Whitney Engen

2012: Did not play in a match for the U.S. WNT  … 2011: Earned her first two senior team caps, coming off the bench against Norway and Finland during group play at the Algarve Cup in Portugal … Trained extensively with the team in the lead up to the Women’s World Cup … 2010: First call-up to the senior team came in March of 2010, and she trained with the team during matches against Mexico in San Diego and Salt Lake City, Utah … Also called in to train in October of 2010 during two friendly matches against China … Youth National Teams: Played for the U.S. U-23 Women’s National Team in 2009 … Played with the U.S. U-20s in 2006 and 2007 … First Appearance: March 4, 2011, vs. Norway … First Goal: None.

2012: In October 2012, Engen signed with English club Liverpool Ladies for the 2013 FA WSL season … Played with the Pali Blues in the W-League during the summer … 2011 – At the end of the WPS season, Engen joined Swedish team Tyresö FF on loan, playing seven games with six starts while scoring one goal with one assist in Damallsvenskan … Signed with the Western New York Flash and played a key role in helping the team to the WPS regular season title and the WPS championship in its first year of existence … Played in 17 of the team’s 18 regular season matches, starting them all, and led the Flash in minutes played with 1,530 … Played every minute in the championship game shootout victory over Philadelphia … Was named the WPS Defender of the Year and to the 2011 WPS Top XI … 2010: Taken fourth overall by the Chicago Red Stars in the 2010 WPS Draft … She started all 24 games for the Red Stars and played all but four minutes of the season … 2009: Played for the Pali Blues in the W-League …Youth: Played youth club for Slammers FC, winning back-to-back state and regional titles in 2004-05 ... Took part in two national championships with the Slammers, taking second in 2004 and third in 2005 ... Won two ODP national titles with the Cal South ’86 State Team.

A four-year starter at UNC, she played in 107 games in her career, starting 105 … She started her career as a forward, playing up top for her first two years before moving to the back … Scored 19 career goals with 27 assists during her Tar Heel career … As a senior in 2009, she started all 27 games while scoring one goal with three assists and helped the Tar Heels to the NCAA title … Named Defensive MVP of the College Cup … She was named NSCAA First-Team All-American and First-Team All-ACC … Was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year on a team that allowed just 12 goals and had 19 shutouts … Won the NCAA’s prestigious Honda Award as the top women’s college soccer player … As a junior in 2008, she moved into the starting role at center back after playing her first two years as a starting striker and started all 28 games, leading the team in minutes played with 2,518 … Helped UNC to the NCAA title … Played the last 1,211 minutes of the season without a break ... Recorded three assists ... Tied the school record for games played and games started in a season with 28 … Was named a NSCAA Third-Team All-America and Second-Team All-ACC honoree ... Was named to the All-Tournament Teams at both the NCAA College Cup and the ACC Tournament ...  Named to the ACC All-Academic Team and was on the NSCAA’s First-Team Collegiate Scholar All-America squad ... On the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... As a sophomore in 2007, she appeared in 23 of 24 games during the season, starting all 23 games she played in ... Scored six goals with eight assists … Was on the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll … As a freshman in 2006, she played in 27 games, started 24, and tied for second on the team in goals with 12 and in assists with 13 ... Helped the Tar Heels to the NCAA title … Named to the 2006 ACC All-Tournament Team and ACC All-Freshman Team ... Named to the ACC All-Academic Women’s Soccer Team .. Had points in 18 of 28 games ... Had at least one point in each of the three ACC Tournament games and in five of the six NCAA Tournament matches ... Had a pair of goals in wins over N.C. State in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals and against Navy in the NCAA Tournament second round ... Also assisted on Casey Nogueira’s game-winning goal in the NCAA Tournament championship match against Notre Dame … High School: Graduated from Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in 2006 ... Lettered as a freshman and sophomore as a forward and attacking midfielder but missed her junior season with an injury and then concentrated on club soccer during her senior year ... Named high school’s Most Valuable Offensive Player as a freshman and Most Valuable Player as a sophomore.

Full name is Whitney Elizabeth Engen… Nickname is Whit … Graduated with a degree in political science from North Carolina … Named to the Dean’s List five times … Has aspirations to attend law school after her soccer career … An avid reader, she loves science fiction and thrillers … Some of her favorite books include the Harry Potter series and the Game of Thrones series …  Loves to play all types of games – board, dice, card – anything that is competitive … Favorite TV series include “True Blood,” “The Office” and “Modern Family.”