1. Meghan Elizabeth Klingenberg was born on August 2,1988 and is an American professional soccer player who most recently played in 2024 as a defender for the Portland Thorns in the National Women's Soccer League.
27 Facts About Meghan Klingenberg
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Meghan Klingenberg played for three teams in the Women's Professional Soccer league, for Tyreso FF in Sweden's Damallsvenskan, and for the Houston Dash in the NWSL.
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Meghan Klingenberg has a younger brother named Drew who played college soccer at Penn State.
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Meghan Klingenberg attended Pine-Richland High School from 2003 to 2007 and was the captain of the girls soccer team.
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Meghan Klingenberg attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a four-year starter for the Tar Heels.
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Meghan Klingenberg was a highly flexible player, playing on all three lines for UNC.
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Meghan Klingenberg scored five goals with three assists and was a Soccer America First-Team All-Freshman selection.
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Meghan Klingenberg led UNC freshmen in all offensive categories and was an All-ACC Academic Team selection.
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Meghan Klingenberg tied for second on the team with nine assists and two goals.
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Meghan Klingenberg was named to the ACC All-Academic women's soccer team and the ACC Honor Roll.
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Meghan Klingenberg had 11 assists, scored six goals, and was named First-Team All-ACC.
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Meghan Klingenberg studied business with a concentration in entrepreneurship while at UNC Chapel Hill.
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In 2011, Meghan Klingenberg was selected by the Washington Freedom in the first round of the WPS draft.
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Meghan Klingenberg played 10 matches for Boston, starting them all and totaling 961 minutes for the season.
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Meghan Klingenberg ended the season with one goal and two assists.
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Meghan Klingenberg spent time at Western New York Flash where she won the 2012 Women's Premier Soccer League Elite.
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Meghan Klingenberg left in October 2015 after making nineteen appearances for the club.
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In October 2015, Meghan Klingenberg was part of a pingpong trade that had her join the Seattle Reign as she was traded by Houston Dash for Amber Brooks and a conditional selection in the 2017 NWSL College Draft, then traded to the NWSL 2016 expansion team Orlando, who then traded her to the Portland Thorns FC for Alex Morgan and other considerations.
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Meghan Klingenberg has played for the United States women's national soccer team at the U-16, U-17, U-20 and U-23 levels.
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Meghan Klingenberg received her first call-up to the senior squad for the 2011 Four Nations Tournament and earned her first two caps during the event.
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Meghan Klingenberg was named an alternate for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Meghan Klingenberg made her debut for senior team on January 23,2011, at the Four Nations Tournament against Canada, coming in as a substitute at seventy-eighth minute.
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Meghan Klingenberg played in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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Meghan Klingenberg started in every match of the tournament for the team.
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In 2018, Meghan Klingenberg participated in negotiating image and likeness rights for the United States women's national team for the US Women's National Team Players Association.
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Meghan Klingenberg was featured 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.
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Meghan Klingenberg appeared in the series again in FIFA 23, which added NWSL teams to the game.