Aly Wagner

Aly Wagner
Personal information
Full name Alyson Kay Wagner[1]
Date of birth (1980-08-10) August 10, 1980 (age 44)
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
Women's football
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
FIFA Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2003 USA Team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 China Team
*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]

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – List of Players: USA" (PDF). FIFA. September 15, 2007. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Herrera, Sandra (March 8, 2021). "USWNT gold medalist Aly Wagner joins Queensboro FC ownership group ahead of inaugural season". CBS Sports. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  3. ^ Hill, Glynn A. (April 4, 2023). "NWSL announces expansion to San Francisco Bay Area". Washington Post. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  4. ^ Ingemi, Marisa (April 4, 2023). "Bay Area lands NWSL 2024 expansion team with largest investment in women's soccer". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 19, 2023.