Crystal Dunn

American defender and versatile international who won the 2019 World Cup and 2024 Olympic gold with the United States

Crystal Dunn was born to Vincent and Rhonda Dunn and raised alongside her brother Henry in Rockville Centre, New York, attending South Side High School, where she was a four-year starter and team captain in her final two seasons. She went on to star collegiately before beginning a professional career that would establish her as one of the most versatile players in American soccer. Dunn earned the U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year award in 2015, recognised for her attacking instincts and pace as a forward, before her career took a notable tactical turn: needed at left-back for the national team, she successfully reinvented herself in a defensive role while continuing to play further forward for her club sides — a rare demonstration of positional adaptability at the international level. Dunn was part of the United States squad that won the 2019 World Cup, and went on to win a bronze medal at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics and gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, extending one of the most decorated international careers in the history of American women's soccer across more than a decade of service to the national team. Dunn has played for numerous clubs in the National Women's Soccer League throughout her career, continuing to be a mainstay of the U.S. women's national team's backline and a respected veteran voice within the squad.

Explosive, technically sharp full-back with attacking instincts inherited from her early career as a winger

A trailblazing versatile international whose adaptability defined more than a decade of USWNT success

• FIFA Women's World Cup 2019
• Olympic Gold 2024
• NWSL MVP 2015
• NWSL Golden Boot 2015
• NWSL Championship 3x

Club Career

Club	Period	Apps	Goals
Washington Spirit	2014–2016	54	17
Chelsea	2017–2018	15	3
North Carolina Courage	2018–2020	35	15
Portland Thorns	2020–2023	34	7
Gotham FC	2024–2024	23	1
Paris Saint-Germain	2025–2026	6	2
USA	—	160	25