Amber Munerlyn

U.S. National Teams: A member of the U.S. team that won the 2012 CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship in Guatemala and qualified for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup … She played in two games, starting both, and her one goal was an important one as it was the lone score in the 1-0 victory over Canada in the championship game … Has 17 career U-17 caps and six career international goals … Scored the winning goal against the Netherlands U-19s during a tournament in La Manga, Spain in March … … Played for the U.S. U-17s at the 2010 Nordic Cup, helping the USA to the title … Played with the U.S. U-15 GNT in 2010 … Attended U.S. Soccer U-14 I.D. Camp in 2009.

College / High School: Has verbally committed to attend Stanford in the fall of 2013 … Attends Santiago High School in Corona, Calif. … Was First-Team All-League, Team MVP and Offensive Player of the Year and First-Team All-CIF … Was also an NSCAA All-American … Has scored more than 50 goals in two years of high school soccer so far, but only played a few games of high school soccer her junior year due to national team commitments.

Club: Has played from U-11s through U-18s with the SoCal Blues … Played with the Power for U-10s … Won the West Region championship with the Blues in 2009 … As U-13s, the Blues won the State Cup as part of a streak of winning 17 tournaments in a row.

Personal: Full name is Amber Briana Munerlyn  … Part of the National Honor Society as a junior … As a freshman, she was the track and field league MVP while running the 200M and 4 x 100M and helped her squad win the league title … Enjoys shopping, getting her nails and toes done, watching movies and going to the beach … Her dad played professional baseball for the Oakland A’s … Three words that best describe her off the field are “outgoing, laughing and humble” … Three words that best describe her on the field are “fast, determined and hard-working” … Her motto is “everything happens for a reason” … Aspires to be a heart surgeon … Favorite class is anatomy and physiology … Her craziest ambition is to be a cheerleader her senior year … Favorite foods are mac and cheese and corn … Favorite snack is chocolate covered almonds … Favorite soccer players are Alex Morgan and Lionel Messi … Best parts about being a soccer player are “having a toned body and meeting new people” … Greatest soccer experience so far was scoring the winning goal in the championship game of CONCACAF Women’s World Cup qualifying in Guatemala … Has two dogs named Flex (and English Spring Spaniel) and Teddy (a maltipoo) … Favorite superhero is Ironman … Favorite cereal is Lucky Charms … Favorite dessert is anything with chocolate.