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| Full name | Croix Collette Bethune[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | March 14, 2001[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder[4] | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Washington Spirit | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Concorde Fire | |||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | USC Trojans | 48 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Georgia Bulldogs | 15 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Washington Spirit | 17 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| United States U-15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | United States U-17 | 15 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | United States | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 25, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Croix Collette Bethune (/ˈkrɔɪ bəˈθuːn/ CROY bə-THOON;[5] born March 14, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.
Bethune played college soccer for the USC Trojans and the Georgia Bulldogs, twice being named first-team All-American. She was selected by the Spirit third overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft and tied the single-season assist record in her rookie year.
After representing her country at the under-15 and under-17 level, Bethune made her senior international debut in 2024. She won the gold medal with the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
- ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024" (PDF). p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ "Croix Bethune – 2023 – Soccer". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ "Croix Bethune". Washington Spirit. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ^ Kassouf, Jeff (April 25, 2024). "NWSL 2024 MVP Tracker: Who are the best players this season?". ESPN. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ "BETHUNE Croix". Olympics.com. 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.