1. Rebecca Elizabeth Sauerbrunn was born on June 6,1985 and is an American former professional soccer player who played as a center back.
121 Facts About Becky Sauerbrunn
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Becky Sauerbrunn co-captained the United States national team with Carli Lloyd from 2016 to 2018 and was the captain of the team from 2021 to 2023.
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Becky Sauerbrunn played college soccer for the Virginia Cavaliers before starting her professional career with the Washington Freedom in Women's Professional Soccer in 2010.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was named NWSL Defender of the Year three times with Kansas City and once with Utah Royals FC.
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Becky Sauerbrunn won her third championship with Portland Thorns FC, with which she retired in 2024.
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Becky Sauerbrunn won gold with the national team at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, and she played for the team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup where they finished in second place.
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Becky Sauerbrunn played every minute for the United States at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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Becky Sauerbrunn played with the JB Marine Soccer Club beginning at age 12.
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Becky Sauerbrunn helped the team win the Missouri State Cup four times as well as a Midwest Regional Championship in 2000.
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Becky Sauerbrunn attended Ladue High School, where she was a four-year letter winner in soccer, volleyball, and basketball, where she was a three-year starter at point guard.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was named soccer team captain playing as a sweeper and central midfielder.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was named 2003 Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year, 2002 and 2003 Parade All-American, 2001 NSCAA Youth All-American, and 2002 NSCAA Adidas All-American.
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Becky Sauerbrunn attended the University of Virginia and was a member of the Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team from 2003 to 2007.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was named ACC Freshman of the Year for 2003.
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Becky Sauerbrunn missed the entire 2004 season due to national team obligations at the 2004 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championships in Thailand.
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Becky Sauerbrunn made the Academic All-American team, the ACC All-Tournament Team, and the ACC All-Academic Team.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was named NSCAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year and ACC Player of the Year.
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Becky Sauerbrunn played for the Boston Renegades in the W-League in 2005.
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Becky Sauerbrunn made her first appearance for the team on May 20,2005, against the Long Island Riders.
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Becky Sauerbrunn played for the Richmond Kickers Destiny in the W-League for the 2006 and 2007 seasons.
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Becky Sauerbrunn played for the Washington Freedom in the W-League for the 2008 season.
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On October 6,2008, Becky Sauerbrunn was picked third overall in the first round of the 2008 WPS General Draft, which assigned the WPS rights of international and domestic players to the teams in the WPS for the 2009 season.
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Becky Sauerbrunn made her first appearance for the team on March 29,2009, in a match against the Los Angeles Sol.
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Becky Sauerbrunn started all 20 games for the Freedom in the regular season and in the team's one playoff match.
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Becky Sauerbrunn made her first appearance for the team on September 26,2009, in a match against Kattem IL, where she played all 90 minutes and scored a goal in the 13th minute.
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Becky Sauerbrunn returned to the Freedom for the 2010 WPS season.
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Becky Sauerbrunn played in all 24 games of the regular season for the Freedom.
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Becky Sauerbrunn made 13 total appearances for the team in the regular season.
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Becky Sauerbrunn signed with Sky Blue FC for the 2012 season.
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In March 2012, following the suspension of the 2012 WPS season, Becky Sauerbrunn signed with DC United Women in the W-League for the 2012 season.
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Becky Sauerbrunn helped the team finish first place in the Eastern Conference but was unable to appear in any playoff matches due to her national team obligations at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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On January 11,2013, Becky Sauerbrunn was allocated to FC Kansas City via the NWSL Player Allocation, which distributed national team players from the United States, Canada, and Mexico to teams in the NWSL.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was one of three members of the United States women's national team that was allocated to FC Kansas City, along with Nicole Barnhart and Lauren Holiday.
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Becky Sauerbrunn made her first appearance in the team's season opener against the Portland Thorns on April 14,2013.
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Becky Sauerbrunn went on to make a total of 19 appearances for the team in the regular season in 2013, starting all 19.
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Becky Sauerbrunn helped Kansas City finish second in the league behind the Western New York Flash.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was awarded Defender of the Year for the 2013 season.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was named to the 2013 NWSL Best XI.
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Becky Sauerbrunn started all 22 of her appearances in the regular season, playing a total of 1935 minutes and made one goal.
