Ertz is the only player to win two U.S. Soccer Player of the Year awards and a U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year. She has won two World Cups and is a two-time Olympian.
U.S. defender Julie Ertz celebrates after scoring a goal against New Zealand during the first half of an international friendly soccer match in Commerce City, Colo., on Sept. 15, 2017. The 2-time U.S. Soccer Player of the Year has retired from soccer after a 10-year career that included back to back Women's World Cup titles and two U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year awards.U.S.
Ertz, 31, played as a central defender in the 2015 World Cup and a central midfielder in the 2019 Cup.She is the only player to win the U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year and the U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year twice, in 2017 and 2019. Ertz, née Johnston, is also a two-time Olympian. She played in the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and made a comeback after a knee injury in the pandemic-delayed 2021 games in Tokyo, in which she started in five of the six matches and played the second-most total minutes across the tournament.
Following the 2021 Olympics, Ertz took 18 months away from the game due to sustaining injuries and welcoming a son, but returned to the field in the 2023 World Cup, in which she played every minute of four matches. Ertz was drafted third overall to the National Women's Soccer League by the Chicago Red Stars in 2014, and won the league's Rookie of the Year award that year.
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