Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Alyson Kay Wagner[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | August 10, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | San Jose, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2002 | Santa Clara Broncos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | San Diego Spirit | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | Boston Breakers | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Olympique Lyonnais | 3 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Los Angeles Sol | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2008 | United States | 131 | (21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:37, 30 September 2009 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:37, 30 September 2009 (UTC) |
Alyson Kay Wagner (born August 10, 1980) is an American sports broadcaster and retired soccer midfielder who last played for Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer and the United States women's national soccer team. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup bronze medalist. She has worked for Fox Sports, CBS Sports and ESPN as a soccer analyst. She is the first woman to call a FIFA Men's World Cup game on English-language U.S. television, serving as the analyst alongside Derek Rae for Iran's 1–0 win against Morocco on June 15, 2018. She is also an owner of USL Championship club Queensboro FC[2] and a founding owner and co-chair of the National Women's Soccer League expansion club awarded to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2023.[3][4]