Amy Sauer
{{Short description|Retired American soccer player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Amy Sauer
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|3|21}}
| birth_place = Spring, Texas
| height = 5 ft 5 in
| position = Defender
| collegeyears1 = 1998–2001
| college1 = Stanford Cardinal
| collegecaps1 = 83
| collegegoals1 = 1
| years1 = 2002
| clubs1 = San Diego Spirit
|caps1 = 20
|goals1 = 0
}}
Amy Sauer is a retired American soccer player who played for the San Diego Spirit.{{Cite web |title=WUSA: 2002 Draft |url=https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/11958/wusa-2002-draft.html |url-access=limited |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Soccer America |archive-date=2023-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115044750/https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/11958/wusa-2002-draft.html |url-status=live }}
Early life and education
Sauer grew up in Spring, Texas,{{Cite web |title=Amy Sauer – Women's Soccer |url=https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/amy-sauer/9445 |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Stanford University Athletics |language=en |archive-date=2023-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807031950/https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/amy-sauer/9445 |url-status=live }} the daughter of Donald and Mary Ellen Sauer and the younger sister of A. J. Sauer, who played for Stanford's men's soccer team form 1995 to 1999.{{Cite web |title=Player Bio: Amy Sauer |url=https://gostanford.com/sports/2013/4/17/208430487.aspx |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Stanford University Athletics |language=en |archive-date=2023-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807031949/https://gostanford.com/sports/2013/4/17/208430487.aspx |url-status=live }} She attended from Klein Oak High School, then Stanford University,{{Cite web |date=2002-04-03 |title=Sauer sticks with Spirit |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/dynamo/article/sauer-sticks-with-spirit-2085127.php |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Chron}} graduating in 2001.
Career
Considered one of the top 15 recruits in the country, Sauer played for Stamford, Texas soccer team from 1998 to 2001, playing in every game and starting in most.
In 2002, she made her professional debut with the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), where she was selected to play for the San Diego Spirit in the second round of the draft. She was released from the team in 2003.{{Cite web |date=2003-05-21 |title=Defender Tanaka |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/defender-tanaka-rhi-turns-to-san-diego-spirit/n-1995247 |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=OurSports Central |language=en |archive-date=2023-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807031949/https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/defender-tanaka-rhi-turns-to-san-diego-spirit/n-1995247 |url-status=live }}
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Category:Sportspeople from Spring, Texas
Category:Soccer players from Harris County, Texas
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:Women's United Soccer Association players
Category:San Diego Spirit players
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:Stanford Cardinal women's soccer players
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