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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kristen Anne Mewis[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1991-02-25)February 25, 1991 (age 34) | ||
| Place of birth | Weymouth, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SC Scorpions | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Boston College Eagles | 61 | (33) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013 | Canberra United FC | 2 | (2) |
| 2013 | FC Kansas City | 20 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Boston Breakers | 51 | (10) |
| 2014 | →Iga FC Kunoichi (loan) | 7 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | →Bayern Munich (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2017 | Washington Spirit | 14 | (2) |
| 2017 | Chicago Red Stars | 1 | (1) |
| 2017–2021 | Houston Dash | 58 | (11) |
| 2022–2023 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 31 | (2) |
| 2023–2025 | West Ham United | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | United States U17 | 16 | (9) |
| 2009–2010 | United States U20 | 26 | (6) |
| United States U23 | |||
| 2013– | United States | 53 | (7) |
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 13, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of August 6, 2023 | |||
Kristie Anne Mewis (born February 25, 1991) is an American professionalsoccer player who most recently played as amidfielder forWest Ham United of theWomen's Super League (WSL) and theUnited States national team.[2][3]
Mewis grew up inHanson, Massachusetts, where she attendedWhitman-Hanson Regional High School and played on the soccer team. She finished her high school career with 74 goals and 34 assists. She was a three-time NSCAA All-American, three-time All-New England and All-Massachusetts team honoree and a three-time Eastern Massachusetts Girls Soccer Association Div. 1 First-Team All-Star. In 2008, Mewis was named the NSCAA Youth Player of the Year and the US Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year. In 2009, she was named to theParade All-America team.[4]
Mewis played for the Region 1 Olympic Development Program (ODP) team from 2003 to 2007. She played with her younger sisterSam at the2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[4][5]
As a freshman atBoston College, Mewis recorded five goals and six assists, and was second on the team in shots taken with 72, bettered only by fellow Eagle andUnited States U-17 teammate,Vicki DiMartino.[6] Mewis played and started in 23 games and tied for fourth on the team in scoring with five goals and six assists for 16 points. Mewis played midfield and filled in on defense due to injuries. She was named to the All-ACC Freshmen Team, the Top Drawer Soccer All-Rookie team, and Soccer America All-Rookie team and earned NSCAA All-Southeast Region first team honors.[4]
During her sophomore year in 2010, Mewis started all 25 games on the season and led theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in shots with 101. She scored ten goals, ranking seventh in the ACC and second for Boston. She was first on the team in assists with 14; tied for the ACC lead. She tied for fifth in the ACC in points with 34. Mewis set a school record by recording a goal or assist in 11 consecutive games from August 29 to October tallying seven goals and eight assists during the run. She was awarded ACC Player of the Week and CollegeSoccer360 Team of the Week honors on October 4. Mewis was named New England Soccer News Player of the Year and was an All-ACC first team selection. She was aHermann Trophy semifinalist and a member of Soccer America MVP's first team. Mewis received NSCAA All-American first team accolades and was named to Top Drawer Soccer's second team. She was also the NSCAA Player of the Week on September 29.[4]
In 2011, Mewis led the team in scoring eight goals and six assists for 22 points and was named the Offensive Team MVP. Starting and playing in 20 games during the season, Mewis logged 1,545 minutes of play while leading the team in shots with 81. She averaged 4.05 shots per game, ranking second in the ACC and was 11th in the ACC in points, with 22. Mewis was a NSCAA Division 1 All-America third team selection and earned NSCAA Southeast Regional first team honors. She was an all-ACC first team selection, was named to the Soccer America MVP second team, and was named to the Soccer America Preseason All-America list. Mewis was named to the PreseasonHermann Trophy Watch List and was a semifinalist for the award.[4]
During her senior year, Mewis finished the 2012 season with a career-high 16 goals, 12 assists for a career-high 44 points. She recorded nine multi-point games (three or more points) and had a goal or assist in 15 of 21 games this season. Mewis is the all-time leading scorer in the Boston College program with 116 total points. After opening the season with a nine-game scoring streak, second to her personal and program record of 11 games which she accomplished in 2010, she was named a Division 1 ECAC All-Star andHermann Trophy Semifinalist. Mewis received NSCAA First Team All-America and All-Southeast Region honors and was named to theTopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Season – Upperclassmen – first team. She was named to the All-ACC first team and College Sports Madness All-American first team. Mewis tallied her first career hat trick in a match against Harvard. The three goals made her the all-time leader in points at Boston College. She finished her career with 39 goals, 38 assists, nine game-winning goals and 21 multiple-point games. She was the second player in program history to register a goal in five straight games.[4]
