Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher was named the 2024 U.S. Soccer Feminine Participant of the Yr on Saturday.
Naeher simply accomplished her last season of worldwide competitors with the U.S. Ladies’s Nationwide Staff.
She is simply the second netminder to win within the award’s 40-year historical past, following Hope Solo in 2009.
“That is an unbelievable honor, to cap off what has been a really particular yr with this group,” Naeher stated. “This group is made up of a particular group of gamers, coaches and employees and all yr you can really feel that vitality and that we had the chance to realize one thing nice. I used to be impressed all yr lengthy by my unbelievable teammates; the work we put in, the dedication to the group and our objectives, and all of their love and help.”
Naeher, 36, who performs professionally for the NWSL’s Chicago Crimson Stars, was additionally named the 2024 FIFA Ladies’s Goalkeeper of the Yr for 2024.
Naeher completed 2024 with a document of 13 wins, one loss and three attracts, permitting simply 11 objectives in 18 begins.
She performed each minute on the 2024 Summer season Olympics in Paris, permitting simply two objectives en path to the gold medal.
Along with her shutout of Brazil within the gold-medal match, Naeher grew to become the primary goalkeeper in ladies’s soccer historical past to put up clear sheets in FIFA World Cup (2019) and Olympic finals.
Naeher tallied 40.8 p.c of the fan portion of the votes for the U.S. Soccer Feminine Participant of the Yr award, adopted by defender Naomi Girma at 32.2 p.c.
–Discipline Degree Media