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| Full name | Lynn Raenie Williams[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 21, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fresno, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | NJ/NY Gotham FC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Pepperdine Waves | 78 | (39) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Western New York Flash | 36 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | North Carolina Courage | 81 | (42) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Western Sydney Wanderers (loan) | 5 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Melbourne Victory (loan) | 4 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Kansas City Current | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 20 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | United States U23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | United States | 71 | (19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 12, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 10, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lynn Raenie Williams (born May 21, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays for NJ/NY Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. The NWSL's all-time leading scorer, she was drafted out of Pepperdine University by the Western New York Flash in 2015.
Williams won the NWSL's Most Valuable Player award and her first NWSL Championship with the Flash in 2016. After the franchise moved to become the North Carolina Courage, she helped win consecutive titles in 2018 and 2019. She was traded to the Kansas City Current in 2022 and sent to Gotham the next year, where she won her fourth championship in 2023.
At the international level, Williams won bronze with the United States at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
- ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020 – Squad List: USA" (PDF). FIFA. August 5, 2021. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2022.