American soccer player
Brenna Marie Lovera (born March 12, 1997) is an American women's soccer player for Glasgow City who plays as a forward . She also previously played for Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and for Icelandic club Selfoss of the Besta deild kvenna , where she won the league's Golden Boot award as top goalscorer in 2021.
Career
She played college soccer for the Northwestern Wildcats and was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team in 2018.[2]
Lovera joined ÍBV in July 2019.[3] In 9 matches for ÍBV, she scored 6 goals.[4]
After playing for Boavista in Portugal in 2020, Lovera returned to Iceland and signed with Selfoss in March 2021.[4] She had a standout season for Selfoss,[5] winning the Golden Boot with 13 goals in 16 matches.[6]
She signed a two-year contract extension with Selfoss in September 2021.[7] On June 10, 2022, she scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 win against Þór/KA in the Icelandic Cup .[8]
Chicago Red Stars signed Lovera to an injury replacement player contract in March 2023.[9] She made one appearance in the NWSL Challenge Cup on May 3 against Houston Dash before being released on June 28, 2023.[10]
References
^ "Contabilização de Cartões Amarelos" [Counting of yellow cards] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation . January 14, 2021. p. 43. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023 .{{cite web }}
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^ "Five Wildcats Earn All-Big Ten Honors" . nusports.com . Northwestern Wildcats . October 26, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2022 .
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^ a b Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (March 31, 2021). "Brenna frá Eyjum á Selfoss með viðkomu í Portúgal" . Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved June 7, 2022 .
^ Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson Steinke (May 20, 2021). "Best í 4. umferð: Brennan logar" . Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved June 7, 2022 .
^ "Brenna hlaut gullskóinn" . Sunnlenska.is (in Icelandic). September 12, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2022 .
^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (September 1, 2021). "Sú markahæsta áfram á Selfossi: Staður sem mér finnst eins og heimili að heiman" . Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved June 7, 2022 .
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^ Salazar, Emmanuel (March 25, 2023). "Chicago Red Stars Sign Cheyna Matthews and Sami Feller" (Press release). Chicago Red Stars .
^ "Chicago Red Stars release forward Brenna Lovera" (Press release). Chicago Red Stars . June 28, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023 .
External links
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