Mewis signed with the AustralianW-League teamCanberra United FC to finish the final two weeks of the2012–13 season.[7][8][9][10] She made her first appearance for the club during a 5–0 win against theWestern Sydney Wanderers FC on January 8 and scored the team's fifth goal in the 89th minute of the match.[11][12] Her second and final appearance occurred on January 12 when the team was defeated 5–1 by eventual regular season champions,Brisbane Roar FC. Mewis scored Canberra's only goal of the match in the 45th minute.[13] Canberra United finished fifth during the regular season with a 5–3–4 record.[14]
In January 2013, Mewis was drafted in the first round (third pick overall) of the2013 NWSL College Draft toFC Kansas City for theinaugural season of theNational Women's Soccer League.[15][16][17] She was elevated to U.S. Soccer-subsidized status during the year.[18] She started in the league's inaugural match on April 13, 2013, as Kansas City drew 1-1 against the Portland Thorns, also the game in which she became the first player in NWSL history to be shown a yellow card.[19][20] She scored her first goal of the season in the 74th minute of the Blues' 3–2 win overPortland Thorns FC on May 8.[21] Mewis made 20 starts as a rookie for FC Kansas City during theregular season helping the team finish second in the standings with an 11–5–6 record.[22] The team advanced to the playoffs but were defeated 3–2 in the semifinals by Portland.[23][24]
In November 2013, FC Kansas City traded Mewis toSeattle Reign FC forAmy Rodriguez.[25] Of the trade, Reign FC coach,Laura Harvey said, "Kristie is a young, bright and talented player who we feel can benefit our long-term plan. She has proven that she can be a high-level player in this environment and we feel we have the structure to help push Kristie to the next level."[26] On November 18, 2013, she was traded alongsideMichelle Betos and two 2015 NWSL College Draft picks to theBoston Breakers forSydney Leroux.[27]
She started in 15 games and scored 3 goals in 2014 for the Breakers.
October 2014 Mewis signed a three-month contract withIga FC Kunoichi of the JapaneseNadeshiko League first division. Wearing number 31 and playing as a forward, Mewis scored five goals in seven games, which included two braces. During matches in which she played, Iga FC compiled a record of 6–1.[28]
In August 2015, Mewis signed a one-year contract withBayern Munich.[28][29]
In November 2016, Mewis was traded along withKassey Kallman from the Boston Breakers to theWashington Spirit forMegan Oyster.[30]
On August 21, 2017, Mewis was traded to the Chicago Red Stars for their first round draft pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft.[31] In her first and only game for the Red Stars (against her previous team), she scored a goal in the first half helping to secure a victory for the Red Stars and eliminating the Spirit from playoff contention.[32]
On August 30, 2017, about a week after being traded to the Chicago Red Stars, Mewis was traded to theHouston Dash for USWNT playerMorgan Brian with additional, undisclosed future considerations going to Houston.[33]
Mewis was voted onto the NWSL's May 2018 Team of the Month.[34]
During a game in May 2018 vs the Washington Spirit, Mewis tore her ACL. Mewis returned stronger in 2019 with a new mindset stating: "Me tearing my ACL was kind of a blessing in disguise because I feel like it just woke me up a little bit. It just made me ask myself, 'Kristie, what are you doing? You need to come back from this. You're being OK with being 70 or 80 percent,'" she continued, "It was just hard to admit to myself that I wasn't happy with where I was. But I think I just woke up one day and was like, 'Let's do this.'".[35] The next year, Mewis would go on to help the Houston Dash win their first trophy at the2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.
On December 16, 2021, Mewis was selected by NWSL expansion clubSan Diego Wave FC in the2022 NWSL Expansion Draft and subsequently traded to Gotham FC in exchange for $200,000 inallocation money.[36] In the2023 NWSL semifinal, Mewis made an assist toKatie Stengel, who made the game 1–0 againstPortland Thorns and sent Gotham FC to the final, where they won.[37] In December 2023, Mewis and Gotham FC mutually agreed to part ways.[38]
On December 22, 2023, Mewis joinedWomen's Super League club,West Ham United.[39] She made her debut for the club on January 21, 2024, coming on as a substitute forHonoka Hayashi in the 62nd minute, assisting a goal in the 4–3 loss againstTottenham Hotspur.[40] On June 30, 2025, it was announced that she was departing the club upon the expiry of her contract.[41]
Mewis co-captained theUnited States U-17 team that was runner-up at the inaugural2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand.[42] Over the course of the tournament, Mewis scored two goals. She was the recipient of the Bronze Ball as the tournament's third-best player.[43] Mewis also played in the2010 U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany where the team lost in the quarterfinals. Mewis's younger sisterSam was also a member of both youth World Cup squads.