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Becky Sauerbrunn helped Kansas City finish second in the league behind Seattle Reign FC.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was awarded Defender of the Year for the 2014 season.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was named to the 2014 NWSL Best XI.
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Becky Sauerbrunn made 11 appearances for FC Kansas City in the 2015 season, missing nine regular season games due to national team obligations at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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Becky Sauerbrunn helped Kansas City finish third in the league and advance to the playoffs.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was awarded Defender of the Year for the 2015 season and became the first player in NWSL history to win a league award three years in a row.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was named to the 2015 NWSL Best XI for the third time.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was named to the NWSL Best XI for the sixth consecutive season, and was named a finalist for Defender of the Year.
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On October 4,2022, following the release of the Yates Report regarding the 2021 NWSL abuse scandal and other widespread abuse in the league, Becky Sauerbrunn remarked in a press conference that "every owner and executive and US Soccer official who has repeatedly failed the players, and failed to protect the players, and have not participated fully in these investigations should be gone".
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In 1999, Becky Sauerbrunn attended the United States U-14 Girl's National Team Identification Camp.
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Becky Sauerbrunn represented the United States as a member of the U-16 women's national team from 2000 to 2002.
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In 2001, Becky Sauerbrunn was on the U-16 national team that competed in the United States Amateur Soccer Festival from July 29 to August 5.
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In March 2002, Becky Sauerbrunn was on the roster for a series of three matches at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
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In 2003, Becky Sauerbrunn moved up to the U-19 national team and started off the year at the ARCO US Olympic Training Center in San Diego, California, from January 18 to 26.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was on the 26-player roster for the training camp.
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Shortly after, in 2004, Becky Sauerbrunn joined the team for another training camp from January 23 to February first at The Home Depot Center.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was co-captain of the team and led the team's defense.
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Becky Sauerbrunn trained with the U-19 national team during their first training camp following the CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament.
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Becky Sauerbrunn did not play with the University of Virginia Cavaliers for the 2004 season in order to train with the U-19 team leading up to the U-19 World Championship in a modified residency program.
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On October 12, Becky Sauerbrunn was named to the 21-player roster that would represent the United States at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was co-captain of the team and played every minute in all six matches of the tournament for the United States.
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The United States faced Brazil in the third place match, where Becky Sauerbrunn played all 90 minutes.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was named to the Tournament All-Star Team by the FIFA Technical Study Group.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was not named to the roster for the 2005 Nordic Cup in July.
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In 2006, Becky Sauerbrunn trained with the U-21 national team from March 19 to 24 at The Home Depot Center in preparation for the 2006 Nordic Cup.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was not named to the roster for the 2006 Nordic Cup in July.
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Becky Sauerbrunn traveled to Germany with the U-21 national team from May 18 to 27 for three matches against Gutersloh, SG Essen-Schonebeck, and 07 Bad Neuenahr in 2007.
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Becky Sauerbrunn then trained with the team in early June in Portland, Oregon, in preparation for the 2007 Nordic Cup.
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Becky Sauerbrunn came in for Ali Krieger in the 79th minute to help the United States win the match and the Nordic Cup title.
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Becky Sauerbrunn then traveled with the team to England for two matches against the England U-23 national team.
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Becky Sauerbrunn trained with the U-23 national team from June 5 to 12 at The Home Depot Center in preparation for the 2008 Nordic Cup.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was named to the roster or the 2008 Nordic Cup held in late July.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was first called up to the United States women's national team for a six-day training camp at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, from January 3 to 8 in 2008.
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Becky Sauerbrunn trained with the national team again in February 2008.
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Becky Sauerbrunn then went back down to the U-23 team.
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In late September 2010, Becky Sauerbrunn made her return to the national team when she was called into a national team training camp in Atlanta to replace Joanna Lohman, who was recovering from an ankle injury.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was on the preliminary roster for the two matches.
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Becky Sauerbrunn started off 2011 with the national team at a six-day training camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California, from January 8 to 13.
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Becky Sauerbrunn made her first start since 2008 during the tournament on January 23 in a match against Canada.
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Becky Sauerbrunn joined the national team for a 32-player training camp in Florida that took place from February 3 to 9 in preparation for the 2011 Algarve Cup.
