Rachel Kruze
{{Short description|Retired American soccer player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rachel Kruze
| position = Defender/Midfielder
| height = 5 ft 7 in
| birth_place = Webster, New York, United States
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|08|11}}
|collegeyears1 = 1999–2002
|college1 = West Virginia Mountaineers
|collegecaps1 =
|collegegoals1 =
|years1 = 2003
|clubs1 = Philadelphia Charge
|caps1 = 15
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2004–2005
|clubs2 = ÍBV
|caps2 =
|goals2 =
}}
Rachel Kruze (born August 11, 1981, in Webster, New York) is a retired American soccer player who played for the Philadelphia Charge.{{Cite web |title=U.S. WOMEN ABROAD (July 3–6): Rachel Kruze debuts in Icelandic showdown |url=https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/6082/us-women-abroad-july-3-6-rachel-kruze-debuts.html |url-access=limited |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Soccer America |archive-date=2023-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807233824/https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/6082/us-women-abroad-july-3-6-rachel-kruze-debuts.html |url-status=live }}
Early life and education
Kruze was born in Webster, New York on August 11, 1981.{{Cite web |title=Rachel Kruze women's soccer Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/womenssoccer/stats/p-kruzerac001 |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=StatsCrew.com |language=en |archive-date=2020-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017210206/https://www.statscrew.com/womenssoccer/stats/p-kruzerac001 |url-status=live }} She graduated from Webster High School, then West Virginia University.{{Cite web |title=Rachel Kruze - Women's Soccer |url=https://wvusports.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/rachel-kruze/13528 |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=West Virginia University Athletics |language=en |archive-date=2023-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807233822/https://wvusports.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/rachel-kruze/13528 |url-status=live }}
Career
From 1999 to 2002, while attending West Virginia University, Kruze played for the university's soccer team.
In 2003, Kruze was selected in the fourth round of the Women's United Soccer Association's (WUSA) college draft to play for the Philadelphia Charge.{{Cite magazine |date=2003-02-02 |title=WUSA 2003 Draft |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2003/02/02/wusa_draft/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030423163212/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2003/02/02/wusa_draft/ |archive-date=2003-04-23 |access-date=2023-08-07 |magazine=Sports Illustrated}} At the end of the season, the WUSA collapsed,{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Bill |title=Confident, yes, but can new league survive? |url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2009/03/02/SBJ-In-Depth/Confident-Yes-But-Can-New-League-Survive.aspx |access-date=April 14, 2019 |website=Sport Business Journal |date=2 March 2009 |archive-date=April 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414055301/https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2009/03/02/SBJ-In-Depth/Confident-Yes-But-Can-New-League-Survive.aspx |url-status=live }} after which Kruze played for ÍBV women's football.{{Cite web |title=U.S. WOMEN ABROAD (July 18–29): Rachel Kruze scores in Iceland |url=https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/5748/us-women-abroad-july-18-29-rachel-kruze-score.html |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Soccer America |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201001049/https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/5748/us-women-abroad-july-18-29-rachel-kruze-score.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=U.S. WOMEN ABROAD (July 6–11): Becky Barritt scores in Finland, Mary McVeigh and Sarah Lentz tally in Iceland |url=https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/6102/us-women-abroad-july-6-11-becky-barritt-score.html |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Soccer America |language=en |archive-date=2023-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807233819/https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/6102/us-women-abroad-july-6-11-becky-barritt-score.html |url-status=live }}
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Category:American women's soccer players
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:Women's United Soccer Association players
Category:Philadelphia Charge players
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:American expatriate women's soccer players
Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland
Category:Besta deild kvenna players
Category:West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer players
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