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Ali Krieger Quick Info
Height 5 feet 6 inches
weight 60 kg
birth date July 28, 1984
Star sign Lion
spouse Ashlyn Harris

Ali Krieger is an American soccer player who is also a FIFA Women’s World Champion. On the pitch, she mainly plays as a defender. She represented her country, USA, at the 2011 World Cup in Germany and 2015 in Canada. Her strong defense prevented her opponents from scoring in the match and was part of the team that led USA to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015. She suffered a knee injury at the 2012 CONCACAF women’s qualifying tournament, which prevented her from participating in the 2012 Olympics. She took part in the next Olympics 4 years later in the Rio 2016 Olympics. This made her the oldest woman to ever take part in the Olympic Games in women’s football.

Ali Krieger plays with the Orlando Pride of the National Women’s Soccer League. This league is the top division of women’s soccer in the United States. Before joining the league in 2016, she was a professional footballer with Washington Freedom, Washington Spirit, Tyresö FF of Damallsvenskan of Sweden and FFC Frankfurt of Germany’s Frauen-Bundesliga. While playing for the Frankfurt women’s Bundesliga, she won the UEFA Champions League and was the only woman on the USA women’s national team to play for clubs abroad. Ali Krieger was among the women who attended coaching license courses organized by the NWSL, Utah Royals and US Soccer in 2018.

Born name

Alexandra Blaire Krieger

nickname

Alex, Ali, warrior princess

Sun sign

Lion

Place of birth

Dumfries, Virginia, USA

nationality

training

Ali Krieger attended Hylton High School in Dale City, Prince William County, Virginia, United States. She then attended Forest Park High School in Woodbridge, Virginia, USA.

occupation

soccer player

family

  • Father – Ken Krieger (professional soccer player, soccer coach)
  • Mother – Debbie Alongi
  • Siblings – Kyle Krieger (brother) (YouTube and Instagram Personality)

Manager

There is not much information about Ali Krieger’s manager.

Build

Athletic

Height

167,5 cm (5 ft 6 in)

weight

60 kg or 132 lbs

boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse

Ali Krieger dated –

  1. Ashlyn Harris (2015-Present) – Ali Krieger and Orlando Pride goaltender Ashlyn Harris first met in 2010. The partnership began in April 2015. Harris proposed to Krieger on September 15, 2018 in Clearwater Beach and gave up on March 13, 2019 the couple announced that they planned to get married later in the year.

race/ethnicity

White

She is of American descent.

hair colour

dark brown

eye color

Hellbraun

sexual orientation

Bisexual

distinguishing features

  • High cheekbones
  • athletic body

brand promotion

Ali Krieger has done endorsement work for brands such as:

  • Nike
  • unequal
  • ZICO
  • Smuckers

Known for

  • At the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 you play every minute of all six USA games
  • The oldest US Olympic champion for women’s soccer
  • to be FIFA Women’s World Champion

First TV show

Aside from broadcasting her soccer games, Ali Krieger first appeared as herself on a television show The Daily Show in 2011.

Ali warrior facts

  1. Ali Krieger and other members of her team became the first women’s sports team to be honored with a cassette parade after winning the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in New York City. Each player also received a key to the city from Mayor Bill de Blasio.
  2. Along with the teammates, Krieger was featured in the EA Sports video game. FIFA 16 . It was the first time that female players were included in the game.
  3. In October 2015, Ali Krieger and the team were recognized and honored by the President of the United States, Barack Obama.
  4. Ali Krieger spoke fluent German when she played for FFC Frankfurt. Then she discovered that her name meant “warrior”. Her teammates nicknamed her “Warrior Princess” because of her name and gender.
  5. She is very close to her brother Kyle, who was once an addict but has been sober for several years and has made a living as a YouTube and Instagram personality. She sees him as a role model for everything he has overcome and he is always there to help her in times of need.
  6. Ali Krieger has received multiple awards including NWSLBest XI (2014, 2017), NWSL Second XI (2013, 2016), Fox Soccer’s Best Eleven of FIFA Women’s World Cup (2011), FIFPro: FIFA FIFPro World XI 2016, W-League Championship (2007), Women’s DFB Cup Champion, FFC Frankfurt (2008, 2011), UEFA Champions League Champion and FFC Frankfurt (2008).
  7. Krieger tore the medial collateral and anterior cruciate ligaments in her right knee after being attacked by Leonela Mojica of the Dominican Republic at the 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Qualifying Tournament. This made her unable to compete in the main Olympic tournaments. The list was already named before her full recovery.
  8. Krieger’s father played professional football and was a football coach in Virginia.
  9. Ali Krieger was named Fox Soccer’s Best 11 as the best player at the FIFA Women’s World Cup after becoming one of only four players in the United States to start and play all 600 minutes of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
  10. In 2014, Ali Krieger partnered with a charity, MiracleFeet . The aim of the organization is to treat children suffering from clubfoot in developing countries. She claims that changing a child’s life and making it better means everything to her.
  11. Ali Krieger earned his US Soccer “C” license after attending a series of coaching license courses co-sponsored by US Soccer, NWSL and Utah Royals FC.
  12. Ali Krieger works with Garth Brooks teammates for Children’s Foundation . She can spend time with children in various programs.
  13. Krieger was part of the 18-man team that represented the United States at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
  14. Because of her love for a safe and acceptable environment on and off the field, she became an ambassador for the non-profit organization Athlete Ally The organization focuses on putting an end to homophobia and transphobia in sport.
  15. Follow Ali Krieger on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
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