Croix Bethune
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Bethune with the United States in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Croix Collette Bethune | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | March 14, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Alpharetta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Kansas City Current | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Concorde Fire | |||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | USC Trojans | 48 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Georgia Bulldogs | 15 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Washington Spirit | 37 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Kansas City Current | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| United States U-15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | United States U-17 | 15 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | United States | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of March 14, 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of January 27, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Croix Collette Bethune (/ˈkrɔɪ bəˈθuːn/ CROY bə-THOON; born March 14, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.
Bethune played college soccer for the USC Trojans and Georgia Bulldogs, twice being named first-team All-American. She was selected third overall by the Washington Spirit in the 2024 NWSL Draft, tying the league's single-season assist record as a rookie and being named the NWSL Rookie of the Year and the NWSL Midfielder of the Year. She was named to the NWSL Best XI both seasons she played with the Spirit. She also won a gold medal with the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics.