Frannie Crouse
{{Short description|American former soccer player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Frannie Crouse
| fullname = Frances Emeline Crouse{{cite magazine |location=State College, Pennsylvania |title=Candidates for Degrees – Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications – Bachelor of Arts: Advertising/Public Relations |magazine=Commencement Fall Semester 2017 (Baccalaureate and Associate Degrees, University Park) |publisher=Pennsylvania State University |page=7 |date=December 16, 2017}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|9|21}}
| birth_place = Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthclubs1 = Beadling SC
| youthyears1 =
| youthyears2 = 2011–2014
| youthclubs2 = Greensburg Central Catholic
| collegeyears1 = 2014–2017
| college1 = Penn State Nittany Lions
| collegecaps1 = 92
| collegegoals1 = 37
| years1 = 2018
| clubs1 = North Carolina Courage
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 1
|nationalyears1 = 2017
|nationalteam1 = United States U23
|nationalcaps1 =
|nationalgoals1 =
| pcupdate =
}}
Frances Emeline Crouse (born September 21, 1995) is an American former soccer player who played as a forward for the North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League.
Early life
Crouse was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to parents Samuel and Thursa Crouse. She has two other siblings: Samantha and Colby.{{cite web |title=Frannie Crouse - Women's Soccer |url=https://gopsusports.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/frannie-crouse/6407 |website=Penn State University Athletics |publisher=Penn State University |accessdate=June 6, 2020 |language=en}} Crouse played club soccer with Beadling Soccer Club, helping her team win three State Cup Championships and bronze medal in the US Youth Soccer National Championships in 2010.{{cite news |title=Two Former Beadling Stars Drafted to NWSL |url=https://www.beadling.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1519004&mid=1587760&newskeyid=HN1&newsid=218527&ctl=newsdetail |accessdate=August 19, 2020 |publisher=Beadling Soccer Club |date=January 23, 2018}}
College career
Crouse attended Penn State University, majoring in advertising and public relations. In her final year at Penn State, she was named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List.
Club career
=North Carolina Courage, 2018=
Coming off an injury in her senior year at Penn State, Crouse was drafted 10th overall by the North Carolina Courage in the 2018 NWSL College Draft, in which she was surprised to be drafted to begin with.{{cite news |last1=Bellamy |first1=Aaron |title=Frannie Crouse discusses being a rookie with the NC Courage |url=https://www.dirtysouthsoccer.com/2018/6/22/17488674/frannie-crouse-discusses-being-a-rookie-with-the-nc-courage |accessdate=August 19, 2020 |work=Dirty South Soccer |publisher=Vox Media |date=22 June 2018 |language=en}} She obtained her first professional cap and first professional goal on June 3, 2018, against the Houston Dash.{{cite web |last1=McKriger |first1=Rachael |title=Frannie Crouse Makes Her Name Known in North Carolina Courage Draw |url=http://lastwordonsoccer.com/2018/06/04/frannie-crouse-makes-name-known-courage-draw/ |website=Last Word on Soccer |date=June 4, 2018 |accessdate=28 June 2018}} She was released by the Courage on June 15 but would continue to train with the club.{{cite web|url=https://www.nccourage.com/news_article/show/927333|title=NORTH CAROLINA COURAGE PLAYERS RETURN FROM INTERNATIONAL DUTY|accessdate=July 6, 2018|date=June 15, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} On June 22, realizing NWSL rosters were locked, Crouse said, "I mean they are basically full, so I was hoping that maybe they would consider me, but if it doesn't and that was my last game I ever played in the NWSL I left on a good note. Something I'll always remember." By July, she was no longer with the team,{{cite tweet|number=1017453448135049216|first=Neil|last=Morris|title=Frannie Crouse, @TheNCCourage 2018 1st round draft pick, is no longer under contract or training with club. Under contract to start NWSL season, she went on waivers in late May, then departed some time after playing/scoring a goal for NC as NT replacement on June 3.|user=ByNeilMorris|accessdate=July 12, 2018|date=July 12, 2018}} and by January 2019, Crouse declared herself retired.{{cite tweet|number=1083187341240532992|first=Neil|last=Morris|title=As we prepare for tomorrow's NWSL draft, incl news of salary caps and such, here's Frannie Crouse, last year's 1st round (#10) pick by the NC Courage, who scored a goal last season, already a self-declared "retired professional soccer player from the NWSL."|user=ByNeilMorris|accessdate=June 6, 2020|date=January 9, 2019}}
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{Cite sports-reference|title=Frannie Crouse|url=https://fbref.com/en/players/0640a277/Frannie-Crouse|accessdate=June 7, 2020}} | |||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|League !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Playoffs !colspan="2"|Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="2"|North Carolina Courage
| rowspan="2"|NWSL | |||||
| 2018
|1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Honors
Penn State Nittany Lions
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.nccourage.com/crouse North Carolina Courage player profile]{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- {{Soccerway|frannie-crouse/542662}}
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Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:North Carolina Courage players
Category:National Women's Soccer League players
Category:Soccer players from Pennsylvania
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer players
Category:North Carolina Courage draft picks
Category:People from Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Category:Sportspeople from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Category:United States women's youth international soccer players