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Laurel Ansbrow
American soccer player (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Laurel Marie Ansbrow (born April 10, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for USL Super League club Fort Lauderdale United, on loan from Boston Legacy FC. She played college soccer for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and helped the team to its first national title game appearance.
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Early life
Ansbrow grew up Cary, North Carolina, the younger of two daughters born to Jane and Mark Ansbrow. She played club soccer for the North Carolina Courage Academy, becoming team captain and earning ECNL all-conference honors twice.[2][3] She committed to Wake Forest during her junior year at Apex High School, where she was also an all-conference selection.[2][4]
College career
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Ansbrow became a starter for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in her sophomore year in 2022, leading the team in minutes played that season and the following one. In her senior year in 2024, she helped Wake Forest achieve one of its best-ever seasons, playing alongside Zara Chavoshi in central defense. In the regular season, back-to-back shutouts against No. 2 Virginia and No. 1 Stanford made Wake Forest the first team to beat the top two ranked teams consecutively; another win against Florida State ended a 32–game unbeaten streak for the reigning champions.[2][5] Wake Forest broke its program record from the previous year with only 11 goals allowed in the regular season.[6] In the NCAA tournament, she helped Wake Forest to its first national title game in program history, beating Stanford 1–0 in the semifinals before losing 1–0 to North Carolina in the final.[2][7] Ansbrow was named the No. 70 player of the 2024 season by TopDrawerSoccer and received the Elite 90 Award for having the highest grade point average (4.0) at the NCAA College Cup. In three seasons as a starter, she played in 64 games (61 starts) and scored 2 goals.[2][6]
During college, Ansbrow played for the North Carolina Courage U23 in the USL W League and was named in the Team of the Year after leading the Courage to the national final in 2023.[8]
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Club career
Fort Lauderdale United announced on January 23, 2025, that the club had signed Ansbrow to her first professional contract through the rest of the USL Super League's inaugural season.[9] She made her professional debut on February 8, playing the full 90 minutes and assisting Jasmine Hamid in a 2–2 draw against the Tampa Bay Sun.[10] She was named in the USL Super League Team of the Month after each of her first two months in the professional game.[11]
On July 17, 2025, the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)'s Boston Legacy announced that the expansion team had signed Ansbrow through the 2027 season with a team option for an additional year. Before the team began play in 2026, she would return to Fort Lauderdale United for the rest of the calendar year.[12]
Honors and awards
Individual
- Elite 90 Award: 2024
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