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Former Cardinal Erin Yenney Gets Invited to Chicago Red Stars Training Camp
February 09, 2018 | Women's Soccer
Erin Yenney enjoyed a stellar playing career at UofL
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Former Louisville women's soccer standout Erin Yenney (2011-14) has been called into preseason training camp with NWSL (National Women's Soccer League) club, Chicago Red Stars. Yenney has spent the last three years playing professionally abroad in both Sweden and Colombia. She is now in the midst of trying to break into the one of the top women's professional soccer leagues in the world in the NWSL.
The league is home to many of the top women's soccer players in the world today including Megan Rapino, Tobin Heath, Alex Morgan, Julie Ertz, and Marta, among others. The Red Stars are one of 10 teams who compete in the NWSL. The Red Stars are coming off one of their best seasons since the league's inception in 2013. Chicago advanced to the semi-finals of the league playoffs last year before losing out to the North Carolina Courage.
Yenney enjoyed a stellar playing career at UofL, earning multiple Big East accolades and serving as team captain during her in time in Louisville. She earned a master's degree in engineering from the prestigious UofL Speed School and then began her professional playing career. She spent time in Sweden for a season before joining Colombian side Santa Fe, where she was a part of the league champion's team, in the inaugural season of the Liga Águila Femenina (Colombian Professional Women's Football League).
The league is home to many of the top women's soccer players in the world today including Megan Rapino, Tobin Heath, Alex Morgan, Julie Ertz, and Marta, among others. The Red Stars are one of 10 teams who compete in the NWSL. The Red Stars are coming off one of their best seasons since the league's inception in 2013. Chicago advanced to the semi-finals of the league playoffs last year before losing out to the North Carolina Courage.
Yenney enjoyed a stellar playing career at UofL, earning multiple Big East accolades and serving as team captain during her in time in Louisville. She earned a master's degree in engineering from the prestigious UofL Speed School and then began her professional playing career. She spent time in Sweden for a season before joining Colombian side Santa Fe, where she was a part of the league champion's team, in the inaugural season of the Liga Águila Femenina (Colombian Professional Women's Football League).
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