Arielle Ship
American soccer player
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Arielle Leah Ship (born May 2, 1995) is a former American women's soccer player who most recently played as a forward for Swedish club IFK Kalmar in the top-flight Damallsvenskan. She was the recipient of the California Golden Bears' first ever Pac-12 Player of the Year Award in 2015.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arielle Leah Ship[1] | ||
| Date of birth | May 2, 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Westlake Village, California, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Cal Golden Bears | 72 | (29) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Washington Spirit | 24 | (2) |
| 2020 | Utah Royals | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | Kansas City | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | IFK Kalmar | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2011–2012 | United States U17 | ||
| 2017 | United States U23 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 June 2023 | |||
Club career
Ship was drafted by Seattle Reign FC in the 2017 NWSL College Draft. Reign FC then traded Ship along with a 2018 NWSL College Draft pick to the Washington Spirit in exchange for Diana Matheson.[2][3]
On August 8, 2017, Ship was named NWSL Player of the Week after scoring a goal and adding two assists in a 4–1 Spirit win over Sky Blue FC.[4] On August 26, 2017, Ship suffered a torn right anterior cruciate ligament during a game against the Chicago Red Stars and missed the remainder of the 2017 season.[5]
After being waived by the Spirit in 2019, Utah Royals FC selected her from the league re-entry wire on November 5, 2019.[6] After the Royals dissolved in 2020, its player rights were relocated to expansion team Kansas City NWSL, including Ship's, in December 2020.[7]
In December 2021, she left the Kansas City Current without making an appearance[8] having agreed to join the Swedish team IFK Kalmar in November.[9] She left IFK Kalmar in June 2022 without making an appearance for the team.[10]
International career
In February 2017, Ship was named to the United States women's national under-23 soccer team for the friendly La Manga Tournament against Japan, England, and Norway.[11]
After soccer
In 2023, Ship became a sales representative for an interior design company in California.[12][13]
In 2022, Ship was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[14]
