Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, who retired from the U.S. national team late last year after winning a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, was named the 2024 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year.
Known for her unflappable demeanor, the 36-year-old Naeher is just the second goalkeeper to win the annual award after Hope Solo in 2009.
Naeher was previously honored as the FIFA Best Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year.
In November, she announced that she was retiring from the national team after 11 years with the team. She played her final matches against England and the Netherlands in Europe.
Naeher was the starting goalkeeper for the U.S. team that won the Women’s World Cup in 2019 and the 2024 Olympics. She’s the only U.S. goalkeeper to earn a shutout in both a World Cup and an Olympic final.
She made a key one-handed save in stoppage timeto preserve the Americans’ 1-0 victory over Brazil in the Olympic final in Paris. She had four shutouts over …