Julie Beth Ertz is an American soccer player for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League, as well as the United States women's national soccer team.
60 Facts About Julie Ertz
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Julie Ertz first appeared for the United States national team during an international friendly against Scotland on February 9,2013.
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Julie Ertz has since made more than 100 total appearances for the team.
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Julie Ertz helped the United States win their titles at the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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Julie Ertz was again nominated for US Soccer Female Player of the Year in 2018 and won the US Soccer Female Player of the Year in 2019.
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Julie Ertz was introduced to soccer through her local AYSO region.
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The Johnston sisters played for Sereno Soccer Club in Phoenix; Julie Ertz played for the 1992 side and Melanie played for the 1990s.
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Julie Ertz played with the team from 2004 to 2010 on the U13 through U19 teams.
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Julie Ertz won the state title nine times during her time there and was captain of the team.
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Julie Ertz attended Dobson High School in Mesa from 2006 to 2010, where she volunteered as a student athletic trainer all four years.
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Julie Ertz never played for the soccer team at the school, instead opting to devote her time to playing for Sereno.
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Julie Ertz attended Santa Clara University, where she majored in communications and played as a midfielder for the Broncos women's soccer team.
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Julie Ertz was named WCC Freshman of the Year and received NSCAA All-West Region Second-Team, Soccer America All-Freshman First-Team, All-WCC Second-Team, and WCC All-Freshman team honors.
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Julie Ertz scored four game-winning goals in matches away to Cal Poly, and at home to Washington State, California and Nevada.
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Julie Ertz was a WCC Hermann Trophy semi-finalist and was named to the NSCAA All-American First-Team as well as the All-WCC First-Team.
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In 2012, which was her junior year, Julie Ertz started 14 of the 15 games she played and led the Broncos with eight goals and was second on the team with five assists.
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Julie Ertz scored three game-winning goals and recorded an assist in the first round of the NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament in a match against Long Beach State.
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Julie Ertz was named to the All-WCC First Team and NCAA Division I Women All-West Region First Team.
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Julie Ertz was a MAC Hermann Trophy semi-finalist and was named US Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year.
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In 2013, Julie Ertz played in 22 games and led the team with eight assists and four game-winning goals.
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Julie Ertz made a total of 12 goals in the season and recorded an assist in the first round of the NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament in a match against University of California at Berkeley.
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Julie Ertz was named WCC Player of the Year and College Sports Madness WCC Player of the Year.
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On January 17,2014, Julie Ertz was selected third overall in the first round of the 2014 NWSL College Draft by the Chicago Red Stars.
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Julie Ertz subsequently signed with the team for the 2014 season.
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Julie Ertz scored the only goal of the match in the 59th minute.
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Julie Ertz was named NWSL Rookie of the Year following the 2014 season.
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In 2015, Julie Ertz missed almost half of the NWSL season due to commitments with the United States women's national team at the FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.
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Julie Ertz made 11 appearances for the Red Stars during the 2015 season, playing 990 minutes.
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Julie Ertz made twelve appearances for the Red Stars during the 2016 season before joining the national team in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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Julie Ertz was named to the NWSL Second XI for the season after leading Chicago to the championship semi-final, where they lost out for the third consecutive season.
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Julie Ertz missed the beginning of the 2018 NWSL season as she was recovering from a knee injury suffered at the 2018 SheBelieves Cup.
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Julie Ertz played in 15 games for the Red Stars in 2018 as they qualified for the playoffs for the fourth straight season.
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On December 3,2021, Julie Ertz's rights were traded to Angel City FC ahead of the upcoming expansion draft.
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Julie Ertz made her return to the NWSL in a match against San Diego Wave FC in April 2023.
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In 2006, Julie Ertz attended the United States U14 National Identification Camp.
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In 2012, Julie Ertz competed in international under-20 youth soccer and scored a goal against Switzerland at the La Manga Tournament in Spain.
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Julie Ertz captained the United States team to the Japan 2012 U20 FIFA Women's World Cup; winning the 2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship along the way.
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In Japan, Julie Ertz captained her team to win the FIFA under-20 world cup, and won the Bronze Ball award herself.
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In 2013, Julie Ertz played for the U23 team in the Four Nations Tournament in La Manga, Spain.
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Julie Ertz was first called up to the national team in January 2013, when she was on the 29-player roster for a training camp leading up to two matches against Scotland in early February.
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Julie Ertz made her first appearance for the national team in their first match of the year on February 9,2013, against Scotland.
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Julie Ertz scored in the 73rd minute but the referee ruled that she was offside and the goal was called back.
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Julie Ertz started off 2014 at a national team training camp from January 8 to 15 at US Soccer's National Training Center in Carson, California.
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Julie Ertz was not named to the roster for the 2014 Algarve Cup in March.
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Julie Ertz 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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However, one day before the team's first match of the tournament, Julie Ertz replaced an injured Crystal Dunn on the roster.
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Julie Ertz started off 2015 at a 21-day training camp from January 5 to 25 at the US Soccer National Training Center in Carson, California.
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On February 21, Julie Ertz was named to the 25-player roster for the 2015 Algarve Cup in Portugal.
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Julie Ertz was one of the five United States players that played every minute in all seven matches for the United States during the World Cup.
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Julie Ertz was then named to the 20-player roster for 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament.
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Julie Ertz was named to the roster for the 2016 SheBelieves Cup that took place from March 3 to 9.
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On July 12, Julie Ertz 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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Julie Ertz did not appear in the team's remaining two group matches due to a sore groin.
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Julie Ertz returned for the team's quarterfinal match against Sweden where she played the full game, which the US would go on to lose in penalty kicks.
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Julie Ertz found success in the role and in 2017 she was named the US Soccer Female Player of the Year.
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Julie Ertz won US Soccer's Female Player of the Year award.
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Julie Ertz was nominated alongside teammates Rose Lavelle, Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Alyssa Naeher and Megan Rapinoe.
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In February 2016, Julie Ertz became engaged to NFL tight end Zach Julie Ertz at Klein Field, the Stanford University baseball stadium where they first met.
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Zach and Julie Ertz were featured in ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue 2017.
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Julie Ertz 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 and has been included in every EA Sports FIFA title since.