Two-time FIFA Women's World Cup winner and Angel City forward Christen Press announced she will retire from soccer at the end of the 2025 NWSL season.
Press, who revealed the news in a Wednesday morning appearance on Good Morning America, is one of the most iconic players of the 21st century in women's soccer, and walks away with 155 appearances, 64 goals, and 23 assists for the U.S. women's national team (USWNT). She ranks ninth for the USWNT in all-time goals.
I thought I would wait until I didn’t want to play anymore, but I realized that time is never going to come.
– Christen Press on retiring
Press made her debut for the U.S. in a friendly against Scotland in 2013, scoring twice in a 4–1 win in Florida. Although she never officially retired from the USWNT, her final appearance for her country came in a 4–3 win over Australia in the bronze medal match at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
An integral part of both the 2015 and 2019 World Cup-winning USWNT squads, Press famously scored the opening goal in the 2019 semifinal win over England. She finished with the most assists of any U.S. player in 2019, and led her country for goals in 2020.
