Mallory
Swanson
- Position Forward
- Number 9
- Date of Birth Apr 29 1998
- Hometown Highlands Ranch, CO
- Height 5' 4"
- Club Chicago Red Stars
2019 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP CHAMPION
2024 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST
2015 U.S. SOCCER YOUNG FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
FIRST CAP: Jan. 23, 2016 vs. Republic of Ireland (San Diego, CA)
FIRST GOAL: Jan. 23, 2016 vs. Republic of Ireland (San Diego, CA)
FIRST ASSIST: Feb. 15, 2016 vs. Puerto Rico (Frisco, TX)
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS
Led the USWNT in scoring with four goals at the 2024 Summer Olympics, scoring twice in the group stage opener against Zambia, once in the group stage win over Germany and in the Gold Medal match against Brazil.
Swanson’s four goals tied for second among all players at the 2024 Olympics, trailing only France’s Marie-Antoinette Katoto with five goals, and tied for the second-most by a USWNT player at a single Olympics. Only Abby Wambach had more, scoring five at London 2012.
Swanson’s goal in the gold medal match, which came in her 100th cap for the USWNT, put a punctation point on one of the best comeback stories of the Summer Olympics. Just 490 days after rupturing her patella tendon which sidelined her for the 2023 World Cup, Swanson’s goal lifted the USA to its fifth Olympic gold medal and she became just the sixth player all-time to score for the USWNT in an Olympic final, joining Tiffeny Milbrett (3 goals), Carli Lloyd (3), Abby Wambach, Shannon MacMillan and Lindsay Tarpley.
Swanson started all six matches for the USWNT at Paris 2024 and added two assists, the second coming on Sophia Smith’s game-winning goal in the semifinal against Germany.
Her two goals in 70 seconds against Zambia marked the fastest between goals in the history of the Olympic Women’s Soccer Tournament and the fastest two goals ever by a USWNT player at a world championship.
Little Sister
Brianna’s soccer team went to the state championships, and little Mal worked her way onto the team’s bench. The seven year old sat there with the 12 year olds, fully absorbed, studying every play, a total soccer junkie even then. She’d been watching Telemundo, Spanish broadcast games on her Hello Kitty television since she was four years old. “I just love soccer so much,” says Swanson.
Craves Challenges
Little Sister
Brianna’s soccer team went to the state championships, and little Mal worked her way onto the team’s bench. The seven year old sat there with the 12 year olds, fully absorbed, studying every play, a total soccer junkie even then. She’d been watching Telemundo, Spanish broadcast games on her Hello Kitty television since she was four years old. “I just love soccer so much,” says Swanson.
Craves Challenges