In January 2013, Mewis was called to the national training camp by head coachTom Sermanni in preparation for a friendly match againstScotland.[44] She made her debut for the senior team on February 9, 2013, againstScotland and was placed on the roster for2013 Algarve Cup.[45] Mewis scored the game-opening goal in the third minute of a friendly match againstSouth Korea on June 15, 2013, near her hometown in Massachusetts.[46]
After earning 15 caps between 2013 and 2014, Mewis fell off the national team radar. Following a five-year absence, she was called back up to a USWNT talent identification training camp in December 2019 by new coachVlatko Andonovski.[47] She was called to the full senior team training camps in both October and November 2020 prior to a friendly againstthe Netherlands. Mewis came on as a second-half substitute against the Netherlands, marking her first appearance in over six years, and scoring in the 70th minute. Her second international goal came 2,722 days after her first in June 2013, the longest span between goals in team history.[48]
In October 2020, after winning the Challenge Cup with the Houston Dash, Mewis credited her improvement in form to the process of recovering from ananterior cruciate ligament injury she suffered in 2018, particularly citing how it forced her to re-evaluate her competitive mentality. Following her recovery, Mewis returned the Dash in May 2019, and her improved form was rewarded with her first national team call-up in more than three years.[49]
On June 21, 2023, Andonovski named Mewis to the United States squad for the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia.[50] While she did not feature during the group stage, she made her first World Cup appearance during the game against Sweden, coming on in the last minute of extra time before the penalty shootout.[51] With her first and only touch in the World Cup, Mewis converted her shot, putting the U.S. up 3–2. However, the team went on to miss three of the next four penalties, eliminating the U.S. from the World Cup in the Round of 16.
Mewis is the older sister ofSam Mewis, who also played on theUnited States women's national soccer team.[52] She previously dated Houston Dash teammateRachel Daly.[53]Since the beginning of 2021, Mewis has been in a relationship with Australian soccer playerSam Kerr. Mewis and Kerr are engaged as of late 2023.[54] On November 18, 2024, she announced that she and Kerr were expecting their first child, due in May 2025.[55] They later confirmed that they welcomed a baby boy named Jagger.[56]
Mewis appeared in the Netflix documentary seriesUnder Pressure, which follows the U.S. women's national soccer team as they compete in the 2023 World Cup. The docuseries premiered on December 12, 2023.[57]
| Club | Season | Division | League | League Cup[a] | NWSL Challenge Cup[b] | Continental[c] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Canberra United FC | 2012–13 | W-League | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | |||
| FC Kansas City | 2013 | NWSL | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||
| Boston Breakers | 2014 | 17 | 3 | — | — | — | 17 | 3 | ||||
| 2015 | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | 20 | 6 | |||||
| 2016 | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||||
| Washington Spirit | 2017 | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||||
| Chicago Red Stars | 2017 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Houston Dash | 2017 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | 11 | 2 | |||||
| 2019 | 22 | 4 | — | — | — | 22 | 4 | |||||
| 2020 | — | — | 11 | 3 | — | 11 | 3 | |||||
| 2021 | 16 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | |||
| NJ/NY Gotham FC | 2022 | 18 | 2 | — | 5 | 2 | — | 12 | 3 | |||
| 2023 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 173 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 196 | 34 | ||
| West Ham United | 2023–24 | WSL | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Iga FC Kunoichi Mie (loan) | 2014 | Nadeshiko League | — | 7 | 5 | — | — | 7 | 5 | |||
| FC Bayern Munich (loan) | 2015–16 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 184 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 214 | 40 | ||
| National Team | Year | Apps | Goals | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | ||||
| 2013 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | – | – | – | |
| 2016 | – | – | – | |
| 2017 | – | – | – | |
| 2018 | – | – | – | |
| 2019 | – | – | – | |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 17 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 7 | 4 | |
| No. | Cap | Date | Venue | Opponent | Minute | Assist | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | June 15, 2013[59] | Foxborough, Massachusetts |  South Korea | 3' | Sydney Leroux | 1-0 | 4-1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 16 | November 27, 2020[48] | Breda, Netherlands |  Netherlands | 70' | Lynn Williams | 2-0 | 2–0 | |
| 3 | 17 | January 18, 2021[60] | Orlando, Florida |  Colombia | 85' | Carli Lloyd | 4-0 | 4–0 | |
| 4 | 21 | February 24, 2021[61] |  Argentina | 41' | Casey Krueger | 4-0 | 6–0 | 2021 SheBelieves Cup | |
| 5 | 36 | February 23, 2022[62] | Frisco, Texas |  Iceland | 88' | Margaret Purce | 5-0 | 5–0 | 2022 SheBelieves Cup |
| 6 | 42 | July 7, 2022[63] | Guadalupe, Mexico |  Jamaica | 83' | penalty kick | 4-0 | 5–0 | 2022 CONCACAF Championship |
| 7 | 43 | July 11, 2022[64] | San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico |  Mexico | 89' | unassisted | 1-0 | 1–0 |
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