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.
 Monaghan with the Utah Royals in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paige Quinn Monaghan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | November 13, 1996 | ||
| 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 | ||
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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 | |||
Early life and college career
editMonaghan 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
editMonaghan 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
editSky Blue FC/NJ/NY Gotham FC
editMonaghan 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
editRacing 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
editIn 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
editMonaghan 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
editAs 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 | ||
References
edit- ^ "The Lacy School of Business: Bachelor of Science". Butler University Commencement. Indianapolis, Indiana: Butler University. May 11, 2019. p. 48.
- ^ a b "Roxbury soccer alumna named to Big East first team". October 20, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "Paige Monaghan of Roxbury is NJ.com's NJAC girls soccer Player of the Year for 2014". Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "High School Sports New Jersey Paige Monaghan". Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "Paige Monaghan Butler University". Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "Paige Monaghan leads Butler women's soccer with talent and positivity". September 12, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "Former Butler women's soccer player Paige Monaghan selected in NWSL Draft". January 22, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "Roxbury alumna Paige Monaghan signs with Sky Blue FC". February 4, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "NWSL Washington Spirit versus Sky Blue 2019-04-13". April 13, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "Racing lands Monaghan from Gotham FC in draft day trade". Racing Louisville FC. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ "Racing loses Monaghan in NWSL Expansion Draft".
- ^ "Snow names 24-Player USA Roster For 2018 Thorns Spring Invitational". March 8, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Paige Monaghan #4 Stats, Video, News & More". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ "Paige Monaghan #4 Stats, Video, News & More". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
External links
edit- Sky Blue FC
- Paige Monaghan at Soccerway
- NWSL player profile
