| Alana Cook | |
| Fullname: | Alana Simone Cook[1] |
| Birth Date: | 11 April 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Currentclub: | Kansas City Current |
| Clubnumber: | 15 |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in |
| Position: | Defender |
| Youthclubs1: | The Pennington School |
| Youthclubs2: | Match Fit Academy Colchesters |
| Collegeyears1: | 2015–2018 |
| College1: | Stanford Cardinal |
| Collegecaps1: | 93 |
| Collegegoals1: | 5 |
| Years1: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs1: | Paris Saint-Germain |
| Caps1: | 21 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020 |
| Clubs2: | → OL Reign (loan) |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2021–2024 |
| Clubs3: | Seattle Reign |
| Caps3: | 65 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2024– |
| Clubs4: | Kansas City Current |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | United States U17 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2014–2016 |
| Nationalteam2: | United States U20 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2017–2019 |
| Nationalteam3: | United States U23 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam4: | United States |
| Nationalcaps4: | 29 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
| Pcupdate: | June 28, 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | October 29, 2023 |
Alana Simone Cook (born April 11, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for NWSL club Kansas City Current and the United States national team.
Cook was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to parents Florence and Bryan Cook[2] and raised with sister Brianna in Worcester and Far Hills, New Jersey.[3] [4] [5] She attended The Pennington School, a boarding school in Pennington, New Jersey, and helped guide the varsity soccer team to regional and state titles.[6] Cook was named 2013 New Jersey Prep Player of the Year and 2015 NSCAA High School Scholar Player of the Year.
Twice named NSCAA Youth All-American,[7] Cook played in the NSCAA High School All-America Game and earned Best XI honors. She played club soccer for Match Fit Academy Colchesters and won the 2013 U.S. Youth Soccer National League title with the team.[8]
Cook began representing the United States on its youth national teams as a teenager.
Cook attended the Stanford University from 2015 to 2018 where she earned a degree in symbolic systems and was a four-year starter for the Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team. She captained the team in her final two seasons. She was named Pac-12 Conference Defender of the Year and a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist in 2018.[9]
In January 2019, Cook elected to forgo the 2019 NWSL College Draft despite her first round draft grade[10] and instead chose to pursue opportunities in Europe, signing a three-year deal with French Division 1 Féminine team Paris Saint-Germain.[11]
On June 16, 2020, Cook joined OL Reign on a short-term loan for the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.[12]
On June 7, 2021, OL Reign signed Cook to a three-year contract with an option for an extra year on a permanent transfer from PSG.[13]
During the 2021 season, Cook was a starting defender in all 20 matches of the regular season. The Reign finished in second place during the regular season with a record.[14] After advancing to the NWSL Playoffs, they were eliminated by eventual champions Washington Spirit.[15] Cook was named to the league's Best XI.[16]
In 2022, Cook helped OL Reign finish in first place during the regular season winning the NWSL Shield.[17] She was nominated for NWSL Defender of the Year for the 2021 and 2022 seasons.[18] [19]
On July 22, 2024, Seattle Reign announced that they had traded Cook to Kansas City Current for allocation money and intra-league transfer funds.[20]
Cook has competed for the United States under-17, under-20, under-23, and senior national teams.She captained the under-17 team and made the jump to the under-20 team in 2014 followed by the under-23 team in 2017.[21] She captained the under-23 squad in 2019.[22] [23] She is eligible to represent England because of her British father and earned her first senior international call-up in September 2019 as a training player for England's friendlies against Portugal and Brazil.[24]
Cook received her first call-up to the United States national team on October 31, 2019.[25] In June 2023, she was named to the U.S. squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.[26]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[28] | Continental | Other[29] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2018–19 | D1F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | D1F | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | D1F | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |||
| OL Reign (loan) | 2020 | NWSL | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| OL Reign | 2021 | NWSL | 19 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | NWSL | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |||
| Total | 38 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 59 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 2 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Total | 29 | 1 | ||
Scores and results list United States's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cook goal.
2019
Individual