Blakely Mattern
{{short description|American soccer player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2015}}
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| name = Blakely Mattern
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| fullname = Blakely Elizabeth Mattern{{cite web |url=https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/wsoc/roster/season/2007/player/blakely-mattern/ |title=Blakely Mattern |date=June 22, 2018 |publisher=South Carolina Gamecocks |access-date=January 26, 2023}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|09|17}}
| birth_place = Simpsonville, South Carolina, U.S.
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Carolina Elite Cobras
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| youthclubs1 = CESA
| youthyears1 = 2000–2004
| youthclubs2 = JL Mann Patriots
| youthyears2 = 2004–2006
| college1 = South Carolina Gamecocks
| collegeyears1 = 2006–2009
| clubs1 = Atlanta Beat
| years1 = 2009–2010
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| clubs2 = Charlotte Lady Eagles
| years2 = 2010
| caps2 = 5
| goals2 = 1
| clubs3 = FC Twente
| years3 = 2011–2012
| caps3 = 4
| goals3 = 0
| clubs4 = Carolina Elite Cobras
| years4 = 2013–
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| clubs5 = Mallbackens IF
| years5 = 2013–
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Blakely Elizabeth Mattern (born September 17, 1988) is an American soccer defender who plays for Carolina Elite Cobras.
Career
=Collegiate=
Mattern played collegiate soccer at the University of South Carolina where she was a two-time All-American in addition to being a Freshman All-American.{{cite web |title=Blakely Mattern Named NSCAA and Lowe's First Team All-American |date=December 8, 2009 |work=Gamecocks Online |url=http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/120809aab.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709205336/http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/120809aab.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 9, 2012 |accessdate=December 8, 2009 }} In 2009, she was a consensus first team selection after earning All-America nods by the NSCAA, Soccer America and the Lowe's Senior CLASS Organization. She was the 2007 SEC Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first sophomore in conference history to earn the honor, and is a four-time All-SEC selection. In her final season, she was captain of a defense that was ranked No. 9 in the nation and led the SEC in every defensive category en route to 15 shutouts and a berth in the NCAA Round of 16.
= Club =
Mattern was selected by Atlanta Beat as the first choice of the third round and 21st overall selection in the 2010 WPS Draft.{{cite web |title=Atlanta Beat Draft Day Recap |date=January 17, 2010 |work=Atlanta Beat |url=http://www.womensprosoccer.com/atlanta/news/press_releases/10-01-17-draft-day-recap |accessdate=January 17, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She was the Beat's second pick and the fourth defender overall selected in the WPS Draft. In late 2010 she joined the Charlotte Lady Eagles.{{cite web |title=Charlotte Eagles – Blakely Mattern |date=September 17, 2011 |url=http://www.charlotteeagles.com/ladyeagleswleague/ladyeaglesroster/320295.html |accessdate=September 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710034902/http://www.charlotteeagles.com/ladyeagleswleague/ladyeaglesroster/320295.html |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
In the summer of 2011 Mattern joined FC Twente together with Danielle de Seriere. With Ashley Nick the Dutch club already had an American player. Due to an injury Mattern missed the first couple of matches.{{cite web |title=Aanwinsten FC Twente Vrouwen |date=August 2, 2011 |url=http://www.fctwente.nl/nieuws/aanwinsten-fc-twente-vrouwen/ |accessdate=September 23, 2011 |language=nl}}
Since 2013 she has played for the Carolina Elite Cobras in the United States and for Mallbackens IF in Sweden.{{cite web |url=http://www.wleaguesoccer.com/home/746384.html |title=Cobras Continue Playing Abroad: Mattern, Swinehart, Gmerek head overseas |work=Carolina Elite Cobras News Release |publisher=wleaguesoccer.com |date=August 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402234950/http://www.wleaguesoccer.com/home/746384.html |archivedate=April 2, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100313010449/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/atlanta/players/bios/mattern-blakely Atlanta Beat player profile]
- [http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/mattern_blakely00.html South Carolina Gamecocks player profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428222154/http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/mattern_blakely00.html |date=April 28, 2011 }}
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Category:American women's soccer players
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:South Carolina Gamecocks women's soccer players
Category:Atlanta Beat (WPS) players
Category:Mallbackens IF players
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:FC Twente (women) players
Category:Eredivisie (women) players
Category:American expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Category:People from Simpsonville, South Carolina
Category:Damallsvenskan players
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands
Category:Charlotte Lady Eagles players
Category:USL W-League (1995–2015) players
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