1. Alexandra Linsley Long was born on August 13,1987 and is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder.
54 Facts About Allie Long
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Allie Long made her debut for the national team on May 8,2014, in a friendly against Canada.
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Allie Long has since made 45 total appearances for the team.
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Allie Long played college soccer for the Penn State Nittany Lions for the 2005 and 2006 seasons before transferring to the University of North Carolina to play for the Tar Heels.
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Allie Long was a member of the Tar Heels team that won the NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament in 2008.
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Professionally, Allie Long has played for the Washington Freedom and Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer, Paris Saint-Germain of Division 1 Feminine in France, and the New York Fury of Women's Premier Soccer League Elite.
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Allie Long played for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League from 2013 to 2017.
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Allie Long started playing soccer for the Northport Cow Harbor Mustangs of the Long Island Junior Soccer League.
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Allie Long then played with the Albertson Soccer Club, where she won four consecutive State Open Cup titles.
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Allie Long was a member of the Olympic Development Program of the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association for five years and Region 1 ODP for four years.
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Allie Long attended Northport High School from 2001 to 2005, where she played varsity soccer for four years.
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Allie Long helped her high school team go undefeated in the regular season for all four years.
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Allie Long was named to the All-State first team and All-County team all four years at Northport.
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Allie Long made the All-Allie Long Island Team for her last two years at Northport.
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Allie Long scored four goals on 58 shots and had six assists for the season.
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Allie Long was a 2005 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Third-Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region selection and was named to the Soccer Buzz second-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region, Soccer Buzz second-team freshman All-America squad, and was tapped for the Soccer Buzz 2005 Freshman All-Mid-Atlantic Region Team.
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Allie Long was named to the second-team All-Big Ten squad and the All-Tournament Team at the 2005 Big Ten Tournament and earned Big Ten All-Freshman Team honors.
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Allie Long started all 21 games that she played in after missing the first five games while playing for the United States in the U-20 World Championships in Moscow, Russia.
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Allie Long was a first-team All-Big Ten selection and was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association first-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region team.
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Allie Long was the Big Ten's offensive player of the week on October 23,2006.
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Allie Long was a 2006 Soccer Buzz first-team all-region selection and was selected for the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
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Allie Long appeared in all 24 games, starting in 22.
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Allie Long picked up her first two goals as a Tar Heel against Yale for her only multiple goal game of the season, for which she was named to Soccer America, Soccer Buzz and Top Drawer Soccer National Teams of the Week.
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Allie Long was on the watchlist for the Hermann Trophy.
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Allie Long played with the Allie Long Island Fury in the Women's Premier Soccer League under head coach Paul Riley during summers between college seasons.
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On January 16,2009, Allie Long was selected seventh overall in the first round of the 2009 Women's Professional Soccer Draft by the Washington Freedom for the inaugural 2009 WPS season.
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Allie Long made her first appearance for the team on March 29,2009 in a match against the Los Angeles Sol.
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Allie Long remained with the Washington Freedom for the 2010 WPS season.
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Allie Long went on to make 21 appearances for the Freedom in the regular season and scored two goals.
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Allie Long made 18 appearances for Sky Blue in the regular season and scored three goals, two of those on penalty kicks.
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Allie Long first made an appearance for the team on October 16,2011 in a match against FF Yzeure Allier Auvergne.
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Allie Long made 12 appearances for the team, starting nine, and scored four goals.
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On January 17,2013, it was revealed that Allie Long had signed with the Portland Thorns FC of the newly formed National Women's Soccer League for the 2013 season.
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Allie Long became one of Portland's top players over the years, scoring the most goals in the 2015 season and leading the team to the title in 2013, the semifinal in 2014 and 2016, and the title again in 2017.
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Allie Long played in Chelsea's International Women's Club Championship campaign in Japan and returned to Portland afterwards without appearing in a league match.
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On January 11,2018, Allie Long was traded to Seattle Reign FC in exchange for Australian international forward Caitlin Foord and a 2020 NWSL 2nd Round draft pick.
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Allie Long appeared in 19 regular season games for Seattle in 2018 and scored three goals.
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Allie Long missed the last three games of the regular season due to a knee injury but returned to the lineup for Seattle's semi-final match against her former team, the Portland Thorns FC.
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For several years during her professional career, Allie Long has played indoor soccer, futsal, in Queens and Brooklyn, New York City.
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Allie Long plays in high-school gymnasiums on highly-competitive men's teams for prize money.
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Allie Long is a favorite with spectators, mostly Latinos, who call her "la rubia" and "la blanquita".
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Allie Long was introduced to futsal by her then-boyfriend Jose Batista, formerly a professional soccer player and a futsal player.
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Allie Long represented the United States on the U-20 and U-23 national teams and was a member of the 2006 U-20 Women's World Championship team.
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Allie Long was called up to the full national team in July 2010.
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On May 8,2014 Allie Long made her international debut for the United States senior women's team against Canada in a friendly match at Winnipeg; entering the match at the 68th minute.
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Allie Long scored her first and second goals in a friendly against Colombia on April 6,2016, in East Hartford at Renschler Field.
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Allie Long was on the US national team at the 2016 Olympics, starting in three of the four matches the US team played.
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Allie Long was named to the provisional roster for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship but was not named to the final 20-player roster.
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In November 2018, Allie Long was included in the roster for a set of friendlies in Europe in November 2018, making an appearance off the bench in the team's match against Scotland.
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Allie Long made appearances off the bench in both April 2019 friendlies for the USWNT against Australia and Belgium.
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In May 2019, Allie Long was named to the final roster for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, marking her first senior World Cup appearance.
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In October 2016, Allie Long married long-time boyfriend Jose Batista, with teammates Alex Morgan and Tobin Heath as her maids of honor.
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In January 2022, Allie Long announced that she and Batista separated.
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On May 23,2022, Allie Long gave birth to a girl Siena Maxwell and a boy Trent Jameson.