Ashley Nick
Ashley Lynn Nick (born October 27, 1987) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Kansas City of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). College career. Nick played college soccer at USC from 2005 to 2008. She scored her first collegiate goal on September 17, 2006 against UNLV. Nick was named to the All-Pac-10 First Team in 2007 and 2008. Club career. She moved to play for FC Twente. There she won the 2010–11 Eredivisie title. In 2012, she moved to Toppserien side Arna-Bjørnar before moving back in 2013 to the  United States by joining Pali Blues and later joined Sky Blue FC. On December 12, 2014, she was traded to the Houston Dash for a draft position in the second and fourth rounds of the 2015 NWSL College Draft. On May 11, 2015, she was traded to the Western New York Flash for Defender Toni Pressley. In the 2015–16 American off-season Nick scored five goals in six Cypriot First Division games with Apollon Limassol. She signed with Sky Blue FC in March 2016 and announced she would be leaving Sky Blue FC June 9, 2016. On September 27, 2018 , she joined Italian Serie A club Juventus. On March 10, 2021, Nick signed a one-year contract with NWSL expansion club Kansas City. International career. In February 2008, Nick was called up to represent the United States national under-23 team. Personal life. Her uncles Bruce Matthews and Clay Matthews Jr. both played in the NFL. Honors. Club. FC Twente