Mallory Swanson

Mallory Swanson

Swanson with the Chicago Red Stars in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Mallory Pugh Swanson[1]
Birth name	Mallory Diane Pugh[2]
Date of birth	(1998-04-29) April 29, 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Littleton, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Chicago Red Stars
Number	9
Youth career
2011–2016	Real Colorado
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017	UCLA Bruins	0	(0)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	Washington Spirit	40	(10)
2020	Sky Blue FC	0	(0)
2021–	Chicago Red Stars / Chicago Stars FC	60	(23)
International career‡
2013–2014	United States U17	12	(15)
2014–2016	United States U20	23	(17)
2016–	United States	103	(38)
Medal record Women's soccer Representing the  United States CONCACAF Women's Championship Winner 2018 United States Winner 2022 Mexico Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 21, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 30, 2024

Mallory Pugh Swanson (née Pugh; born April 29, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States, and the United States women's national soccer team (USWNT).

After playing extensively at the under-17 and under-20 level, Swanson debuted for the USWNT in 2016 at age 17, becoming the team's youngest player since Heather O'Reilly in 2002. Later that year she represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she became the youngest Olympic goalscorer for the United States. She won the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, scoring the only goal in the Olympic final.

Swanson elected to forego her college career at UCLA to turn professional in 2017, signing with the Washington Spirit, where she stayed for three seasons before playing at Sky Blue FC. She was then traded to the Chicago Red Stars, playing in the same city as her husband, Chicago Cubs baseball player Dansby Swanson.