1. Kristie Anne Mewis was born on February 25,1991 and is a pregnant American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for West Ham United of the Women's Super League and the United States national team.
51 Facts About Kristie Mewis
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Kristie Mewis finished her high school career with 74 goals and 34 assists.
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Kristie Mewis was a three-time NSCAA All-American, three-time All-New England and All-Massachusetts team honoree and a three-time Eastern Massachusetts Girls Soccer Association Div.
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In 2008, Kristie Mewis was named the NSCAA Youth Player of the Year and the US Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year.
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Kristie Mewis played for the Region 1 Olympic Development Program team from 2003 to 2007.
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Kristie Mewis played with her younger sister Sam at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
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Kristie Mewis played and started in 23 games and tied for fourth on the team in scoring with five goals and six assists for 16 points.
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Kristie Mewis played midfield and filled in on defense due to injuries.
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Kristie Mewis was named to the All-ACC Freshmen Team, the Top Drawer Soccer All-Rookie team, and Soccer America All-Rookie team and earned NSCAA All-Southeast Region first team honors.
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Kristie Mewis scored ten goals, ranking seventh in the ACC and second for Boston.
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Kristie Mewis was first on the team in assists with 14; tied for the ACC lead.
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Kristie Mewis tied for fifth in the ACC in points with 34.
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Kristie Mewis was named New England Soccer News Player of the Year and was an All-ACC first team selection.
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Kristie Mewis was a Hermann Trophy semifinalist and a member of Soccer America MVP's first team.
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Kristie Mewis received NSCAA All-American first team accolades and was named to Top Drawer Soccer's second team.
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In 2011, Kristie Mewis led the team in scoring eight goals and six assists for 22 points and was named the Offensive Team MVP.
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Kristie Mewis averaged 4.05 shots per game, ranking second in the ACC and was 11th in the ACC in points, with 22.
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Kristie Mewis was a NSCAA Division 1 All-America third team selection and earned NSCAA Southeast Regional first team honors.
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Kristie Mewis was an all-ACC first team selection, was named to the Soccer America MVP second team, and was named to the Soccer America Preseason All-America list.
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Kristie Mewis was named to the Preseason Hermann Trophy Watch List and was a semifinalist for the award.
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Kristie Mewis recorded nine multi-point games and had a goal or assist in 15 of 21 games this season.
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Kristie Mewis is the all-time leading scorer in the Boston College program with 116 total points.
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Kristie Mewis received NSCAA First Team All-America and All-Southeast Region honors and was named to the TopDrawerSoccer.
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Kristie Mewis was named to the All-ACC first team and College Sports Madness All-American first team.
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Kristie Mewis tallied her first career hat trick in a match against Harvard.
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Kristie Mewis finished her career with 39 goals, 38 assists, nine game-winning goals and 21 multiple-point games.
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Kristie Mewis was the second player in program history to register a goal in five straight games.
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Kristie Mewis scored Canberra's only goal of the match in the 45th minute.
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In January 2013, Kristie Mewis was drafted in the first round of the 2013 NWSL College Draft to FC Kansas City for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League.
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Kristie Mewis was elevated to US Soccer-subsidized status during the year.
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Kristie Mewis has proven that she can be a high-level player in this environment and we feel we have the structure to help push Kristie to the next level.
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Kristie Mewis started in 15 games and scored 3 goals in 2014 for the Breakers.
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October 2014 Kristie Mewis signed a three-month contract with Iga FC Kunoichi of the Japanese Nadeshiko League first division.
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In November 2016, Kristie Mewis was traded along with Kassey Kallman from the Boston Breakers to the Washington Spirit for Megan Oyster.
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Kristie Mewis was voted onto the NWSL's May 2018 Team of the Month.
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The next year, Kristie Mewis would go on to help the Houston Dash win their first trophy at the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.
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On December 16,2021, Kristie Mewis was selected by NWSL expansion club San Diego Wave FC in the 2022 NWSL Expansion Draft and subsequently traded to Gotham FC in exchange for $200,000 in allocation money.
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On December 22,2023, Kristie Mewis joined Women's Super League club, West Ham United.
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Kristie Mewis co-captained the United States U-17 team that was runner-up at the inaugural 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand.
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Kristie Mewis was the recipient of the Bronze Ball as the tournament's third-best player.
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Kristie Mewis played in the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany where the team lost in the quarterfinals.
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Kristie Mewis's younger sister Sam was a member of both youth World Cup squads.
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In January 2013, Kristie Mewis was called to the national training camp by head coach Tom Sermanni in preparation for a friendly match against Scotland.
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Kristie Mewis made her debut for the senior team on February 9,2013, against Scotland and was placed on the roster for 2013 Algarve Cup.
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Kristie Mewis scored the game-opening goal in the third minute of a friendly match against South Korea on June 15,2013, near her hometown in Massachusetts.
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Kristie Mewis was called to the full senior team training camps in both October and November 2020 prior to a friendly against the Netherlands.
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Kristie Mewis came on as a second-half substitute against the Netherlands, marking her first appearance in over six years, and scoring in the 70th minute.
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In October 2020, after winning the Challenge Cup with the Houston Dash, Kristie Mewis credited her improvement in form to the process of recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament injury she suffered in 2018, particularly citing how it forced her to re-evaluate her competitive mentality.
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Kristie Mewis is the older sister of Sam Kristie Mewis, who played on the United States women's national soccer team.
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Since the beginning of 2021, Kristie Mewis has been in a relationship with Australian soccer player Sam Kerr.
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Kristie Mewis appeared in the Netflix documentary series Under Pressure, which follows the US women's national soccer team as they compete in the 2023 World Cup.