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Paige Monaghan
Monaghan with the Utah Royals in 2024
Personal information
Full name Paige Quinn Monaghan[1]
Date of birth (1996-11-13) November 13, 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Succasunna, New Jersey, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Utah Royals
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)
2019–2022 NJ/NY Gotham FC 57 (6)
2023 Racing Louisville FC 22 (3)
2024– Utah Royals 22 (2)
International career‡
2018–2019 United States U-23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 12, 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 20, 2019

Paige Quinn Monaghan (born November 13, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for and captains the Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Butler Bulldogs and was drafted 10th overall by Sky Blue FC in the 2019 NWSL College Draft.

Early life and college career

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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.[2]

Butler Bulldogs

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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.[5] Monaghan graduated from Butler with a degree in marketing.[6]

Professional career

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Sky Blue FC/NJ/NY Gotham FC

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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.[7] She signed with the club in February, 2019.[8] Monaghan made her club regular season debut on April 13, 2019.[9]

Racing Louisville FC

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Racing Louisville traded its first-round NWSL Draft pick to obtain the playing rights to Monaghan, $150,000 in NWSL Allocation Money and a 2023 international slot.[10]

Utah Royals

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In December 2023, she was selected by Utah Royals in the 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft.[11] She was selected as the team captain in the 2024 season.

International career

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Monaghan was a United States youth international at the U23 level.[12]

Monaghan received her first call-up to the United States women's national soccer team in December 2019.[13]

Career statistics

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As of April 11, 2024

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
2021 12 0 1 12 1
2022 22 0 3 22 3
2023 22 0 3 22 3
total 89 2 12 0 0 89 12
NWSL Utah Royals 2024 3 1 0 3 0
total 3 1 0 3 0
Career total 165 21 34 7 0 172 34

C – NWSL 2020 Challenge Cup[14]

F – NWSL 2020 Fall Series[15]

References

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  1. ^ "The Lacy School of Business: Bachelor of Science". Butler University Commencement. Indianapolis, Indiana: Butler University. May 11, 2019. p. 48.
  2. ^ a b "Roxbury soccer alumna named to Big East first team". October 20, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "Paige Monaghan of Roxbury is NJ.com's NJAC girls soccer Player of the Year for 2014". Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "High School Sports New Jersey Paige Monaghan". Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "Paige Monaghan Butler University". Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  6. ^ "Paige Monaghan leads Butler women's soccer with talent and positivity". September 12, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  7. ^ "Former Butler women's soccer player Paige Monaghan selected in NWSL Draft". January 22, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  8. ^ "Roxbury alumna Paige Monaghan signs with Sky Blue FC". February 4, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  9. ^ "NWSL Washington Spirit versus Sky Blue 2019-04-13". April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  10. ^ "Racing lands Monaghan from Gotham FC in draft day trade". Racing Louisville FC. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  11. ^ "Racing loses Monaghan in NWSL Expansion Draft".
  12. ^ "Snow names 24-Player USA Roster For 2018 Thorns Spring Invitational". March 8, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  13. ^ "ANDONOVSKI NAMES 24-PLAYER ROSTER FOR U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM DECEMBER IDENTIFICATION TRAINING CAMP IN FLORIDA". US Soccer. November 27, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  14. ^ "Paige Monaghan #4 Stats, Video, News & More". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  15. ^ "Paige Monaghan #4 Stats, Video, News & More". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
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