{{Short description|Retired American soccer player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Britt Eckerstrom |fullname = Britt Ellen Eckerstrom<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gopsusports.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/britt-eckerstrom/6477 |title=Britt Eckerstrom |publisher=Penn State Nittany Lions |access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref> |image = BrittEckerstrom.jpg |caption = Eckerstrom with the Portland Thorns in 2017 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|5|28}} |birth_place = Rockville, Maryland, United States |height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}} |position = Goalkeeper |currentclub = |clubnumber = |youthclubs1 = |youthyears1 = |collegeyears1 = 2011–2015 |college1 = Penn State Nittany Lions |collegecaps1 = 85 |collegegoals1 = 0 |years1 = 2013 |clubs1 = Ottawa Fury |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 2014 |clubs2 = Colorado Pride |caps2 = |goals2 = |years3 = 2016 |clubs3 = Western New York Flash |caps3 = 3 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2017–2021 |clubs4 = Portland Thorns |caps4 = 15 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2017–2019 |clubs5 = → Newcastle Jets (loan) |caps5 = 22 |goals5 = 0 |nationalteam1 = United States U17 |nationalyears1 = 2009 |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = |medaltemplates = |club-update = |nationalteam-update = }} '''Britt Ellen Eckerstrom''' (born May 28, 1993) is a retired American soccer player who played as a goalkeeper for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for the Western New York Flash.
==College career== Eckerstrom won a national title with the Penn State Nittany Lions in 2015. She did not concede a single goal in that year's NCAA tournament. In 2016, she was awarded the Big Ten Medal of Honor, which recognizes one male and one female student from the graduating class of each Big Ten member school, for demonstrating joint athletic and academic excellence throughout their college career.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=June 21, 2016|title=Eckerstrom, Megaludis honored as Big Ten Medal of Honor recipients|url=https://news.psu.edu/story/415580/2016/06/21/academics/eckerstrom-megaludis-honored-big-ten-medal-honor-recipients|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623140951/http://news.psu.edu/story/415580/2016/06/21/academics/eckerstrom-megaludis-honored-big-ten-medal-honor-recipients |archive-date=June 23, 2016 |access-date=|website=}}</ref>
In 2013, she played with the Ottawa Fury. In 2014, she joined the Colorado Pride.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxscorenews.com/penn-state-standouts-join-colorado-pride-p82821-68.htm|title=Penn State standouts join Colorado Pride|date=April 23, 2014|work=Box Score News}}</ref>
==Club career== Eckerstrom was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2016 NWSL College Draft by Western New York Flash.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wnyflash.com/news/?article_id=337 |title=2016 NWSL College Draft Recap |date=January 15, 2016 |publisher=Western New York Flash |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>
On March 8, 2017, Eckerstrom was traded to the Portland Thorns for two fourth round picks in the 2018 NWSL College Draft.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goldberg|first1=Jamie|title=Portland Thorns officially acquire goalkeeper Britt Eckerstrom from North Carolina Courage|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland-thorns/2017/03/portland_thorns_acquire_goalke.html|work=The Oregonian|accessdate=April 17, 2017|date=March 8, 2017}}</ref>
In October 2017, Eckerstrom was loaned to Australian club Newcastle Jets for the 2017–18 W-League season, along with fellow Americans Katie Stengel, Tori Huster and Arin Gilliland.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/5005037/newcastle-jets-set-to-unveil-rest-of-american-quartet-for-w-league-season/ |title=W-League: Newcastle Jets' US quartet in town ahead of season start against Wanderers |last=Kerry |first=Craig |date=October 23, 2017 |work=The Newcastle Herald |access-date=December 3, 2018 |archive-date=April 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408094721/https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/5005037/newcastle-jets-set-to-unveil-rest-of-american-quartet-for-w-league-season/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Eckerstrom returned to the Jets in October 2018 ahead of the 2018–19 W-League season.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://thewomensgame.com/news/american-goalkeeper-back-for-jets-514089 |title=American goalkeeper back for Jets |date=October 17, 2018 |work=The Women's Game |access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> She played every minute for the Jets, tallying 61 saves over the course of the season.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newcastlejets.com.au/player/britt-eckerstrom#!/statistics |title=Britt Eckerstrom |work=Newcastle Jets |access-date=May 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323163413/https://www.newcastlejets.com.au/player/britt-eckerstrom#!/statistics |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
She announced her retirement from professional soccer on Instagram on January 19, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CKPWZbipfAF/|title=So many incredible people a part of this journey! On to the next chapter!|access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref>
== Honors == '''Penn State Nittany Lions''' * NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship: 2015
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170417161958/http://www.ussoccer.com/players/2014/03/15/05/11/britt-eckerstrom US Soccer player profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170418081034/https://www.timbers.com/players/britt-eckerstrom Portland Thorns player profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20171023235234/http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/britt_eckerstrom_742898.html Penn State bio]
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