United States international Kristie Mewis joined West Ham United in December 2023.
The experienced midfielder arrived in east London on the latest stop of an outstanding career that has seen her play professionally in Australia, the United States, Japan and Germany.
Mewis has also been capped over 50 times by her country, winning multiple international tournaments and appearing at the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals.
Career
Joined West Ham United on 23 December 2023...Made her West Ham United debut in a 4-3 home Women's Super League defeat by Tottenham Hotspur on 21 January 2024...Totalled three Women's Super League appearances.
Born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States, on 25 February 1991…Attended Whitman-Hanson Regional High School in Hanson, Massachusetts, where she won multiple individual accolades for her outstanding performances…Named National Soccer Coaches Association of America Youth Player of the Year and the US Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year in 2008…Played for the United States alongside her younger sister Sam at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup…Played collegiate football for Boston College Eagles between 2009-12, scoring 39 goals, registering 38 assists and again earning multiple individual accolades and awards…Joined Australian W-League team Canberra United FC in January 2013 and made two appearances, scoring her first professional goal against Brisbane Roar on her second appearance…Drafted third overall by FC Kansas City in the 2013 National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) College Draft ahead of the league’s inaugural season…Spent eleven seasons in the NWSL, playing for six different clubs…Spent the 2014 season with Boston Breakers…Joined Japanese club Iga FC Kunoichi Mie for a short loan spell in late 2014, then German side Bayern Munich on a similar arrangement in late 2015…Spent the 2017 NWSL season with three different clubs – Washington Spirit, Chicago Red Stars and Houston Dash…Remained with Houston Dash for a further four seasons until the end of the 2021 campaign, winning the NWSL Challenge Cup in 2020…Joined NJ/NY Gotham FC for two seasons, winning the NWSL Championship in 2023…Made her senior debut for the United States WNT in a 4-1 friendly win over Scotland in Jacksonville, Florida, on 9 February 2013…Scored her first goal for the United States in a 4-1 friendly win over South Korea in Foxborough, Massachusetts on 15 June 2013…Part of the United States WNT squad which won a Bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan…Part of the United States WNT squads which won three SheBelieves Cup titles in 2021, 2022 and 2023…Part of the United States WNT squad which won the CONCACAF Women’s Championship in 2022…Part of the United States WNT squad for the 2023 Women’s World Cup finals in Australia/New Zealand.
Honours
Houston Dash
NWSL Challenge Cup (2020)
NJ/NY Gotham FC
NWSL Championship (2023)
United States
Olympic Games Bronze Medal (2020)
SheBelieves Cup (2021, 2022, 2023)
CONCACAF Women's Championship (2022)
NSCAA Youth Player of the Year (2008)
US Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year (2008)