Kansas City Current

NWSL

The Kansas City Current are an American professional football team based in Kansas City, Missouri, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The club was found in 2020.

Signature Fun Facts

What makes Kansas City Current what it is.

She has a tattoo in her father’s handwriting reading “Make a difference,” the phrase he used when dropping her off for school. The tattoo is not about football; it represents her desire to improve people’s lives through small acts of kindness.

She and her fraternal twin sister Iliana were the first sisters drafted in the same NWSL Draft.

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Quirky facts from the Kansas City Current squad.

She made her debut for the Costa Rica senior national team at just 13 years old.

She is the first African woman to win the World Top Scorer accolade.

She tied the NWSL record set by Tobin Heath for most assists (10) in a single season, doing so in just 17 matches.

She won the Ivy League regular-season title every year she played at Brown.

She became the first Central American to play in Australia's W-League when she joined Perth Glory in 2017.

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, she played a pivotal role in Brazil securing the silver medal, notably saving two penalties and making crucial saves against France and Spain in the knockout stages.

She was instrumental in Brazil's triumph at the 2022 Copa América Femenina, not conceding a single goal throughout the tournament and earning the Best Goalkeeper award.

She became the first Angolan player to sign with a team in the National Women’s Soccer League.

At age 12, she traveled to an international tournament in France that coincided with the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup; the trip sparked her parents' interest in buying a women's football team, which became the Kansas City Current.

She played soccer as a forward until age twelve, when her coach switched her to goalkeeper, and her team went on to win six straight state cup championships from 2011 to 2017.