| Sierra Enge | |
| Full Name: | Sierra Ann Enge[1] |
| Birth Date: | 23 February 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S. |
| Position: | Midfielder, Defender |
| Youthclubs1: | Carlsbad United |
| Collegeyears1: | 2018–2022 |
| College1: | Stanford Cardinal |
| Collegecaps1: | 79 |
| Collegegoals1: | 5 |
| Years1: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs1: | San Diego Wave FC |
| Caps1: | 10 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2020 |
| Nationalteam1: | United States U20 |
Sierra Ann Enge (born February 23, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who last played as a midfielder or a defender for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Enge was raised in Cardiff, California, a beach community outside of San Diego.[2] In an interview with the San Diego PBS station, she said that her parents "wanted me to be active and have fun, and so I played softball, basketball, lacrosse volleyball. I did horseback riding for a little bit — kind of threw myself into everything.”[3] She played soccer for the US Women's Youth National teams, including the U14, U16, U17, U18, and U23 teams.[4] Enge captained the U16 national team. She attended Pacific Ridge High School. In high school, she played club soccer for LA Galaxy San Diego and SoCal Blues, both in the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL). She played lacrosse at her high school and earned two CIF-San Diego Section lacrosse championships. She has one older brother and two younger sisters. Enge's father, Brian Enge, played soccer for Harvard University and played in the National Professional Soccer League for the Wichita Wings. Enge's mother, Ceci Enge, played lacrosse for Harvard University and works as the coach of Pacific Ridge High School's lacrosse team.[5] As a child, Sierra Enge was a fan of soccer player Alex Morgan who eventually became her teammate on the San Diego Wave. Enge never dreamed that San Diego would someday have a professional women's soccer team.
Enge attended Stanford University where she played from 2018 to 2022. As a freshman, she did not appear. As a redshirt freshman in her second year, she appeared in 23 of 25 matches.
As a redshirt sophomore, starting in 13 games, Enge totaled 4 points (1 goal and 2 assists). As a redshirt junior, she started all 20 matches, logging 1642:03 minutes. Enge scored two goals, and assisted on three more, to finish with seven points.
As a redshirt senior, Enge captained the team, starting in all 22 matches, and leading the team to a Pac-12 Championship. During her senior season, she was named Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Enge was selected 13th overall in the 2023 NWSL Draft by San Diego Wave FC.[6] In her first season with SD Wave, Enge played in 10 games, starting in 7. In four of her first five games, she played the full 90 minutes. She scored two right footed goals.[7]
In December 2023, Enge changed teams.[8] After she was left unprotected in the 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft, Enge was selected as the final pick by Bay FC. Shortly following the draft, Enge was traded to the Houston Dash for $50,000 in allocation money. San Diego Wave FC then re-acquired Enge from Houston, in exchange for midfielder Belle Briede, a third-round pick in the 2024 NWSL Draft, and $60,000 in allocation money.
On August 13, 2024, Enge and the San Diego Wave agreed to a mutual contract termination.[9]
Enge attended training camp with the United States under-14 team in 2014.[10]
| Season | League | Cup[11] | Playoffs[12] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| San Diego Wave FC | 2023 | NWSL | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
| Career total | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |||
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