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Katherine Nicole Lampson (née Stengel; born February 29, 1992) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Lampson previously played for the Boston Breakers, Washington Spirit, Utah Royals, Houston Dash, and Gotham FC in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), Bayern Munich in the German Frauen-Bundesliga, both Western Sydney Wanderers and Newcastle Jets in the Australian W-League, and both Liverpool and Crystal Palace in the English Women’s Super League. In 2012, she was part of the United States Under-20 team that won the 2012 CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship and the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
Lampson attended Viera High School in Viera, Florida. She attended Wake Forest University from 2010 to 2013 where she played for the Demon Deacons women’s soccer team. Lampson completed her college career as the highest-scoring player in Wake Forest history with 50 goals in 75 games, and she was a four-time All-ACC honoree and a three-time All-America, becoming in 2011 the first Wake Forest player to be named first-team All America.
In January 2014, Lampson skipped the 2014 NWSL College Draft and…
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