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After a year of injuries, Mallory Pugh poised to reboot her play in 2021 with USWNT and with Chicago Red Stars

Burgundy Wave | January 11, 2021

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Coloradoan Mallory Pugh has transversed her fair share of mountains tops and valleys during her short, yet meteoric career with the senior U.S. Women’s National Team and as a member of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).

Her successes with the Lady Yanks include:

  • Named U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year in 2015
  • Captaining the 2016 U.S. FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup squad
  • Youngest player to ever score for the USA at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics
  • Earning Women’s World Cup medal in 2019

Concurrent, in the NWSL Pugh was:

  • The first pick by the Washington DC Spirit in the 2017 Distribution Draft
  • Finalist for NWSL Rookie of the Year in 2017
  • Named 2017 Washington Spirit Most Valuable Player

But with her successes have come setbacks.

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