| Paige Monaghan | |
| Fullname: | Paige Quinn Monaghan[1] |
| Birth Date: | 13 November 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Succasunna, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Utah Royals |
| Clubnumber: | 4 |
| Youthyears1: | 2011–2014 |
| Youthclubs1: | Roxbury High School |
| Youthclubs2: | Players Development Academy |
| Collegeyears1: | 2015–2018 |
| College1: | Butler Bulldogs |
| Collegecaps1: | 80 |
| Collegegoals1: | 22 |
| Years1: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs1: | NJ/NY Gotham FC |
| Caps1: | 57 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Years2: | 2023 |
| Clubs2: | Racing Louisville FC |
| Caps2: | 22 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2024– |
| Clubs3: | Utah Royals |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | United States U-23 |
| Club-Update: | October 12, 2019 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | April 20, 2019 |
Paige Quinn Monaghan (born November 13, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Utah Royals in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer at Butler University.
Monaghan grew up in the Succasunna section of Roxbury, New Jersey, alongside her mother Christine, dad Jim, two brothers and one sister.[2] She attended Roxbury High School, where she played soccer for four years, scoring 68 goals in 45 appearances and earning the NJ.com's 2014 NJAC girls soccer Player of the Year award.[3] She also played two years of high school basketball.[4] She hopes to one day become a sports broadcaster.[2]
Monaghan played four years for the Butler University Bulldogs, finishing her university career with 22 goals and 18 assists in 80 games played. During her career at Butler she was twice named to the All-Big East First Team (2017, 2018) as well as being awarded the 2017 All-Big East Offensive Player of the Year.[5] Monaghan graduated from Butler with a degree in marketing.[6]
Monaghan was selected by Sky Blue FC with the 10th overall pick of the 2019 NWSL College Draft. In doing so she became the first player from Butler University to be drafted in the NWSL.[7] She signed with the club in February, 2019.[8] Monaghan made her club regular season debut on April 13, 2019.[9]
Racing Louisville traded its first-round NWSL Draft pick to obtain the playing rights to Monaghan, $150,000 in NWSL Allocation Money and a 2023 international slot.[10]
In December 2023, she was selected by Utah Royals in the 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft.[11] She was selected as the team captain in the 2024 season.
Monaghan was a United States youth international at the U23 level.[12]
Monaghan received her first call-up to the United States women's national soccer team in December 2019.[13]
As of April 11, 2024
| League | Club | Season | League | Playoffs | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Assists | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| NCAA | Butler University | 2015 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | |||
| 2017 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 10 | |||
| 2018 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |||
| total | 73 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 80 | 22 | |||
| NWSL | Sky Blue FC | 2019 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 2 | |||
| 2020C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 2020F | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |||||
| 2022 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 3 | |||||
| 2023 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 3 | |||||
| total | 89 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 12 | |||
| NWSL | Utah Royals | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 165 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 172 | 34 | |||
F – NWSL 2020 Fall Series[15]