Alyssa Mautz

Alyssa Mautz
Personal information
Full name Alyssa Lee Mautz
Date of birth (1989-07-29) July 29, 1989
Place of birth O'Fallon, Missouri, United States
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Playing position Forward-Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Perth Glory
Number 4
Youth career
St. Louis Soccer Club
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Saint Louis Billikens
2008–2010 Texas A&M Aggies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Sky Blue FC 5 (1)
2012 Chicago Red Stars (WPSL-E)
2013– Chicago Red Stars (NWSL) 72 (9)
2013Zorky (loan) 9 (1)
2016–Perth Glory (loan) 1 (0)
National team
2008 United States U-20

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 6, 2016.


Alyssa Lee Mautz (born July 29, 1989) is an American professional soccer forward and midfielder. She currently plays for Perth Glory in the Australian W-League. She previously played for Sky Blue FC in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL, Zorky in the Russian Women's Football Championship and has represented the United States at the U-23 level.

Early life

Born and raised in Missouri, Mautz attended Fort Zumwalt West High School in O'Fallon, Missouri where she was named All-State, All-Metro and All-Conference all four years. She netted 133 goals during her high school career, the fifth-most in Missouri girls' soccer history. As a junior, she was named National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Region. Mautz was named Metro Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007 and earned State Player of the Year honors as a senior. During her senior season, she helped the team to the state championship in senior season.[1]

Mautz played club soccer for the St. Louis Soccer Club and led the team to 10 straight state titles. She also played on state and regional Olympic Development Program (ODP) teams.[1]

Texas A&M University

Mautz attended Texas A&M University beginning in her sophomore year after transferring from Saint Louis University. As a sophomore in 2008, she made 19 appearances with 9 starts and was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week for the week of November 3. Mautz scored five goals and three assists for 13 points. She recorded a career-high eight points vs. Houston Baptist with a hat-trick, scoring the game winner, and serving two assists. She netted four goals and tallied 10 points in her last two games of the season. As a junior, she started in 20 matches and saw playing time in all 25 of A&M's matches. After ranking second on the team with 66 shots and 27 shots on goal, she scored four goals, three of which came in Big 12 matches, and two assists for 10 points. She was named to the All-Big 12 second team. During her senior season, she was one of only two Aggies to start in all 23 matches and led the offense with 29 points on a team-high and career-high 12 goals and five assists. Mautz was named NSCAA National Player of the Week, Big 12 Player of the Week, and was selected to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week, the All-Big 12 first team and the Big 12 All-Tournament team. She recorded her second career hat trick vs. No. 16 Virginia Tech and had a team-high of five game-winning goals.[1]

Playing career

Club

Sky Blue FC

Mautz played in five matches for Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer during the 2010 season. She made two starts and scored once.

Chicago Red Stars (WPSL Elite)

After the WPS suspended operations in early 2012, Mautz signed with the Chicago Red Stars in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (WPSL Elite). The team won silver in the WPSL Elite national championship.[2][3][4]

Chicago Red Stars (NWSL)

Mautz re-joined the Chicago Red Stars for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League in 2013. She was the drafted in the fifth round (36th overall) of the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft [5][6][7]

Zorky

In September 2013, Mautz was loaned for 2.5 months to Russian Women's Football Championship club Zorky.[8]

Perth Glory

On October 5, 2016, Mautz joined Australian club Perth Glory as an international player.[9][10]

International

Mautz was a member of the United States under-20 women's national soccer team that took home gold at the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[11] She has also played for the U-23 team.

In addition to playing professionally Mautz coaches soccer collegiately and is currently available for private lessons in the O'fallon, MO area.[12]

References

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