Sam Mewis, a United States women’s national team icon, has retired from professional football at the age of 31 due to a long-standing knee problem.
Mewis won the World Cup with the USWNT in 2019 and four NWSL titles throughout her storied career, which included stints with the now-defunct Western New York Flash, North Carolina Courage, and Kansas City Current.
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Mewis devotes her second act to narrating the stories she cited. She has already begun work in her new role as Men In Blazers Media Network’s editor-in-chief of women’s soccer coverage. According to Sports Business Journal, she will oversee a brand-new vertical named “The Women’s Game” in her new position.
The 2019 Women’s World Cup triumph with the United States Women’s National Team propelled Mewis and her ability to the forefront. The Equalizer, a statistical analysis business, ranked her as the tournament’s top player. In March 2021, ESPN ranked her the world’s top female athlete.
However, despite her accomplishments, the “Tower of Power” was handicapped by an apparently normal knock she sustained years ago. On November 12, 2017, during a friendly versus Canada, the American midfielder was slide tackled while stretching her right leg toward the ball. The injury sidelined her for six months. By January 2023, Mewis was undergoing her second knee surgery as a result of the contac
Mewis also played for the Kansas City Current and the USWNT. She plans to devote her next project to increasing interest in the sport’s various aspects.
