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Kate McGuire Wiesner (born February 11, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a left back or winger for the Washington Spirit of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Penn State Nittany Lions and was selected by the Spirit in the first round of the 2024 NWSL Draft. She represented the United States at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
Wiesner grew up in Monrovia, California, the daughter of Scott and Mary Wiesner. She joined Slammers FC at age 13, going on to win three ECNL national championships with the club. She sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury in 2018. She was ranked by TopDrawerSoccer as the No. 1 prospect of the 2019 class, part of Penn State’s top-ranked recruiting class. She graduated from Monrovia High School.
After becoming a starter for the Penn State and scoring a goal in her college debut against Stanford, Wiesner sustained a second anterior cruciate ligament injury in the eighth game of her freshman season in 2019. Her recovery took two years before she returned to the field in 2021, making 19 appearances and scoring 1 goals in her junior season. Back to…
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