Alyssa Naeher

Alyssa Naeher
Naeher with the Chicago Stars in 2025
Personal information
Full name Alyssa Michele Naeher
Date of birth (1988-04-20) April 20, 1988
Place of birth Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Chicago Stars
Number 1
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Penn State Nittany Lions 88 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Western Mass Lady Pioneers 11 (0)
2008 SoccerPlus Connecticut (0)
2010–2011 Boston Breakers 36 (0)
2011–2013 Turbine Potsdam 39 (0)
2013–2015 Boston Breakers 45 (0)
2016– Chicago Stars 132 (0)
International career
2004 United States U-16
2005 United States U-17
2007–2008 United States U-20
2009–2011 United States U-23
2014–2024 United States 115 (0)
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing the  United States
FIFA Women's World Cup
2015 CanadaTeam
2019 FranceTeam
Olympic Games
2024 ParisTeam
2020 TokyoTeam
CONCACAF W Championship
Winner2018 United States
Winner2022 Mexico
CONCACAF W Gold Cup
Winner2024 United States
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 6, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 3, 2024

Alyssa Michele Naeher (/nɛər/ NAIR; born April 20, 1988) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Chicago Stars FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

Naeher played college soccer for the Penn State Nittany Lions, earning two-time first-team All-American honors. She began her professional career with the Boston Breakers in Women's Professional Soccer in 2010, but when the league folded, she went to Turbine Potsdam in Germany. She returned to the Boston Breakers when the NWSL formed and was named NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year in 2014. She has been the starting goalkeeper for Chicago since 2016.

Naeher made 115 appearances for the United States national team between 2014 and 2024. She was the starting goalkeeper for the winning squads at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2024 Paris Olympics and also played at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, taking home the bronze medal, and the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was Hope Solo's backup at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, which the United States won, and the 2016 Rio Olympics.