Morgan Brown (footballer)

Morgan Emmalise Crisostomo Brown (born October 20, 1995) is an American-born Filipina footballer who plays for the Philippines women's national football team.

Morgan Brown
Personal information
Full name Morgan Emmalise Crisostomo Brown[1]
Date of birth (1995-10-20) October 20, 1995
Place of birth Los Angeles County, California, United States[2]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[3]
Position(s) Defender[3]
Youth career
Years Team
?–2012 Ruben S. Ayala H.S.
2011–2013 FRAM Premiere GU17
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Santa Clara University 10 (0)
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Philippines
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Crisostomo and the surname or paternal family name is Brown.

Early life

Morgan Brown was born on October 20, 1995[4][5] to Curtis and Susan Brown and has two sisters.[6]

High school

Brown, a native of Chino Hills, California played for the women's soccer team of Ruben S. Ayala High School under coach Jeffrey Allen. Her team was the undefeated champions of the 2010-11 Sierra League, the quarter finalists of the 2010 CIF-SS D2 and 2012 CIF D3, the finalist of the 2011 CIF D3. Ruben S. Ayala also participated in the CIF State Playoffs in 2011. She also received individual awards and honors such as the All-CIF-SS D2 Third-Team in 2009-10, Athletic Sierra League Award First-Team Defense in 2010, Athletic All ALeague Award 2nd team in 2011 and the Sierra League Defensive MVP in 2012.[7]

Youth

Aside from playing women's soccer or association football in high school, Brown also played for the FRAM CA Premiere GU17 helping the team win the CSL Premier League Champions, Surf Cup and West Coast Futball Classic titles in 2011. The following year she helped FRAM Premiere win the Far West Regional League Spring Season, Cal South National Cup, and Surf/College Cup titles.[7]

College soccer

Morgan Brown entered the Santa Clara University to pursue a major degree in public health services and a minor degree in psychology. She played for the Santa Clara Broncos women's soccer team. In her freshman year in 2013 she started in two matches in nine matches she played.[6]

International career

At the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in May 2013, Brown played for the Philippines women's national football team.[6] Brown debuted in the Philippines' match against Iran[8] which it won 6-0.

Brown was named into the final 23-player squad of the Philippines women's national football team for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[9]

References
  1. "Players – National women's senior national team". Philippine Football Federation. Archived from the original on 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  2. "Morgan Emmalise Brown, Born 10/20/1995 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org.
  3. "Morgan Brown". Santa Clara Broncos.
  4. "Philippines - AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 - Playing Squad". AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Press Kit. Asian Football Confederation. p. 9.
  5. Montayre, Mia (3 January 2014). "Malditas Pilipinas: 2013 in Review". Women's Soccer United. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  6. "Morgan Brown". Santa Clara. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  7. "Meet the Future of Santa Clara Women's Soccer: Morgan Brown". Santa Clara Broncos. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  8. "Fram GU17 Premier's Morgan Brown Selected for the Philippine Women's National Team "Malditas"". Fram-CQ Soccer Club. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  9. "Malditas squad for Women's Asian Cup released". Dugout Philippines. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.


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