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On May 9, following the training camp, Becky Sauerbrunn was named to the 21-player roster for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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Becky Sauerbrunn replaced Rachel Buehler in the starting lineup, as she was serving a suspension and not eligible to play in the match.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was then named to 18-player game roster for the match against Sweden and made an appearance during the game.
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Immediately following the camp, Becky Sauerbrunn was named to the 20-player roster for the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament from January 10 to 29 in Vancouver.
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On February 17, Becky Sauerbrunn was named to a 23-player roster that would travel to Portugal for the 2012 Algarve Cup.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was named to the roster of 21 players that would suit up for the matches of the tournament.
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On May 27, Becky Sauerbrunn was one of the 18 players named to the team that would represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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Becky Sauerbrunn came in during the second half of both matches.
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Becky Sauerbrunn made her Olympic debut on July 31,2012, in a group match against Korea DPR.
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Becky Sauerbrunn came in for Rachel Buehler in the 75th minute.
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In 2013, Becky Sauerbrunn was a consistent starter at the center-back position.
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Becky Sauerbrunn started 10 of her 12 appearances during 2013, playing a total of 940 minutes.
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In January 2013, Becky Sauerbrunn was called up to a 29-player training camp leading up to two matches against Scotland in early February.
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In 2014, Becky Sauerbrunn made 22 appearances, starting 20, and played a total of 1,757 minutes.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was the 46th player in United States women's national team history to reach 50 caps.
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On February 24, Becky Sauerbrunn was named to the 24-player roster for the 2014 Algarve Cup that took place from March 5 to 12.
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Becky Sauerbrunn started in the match against Korea DPR that secured their seventh place finish in the tournament.
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Becky Sauerbrunn started the match and was replaced by Julie Johnston in the second half.
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Becky Sauerbrunn joined the national team for a training camp at the end of August in order to prepare for two matches against Mexico in September as well as the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Qualifying tournament in October.
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Becky Sauerbrunn appeared in both games against Mexico and was named to the roster for the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship that served as a qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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Becky Sauerbrunn started all 25 matches for the United States in 2015, the only player to do so.
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Becky Sauerbrunn had the most minutes played on the team with 2,184.
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Becky Sauerbrunn started off the year at a 21-day training camp in 2015 from January 5 to 25 at the US Soccer National Training Center in Carson, California.
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Becky Sauerbrunn made a key save in the opening minutes of the game and assisted in halting the opposing team's attack.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was named Budweiser Woman of the Match.
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On February 21, Becky Sauerbrunn was named to the 25-player roster for the 2015 Algarve Cup in Portugal.
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Becky Sauerbrunn played every minute in all seven matches for the United States during the World Cup.
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On January 9,2016, Becky Sauerbrunn was named captain of the United States women's national team along with Carli Lloyd.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was then named to the 20-player roster for 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was named to the roster for the 2016 SheBelieves Cup that took place from March 3 to 9.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was noted for her good positioning during the match, helping block a shot in the 59th minute.
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Becky Sauerbrunn appeared in both matches, but did not play all 90 minutes in either game.
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On July 12,2016, Becky Sauerbrunn was named to the 18-player team that would represent the United States at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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Becky Sauerbrunn appeared in the second group match against France, helping the United States take away another victory and secure their first place finish in the group.
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Becky Sauerbrunn appeared in 6 of the 7 matches for the USWNT during the tournament, missing only the opening match vs Thailand.
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In March 2016, Becky Sauerbrunn was one of five women's national team players to file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging wage discrimination as compared to the men's national team.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was active in collective bargaining agreement negotiations with US Soccer for several years, from at least the expiration of the previous agreement in December 2016.
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Becky Sauerbrunn represented the players association at the signing of the team's new collective bargaining agreement on September 6,2022, prior to a national team friendly against Nigeria in Washington, DC, and gave a speech to the audience where she declared the agreement to be "a huge win for workers and for labor rights".
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On December 17,2024, Becky Sauerbrunn announced her retirement from soccer after a 16 year career.
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From 2011 through at least December 2023, Becky Sauerbrunn has been in a relationship with Zola Short, a soccer player she met while at the University of Virginia.
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Becky Sauerbrunn is a self-described cat lover and has 2 cats, Missy and Olive, and is known as a lover of books and reading.
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Becky Sauerbrunn was featured along with her national teammates in the EA Sports' FIFA video game series in FIFA 16, the first time women players were included in the game.