Playing position Height 1.75 m Years Team Current team Portland Thorns FC | Name Adrianna Franch Position Goalkeeper Role Soccer player | |
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Full name Adrianna Nichole Franch Date of birth (1990-11-12) November 12, 1990 (age 25) Place of birth Salina, Kansas, United States 2009–2012 Oklahoma State Cowgirls Education Oklahoma State University–Stillwater | ||
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Adrianna "A.D." Nichole Franch (born November 12, 1990) is an American soccer goalkeeper. She currently plays for Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She was also a member of the United States U-23 women's national soccer team.
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- Flash spotlight adrianna franch 7 23 13
- Post 90 getting to know adrianna franch
- Early life
- Oklahoma State University
- Western New York Flash
- Portland Thorns FC
- International
- References
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Early life
Franch attended South High School in Salina, Kansas and was the starting goalkeeper for three seasons, but did not play her senior season due to an injury suffered playing basketball. She earned All-State, All-Southwest Region and All-League honors, as well as league MVP during her time at South. Franch was also a star basketball player earning first-team All-County and All-League honors as well as an honorable mention All-State performer.
Franch was a three-year member of the Kansas Olympic Development Program (ODP) team. She played on the Region II ODP team and was an ODP National Pool player in 2006. She led her club team, the KC Comets Select, to a Kansas state championship in 2006 and to the Kansas state finals in 2007 and 2008.
As a child, Franch's favorite goalkeeper was women's national team keeper, Briana Scurry, and people use to call her the "next Bri Scurry."
Oklahoma State University
Franch was the starting goalkeeper for Oklahoma State University as a freshman in 2009, playing in 24 games and allowing just 14 goals for a 0.61 GAA. She went 15–6–2 with 11 shutouts and was named First-Team All-Big 12. Franch played a key role in the Cowgirls winning the Big 12 tournament for their second time ever.
Franch is considered one of the most decorated players in Big 12 Conference and Oklahoma State University soccer history. She is a two-time All-American and a two-time MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist. During each of her four seasons with Oklahoma State, she was named to the All-Big 12 First Team, the seventh player in Big 12 Conference history to achieve that distinction.
Franch holds the OSU career record for shutouts with 38 and led the Big 12 in the same category in three of her four seasons. She finished her career with 325 saves ranking second the program's history. Franch's 38 shutouts rank sixth all time in NCAA history, and her 8,064:02 minutes in goal rank ninth on the NCAA list. As a junior, she ranked second in the NCAA in goals against average (0.348) and third in save percentage (0.92). She also set OSU's single-season record with 12 shutouts.
In 2010, Franch became the first Oklahoma State soccer player to play for a United States national team when she was called up to the United States U-20 team.
Western New York Flash
On January 18, 2013, Franch was the sixth pick during the first round of the 2013 college draft of National Women's Soccer League; the first goalkeeper picked by any team and the first player picked by Western New York Flash. Franch said of the Flash, "They are a very strong team that plays together and knows how to win. It's an environment that I'm really excited to be around because they have a lot of drive and heart." During the team's first regular season match against Sky Blue FC, Franch made six saves. Although the Flash lost 1–0 due to an own goal, Franch was heralded as a tremendous force in the goal and a future prospect at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Portland Thorns FC
On December 10, 2015, Franch signed with the National Women's Soccer League club, Portland Thorns FC. As a back-up keeper she helped the Thorns win the NWSL Shield in the 2016 season, and as lead keeper in 2017 set a league record for most "clean sheet" shutouts in a single season, with eleven.
International
Franch has played for the United States U-20, U-23, and senior USWNT teams. Her first ever call-up to the U.S. youth national teams came at the end of 2009 when she was called to U-20 camp in Sunrise, Florida. Her first international caps came at the La Manga Tournament in Spain in March 2010, where she played against Norway and Germany, earning a win and a tie.
In May 2012, Franch was called up to train with the United States women's national soccer team in preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics by coach, Pia Sundhage. In March 2013, she was named to the senior team roster by US WNT coach, Tom Sermanni for upcoming exhibition matches against Germany and the Netherlands.
Franch was called into the United States women's national soccer team January 2016 training camp by coach Jill Ellis. and again for the June 2016 friendlies against Japan. She was called to training camp in November 2016 but unable to attend the camp.