Casey Krueger

Casey Krueger- Biography

Casey Krueger is an American soccer player who currently plays for the National Women’s Soccer League’s Chicago Red Stars (NWSL). She has also represented the US national teams at the international and youth levels. Casey made her international debut against Switzerland on October 19, 2016. As of May 2020, she had over 30 caps for the USWNT. She formerly played in Norway’s top flight, Toppserien, for Avaldsnes IL, where she was named to the league’s Top XI. Krueger was chosen fifth overall in the 2013 NWSL College Draft. She was a part of the NCAA soccer team for the Florida State Seminoles.

What is the Net Worth of Casey Krueger? Salary, Earnings

Krueger denies giving the press information about her earnings. Casey Krueger’s net worth is believed to be between $1 million and $3 million. We can be confident that Casey is making a good livelihood from her soccer career.

Casey Krueger- Birth, Age, Ethnicity, Siblings, Education

Casey was born on August 23, 1990, in Naperville, Illinois, in the United States. She ascended to her hometown with her parents. Kerwin and LeeShelle Short are her parents. Cassie has always wanted to play football since she was a child. She went to Naperville Central High School, where she was named an Illinois State Scholar and had a 4.0-grade point average. Casey was recognized as a top soccer prospect by the Chicago Sun-Times in 2008.

Krueger also ran track, earning three state championships: two in the 800m run and one in the 400m sprint. Casey is the only female athlete in Illinois history to have won both the Class AA and AA track & field events. Later, she attended Florida State University, where she played for the Seminoles women’s soccer team, earned a bachelor’s degree in Criminology with a minor in Sociology, was on the Dean’s list six times, and earned a master’s degree in Sports Management.

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Casey Krueger- Relationship, Married Life

She announced her engagement to her long-term companion, emergency care physician “Cody Krueger,” in May 2020. Before announcing their engagement in May 2020, the couple had been dating for quite some time. The couple will marry in December 2020. They’ve been having a wonderful married life since then.

Casey Krueger’s Professional Career

She began her career with the Florida State Seminoles in 2008. She played in all four games of the 2008 “NCAA College Cup” before losing to Notre Dame in the quarterfinals. Despite her injuries, she finished sixth in the “Atlantic Coast Conference” (ACC) in assists in 2009 and fourth on the team with three assists in 2010. She was the fifth overall choice in the 2013 NWSL College Draft by the Boston Breakers, but she was unable to play due to a knee injury during the 2013 season.

Club

Casey was acquired by the Chicago Red Stars prior to the 2014 season, but she was sidelined again prior to the start of the season due to a season-ending injury. She joined the “Avaldsnes Football Club” in 2015, where she earned 27 caps in the same season. After a successful season with Avaldsnes in Norway in 2015, Casey was signed by the Chicago Red Stars for the 2016 NWSL season. She was named to the league’s Second XI for the 2017 season after starting every match as a defender and scoring two goals in 2016.

She appeared in 22 regular-season games for the Red Stars in 2017 and was named to the NWSL Team of the Month in May, June, and July, as well as the season-ending “NWSL Best XI.” She was named the “Chicago Tribune Toyota Athlete of the Week” in May 2017. Casey was a member of the “Chicago Red Eleven” in the “USL W-League.” She missed the first ten games of the “2018 NWSL season” due to an ankle injury sustained while competing for the national team in the “2018 SheBelieves Cup.” She scored in the 85th minute to help the Chicago Red Stars upset the Utah Royals 1-0 in the National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup.

International

In terms of her international soccer career, she has represented the United States on both the senior and junior national teams, as well as the under-16, under-17, under-20, and under-23 age groups. She was a member of the United States under-20 women’s national soccer team that competed in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany. On October 6th, head coach ‘Jill Ellis’ was given her senior squad number for the first time, and she made her senior international debut on October 19th, playing the complete 90 minutes against the Swiss women’s national team. She appeared in eight matches for the national team in 2018, leading in two of them.

Casey appeared in both games in the 2018 “CONCACAF Women’s Championship,” assisting on one goal and assisting the US in qualifying for the “2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.” She was added to the Victory Tour roster for games against Portugal after the United States won the World Cup in August. Casey has been chosen to her first training camp roster as well as her first friendly matches against Sweden and Portugal, following the appointment of Vlatko Andonovski as head coach of the national team in October 2019. On June 23, 2021, Krueger was nominated to the senior national team squad for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

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Trivia

• Casey was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll four times and the President’s List twice while attending Florida State University.
• She was named to the “2020 She Believes Cup” squad in February 2020.
• Casey is a frequent user of social media platforms such as Twitter and Instagram.
• She has over 16.5 thousand Instagram followers and approximately 4,000 Twitter followers.