Mandy Freeman
{{short description|American soccer player (born 1995)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Mandy Freeman
|image = Mandy Freeman SD Gotham5.16-033 (cropped).jpg
|caption = Freeman with Gotham FC in 2025
|fullname = Miranda Alexis Freeman{{cite web |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FU17W/2012/pdf/FU17W_2012_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Azerbaijan 2012 – List of Players: USA |website=fifadata.com |publisher=FIFA |date=September 25, 2012 |access-date=July 10, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203165416/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FU17W/2012/pdf/FU17W_2012_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=December 3, 2013}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|3|23}}
|birth_place = Royal Palm Beach, Florida, United States
|height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}
|position = Defender
|currentclub = Gotham FC
|clubnumber = 22
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 =
|collegeyears1 = 2013–2016
|college1 = USC Trojans
|collegecaps1 = 88
|collegegoals1 = 2
|years1 = 2017–
|clubs1 = Gotham FCSky Blue FC changed its name to NJ/NY Gotham FC in 2021 and to Gotham FC in 2025
|caps1 = 72
|goals1 = 1
|nationalyears1 = 2011–2012
|nationalteam1 = United States U17
|nationalcaps1 =
|nationalgoals1 =
|nationalyears2 = 2013–2014
|nationalteam2 = United States U20
|nationalcaps2 =
|nationalgoals2 =
|nationalyears3 = 2016–2017
|nationalteam3 = United States U23
|nationalcaps3 =
|nationalgoals3 =
|medaltemplates =
|club-update = April 22, 2023
|nationalteam-update =
}}
Miranda Alexis Freeman (born March 23, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
College career
Freeman played for USC from 2013 to 2016, and she was part of team that won the 2016 NCAA National Championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.onceametro.com/2017/1/12/14257414/sky-blue-fc-select-miranda-mandy-freeman-with-no-10-draft-pick-nwsl-college-usc-trojans |title=Sky Blue FC select Mandy Freeman with No. 10 draft pick |website=onceametro.com |date=January 12, 2017 |accessdate=July 5, 2018}}
Club career
File:Mandy Freeman SD Gotham5.16-068.jpg
Freeman was drafted by Sky Blue FC with the 10th overall pick in the 2017 NWSL College Draft.{{cite web |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/delray-beach/fl-drf-sp-skybluedraftee-0208-20170207-story.html |title=Atlantic graduate Miranda Freeman drafted into women's pro soccer |first=Gary |last=Curreri |date=February 7, 2017 |website=sun-sentinel.com}} She appeared in 21 games in the 2017 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/mandy-freeman-player-stats |title=Mandy Freeman Stats |website=foxsports.com |date=June 30, 2018 |accessdate=July 5, 2018}} Freeman returned to Sky Blue FC for the 2018 season, where she once again appeared in 21 games for the team.{{cite web |url=https://www.onceametro.com/2018/3/19/17141194/sky-blue-fc-announces-official-2018-season-roster-carli-lloyd-savannah-mccaskill-denise-reddy |title=Sky Blue FC announces official 2018 season roster |website=onceametro.com |date=March 19, 2018 |accessdate=July 5, 2018}}
Freeman tore the achilles tendon in her right ankle during preseason training ahead of the 2019 NWSL season, ruling her out for the season.{{cite web |url=https://skybluefc.com/2019/03/26/mandy-freeman-out-indefinitely-with-achilles-tendon-injury/ |title=Mandy Freeman Out Indefinitely with Achilles Tendon Injury |website=skybluefc.com |date=March 26, 2019 |accessdate=March 26, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091010/https://skybluefc.com/2019/03/26/mandy-freeman-out-indefinitely-with-achilles-tendon-injury/ |url-status=dead }}
On May 25, 2025, she captained Gotham in the 2025 CONCACAF W Champions Cup final against Tigres, where Gotham won 1–0 to become the inaugural winners of the competition.{{cite news|url=https://www.gothamfc.com/news/gotham-fc-crowned-champions-of-inaugural-concacaf-w-champions-cup|title=Gotham FC Crowned Champions of Inaugural Concacaf W Champions Cup|publisher=Gotham FC|access-date=2025-05-29}}
Career statistics
=College=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| Club
! Season ! Apps ! Goals |
|---|
| rowspan="4" !! style="{{NCAA color cell|USC Trojans|white}}"|USC Trojans women's soccer
| 2013 | 20 | 0 |
| 2014
| 20 | 0 |
| 2015
| 23 | 2 |
| 2016
| 25 | 0 |
| colspan="2"| Career totals
! 88 ! 2 |
=Club=
{{updated|April 22, 2023}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |CupIncludes the NWSL Challenge Cup ! colspan="2" |PlayoffsIncludes NWSL Playoffs ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total | ||||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="7"|Gotham FCSky Blue FC changed its name to NJ/NY Gotham FC in 2021 and to Gotham FC in 2025
|2017 | rowspan="7"|NWSL |21 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2018
|21 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2019
|0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2020
| colspan="2" |— | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 4Includes the NWSL Fall Series | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2021
|10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2022
|17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2023
|3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 3 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!72 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 86 | 0 |
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Honors
USC Trojans
Gotham FC
- NWSL Championship: 2023{{Cite web |title=NWSL Championship highlights: Gotham FC crowned champions as Rapinoe, Krieger end careers |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/nwsl/2023/11/11/nwsl-championship-megan-rapinoe-live-updates-ol-reign-gotham-fc/71539239007/ |date=November 11, 2023 |website=USA Today |access-date=November 12, 2022}}
Gotham FC
References
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External links
- {{NWSL|miranda-alexis-freeman|Mandy Freeman}}
- [https://www.gothamfc.com/22-freeman Mandy Freeman #22] at Gotham FC
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170629113339/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/mandy_freeman_850091.html Mandy Freeman #12] at USC Trojans (archived)
- {{Soccerway|miranda-freeman/241374}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Palm Beach County, Florida
Category:Soccer players from Florida
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:United States women's youth international soccer players
Category:United States women's under-20 international soccer players
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:21st-century African-American sportswomen
Category:African-American soccer players
Category:National Women's Soccer League players
Category:Gotham FC draft picks
Category:USC Trojans women's soccer players
Category:Women's association football defenders
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