Paige Quinn Monaghan (born November 13, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who plays for NJ/NY Gotham FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer at Butler University.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paige Quinn Monaghan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-11-13) November 13, 1996 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Succasunna, New Jersey, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | NJ/NY Gotham FC | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2014 | Roxbury High School | ||
| Players Development Academy | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Butler Bulldogs | 80 | (22) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 23 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | United States U-23 | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 12, 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 20, 2019 | |||
Monaghan grew up in the Succasunna section of Roxbury, New Jersey, alongside her mother Christine, dad Jim, two brothers and one sister.[2] She attended Roxbury High School, where she played soccer for four years, scoring 68 goals in 45 appearances and earning the NJ.com's 2014 NJAC girls soccer Player of the Year award.[3] She also played two years of high school basketball.[4] She hopes to one day become a sports broadcaster.[5]
Monaghan played four years for the Butler University Bulldogs, finishing her university career with 22 goals and 18 assists in 80 games played. During her career at Butler she was twice named to the All-Big East First Team (2017, 2018) as well as being awarded the 2017 All-Big East Offensive Player of the Year. [6] Monaghan graduated from Butler with a degree in marketing.[7]
Monaghan was selected by Sky Blue FC with the 10th overall pick of the 2019 NWSL College Draft. In doing so she became the first player from Butler University to be drafted in the NWSL. [8] She signed with the club in February, 2019.[9] Monaghan made her club regular season debut on April 13, 2019. [10]
Monaghan is a United States youth international at the U23 level.[11]
Monaghan received her first call-up to the United States women's national soccer team in December 2019.[12]
As of April 20, 2019
| League | Club | Season | League | Playoffs | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Assists | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| NCAA | Butler University | 2015 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| 2016 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | ||
| 2017 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 10 | ||
| 2018 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
| total | 73 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 80 | 22 | ||
| NWSL | Sky Blue FC | 2019 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2020C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 2020F | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| total | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 106 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 113 | 27 | ||
C - NWSL 2020 Challenge Cup[13]
F - NWSL 2020 Fall Series[14]
NJ/NY Gotham FC – current squad | |
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