Lynn Biyendolo
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Biyendolo with the United States in 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Lynn Williams Biyendolo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Lynn Raenie Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 21, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Fresno, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Seattle Reign | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Pepperdine Waves | 78 | (39) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Western New York Flash | 36 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | North Carolina Courage | 81 | (42) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Western Sydney Wanderers (loan) | 5 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Melbourne Victory (loan) | 4 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Kansas City Current | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 40 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Seattle Reign | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | United States U23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | United States | 80 | (24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 23, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 3, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lynn Williams Biyendolo /ˌbijɛnˈdoʊloʊ/ (born Lynn Raenie Williams; May 21, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. The NWSL's all-time leading scorer, she was drafted out of Pepperdine University by the Western New York Flash in 2015.
Biyendolo won the NWSL's Most Valuable Player award and her first NWSL Championship with the Flash in 2016. After the franchise moved to become the North Carolina Courage, she helped lead North Carolina to three consecutive NWSL Shields and two Championships in 2018 and 2019. After five seasons in North Carolina, she was traded to the Kansas City Current and then flipped to NJ/NY Gotham FC, where she won her fourth championship in 2023.
Biyendolo made her international debut for the United States in 2016. She has won two Olympic medals with the team, receiving bronze at Tokyo 2020 and gold at Paris 2024.