1. Annabella Madeleine Bixby is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
15 Facts About Bella Bixby
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Bella Bixby played youth soccer for Olympic Development Program teams in Oregon, and her club teams won Oregon Premier League State Cup championships in 2009,2011, and 2012.
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Bella Bixby played for Putnam High School's varsity gridiron football team as a placekicker, completing 89 of 96 extra point attempts and two of three field goals, including a 40-yard game-tying field goal in the final seconds of a 2013 game.
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Bella Bixby attended Oregon State University and played 72 games for its women's soccer team.
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Bella Bixby posted 18 clean sheets while setting a university record for most career saves with 394.
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Bella Bixby was injured for most of her first year with Portland and was forced to miss most of the year after suffering a wrist injury while on loan in Germany.
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Bella Bixby then spent part of 2019 on loan in Israel.
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In July 2021, Bella Bixby set the NWSL record for most shutout minutes to start an NWSL regular-season career, starting the 2021 NWSL season with 269 consecutive shutout minutes across her first three games, becoming the third goalkeeper in the league's history to post back-to-back clean sheets in their regular season debuts.
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Bella Bixby won the Save of the Week Award for the first week of August 2021.
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Bella Bixby was one of three finalists for NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year for the 2021 season.
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Bella Bixby did not appear for Frankfurt before suffering a right wrist injury, and on October 16,2018, the German club announced that Bixby would return from her loan to Portland early for recovery.
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In 2022, Bella Bixby returned to Rex Putnam High School to serve as the girls' varsity soccer team's head coach.
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Bella Bixby has been outspoken on issues within soccer, calling out inconsistent media coverage of the NWSL and the quality of the NWSL's broadcast product.
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Bella Bixby publicly spoke out about the loss in order to raise awareness.
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In December 2018, Bella Bixby married her husband Elliot and began using her married name.