-Ending Injury list due to a chronic and persistent leg injury that had kept her out for the majority of the 2024 season and forced her to miss the 2024 Olympics.
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Ali Riley played every minute for the New Zealand squad in the 2008 Summer Olympics where they drew with Japan before losing to Norway and the United States.
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In 2013 Ali Riley started for New Zealand in a series of games establishing the Football Ferns as a growing force in international competition.
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Ali Riley featured in all New Zealand's three matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.
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Ali Riley has been the captain of the Football Ferns since the 2017 Cyprus Cup.
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On 20 July 2023, Ali Riley captained New Zealand in the country's first World Cup victory ever.
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On July 4,2024, Ali Riley was initially named to the New Zealand 18-player squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris but had to withdraw on July 24,2024, just days before the start of the competition due to injury.
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In 2021 Ali Riley started hosting an Off the Ball show for sports website Just Women's Sports.
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In 2023, Ali Riley released a cookbook featuring plant-based recipes titled Girls Gone Veg with her former Orlando Pride teammate Toni Pressley.
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Ali Riley's father John Riley is a native New Zealander and her mother Bev Lowe is Chinese-American.
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Ali Riley became engaged to her fiancee Lucas Warrer Nilsson in March 2024.
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On January 8,2025, Riley revealed on social media that her home had been destroyed in the Palisades Fire.