Alana Cook

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Alana Cook
File:NC Courage vs Seattle Reign (Apr 2024) 037 (cropped).jpg
Cook with the Seattle Reign in 2024
Personal information
Full name Alana Simone Cook[1]
Date of birth (1997-04-11) April 11, 1997 (age 29)
Place of birth Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position Center back
Team information
Current team
 Kansas City Current
Number 15
Youth career
The Pennington School
Match Fit Academy Colchesters
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Stanford Cardinal 93 (5)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Paris Saint-Germain 21 (0)
2020 → OL Reign (loan) 0 (0)
2021–2024 Seattle Reign[a] 67 (0)
2024– Kansas City Current 17 (0)
International career‡
2013 United States U17
2014–2016 United States U20
2017–2019 United States U23 3 (0)
2019– United States 30 (1)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
CONCACAF W Championship
Winner 2022 Mexico
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 19, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of April 8, 2025

Alana Simone Cook (born April 11, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League and the United States national team.

After playing collegiately for the Stanford Cardinal, Cook signed with French club Paris Saint-Germain. She signed with Seattle Reign FC in 2021.

Cook debuted for the United States national team in 2019. She was selected in the squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Early life

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Cook was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to parents Florence and Bryan Cook[3] and raised with sister Brianna in Worcester and Far Hills, New Jersey.[4][5][6] She attended The Pennington School, a boarding school in Pennington, New Jersey, and helped guide the varsity soccer team to regional and state titles.[7][8] Cook was named 2013 New Jersey Prep Player of the Year and 2015 NSCAA High School Scholar Player of the Year.[7]

Twice named NSCAA Youth All-American,[9] Cook played in the NSCAA High School All-America Game and earned Best XI honors.[7] She played club soccer for Match Fit Academy Colchesters and won the 2013 U.S. Youth Soccer National League title with the team.[10]

Cook began representing the United States on its youth national teams as a teenager.[7]

Stanford Cardinal

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Cook attended the Stanford University from 2015 to 2018 where she earned a degree in symbolic systems and was a four-year starter for the Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team. She captained the team in her final two seasons. She was named Pac-12 Conference Defender of the Year and a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist in 2018.[7]

Club career

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Paris Saint-Germain, 2019–21

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In January 2019, Cook elected to forgo the 2019 NWSL College Draft despite her first round draft grade[11] and instead chose to pursue opportunities in Europe, signing a three-year deal with French Division 1 Féminine team Paris Saint-Germain.[12]

OL Reign (loan), 2020

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On June 16, 2020, Cook joined OL Reign on a short-term loan for the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.[13]

OL / Seattle Reign, 2021–2024

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On June 7, 2021, OL Reign signed Cook to a three-year contract with an option for an extra year on a permanent transfer from PSG.[14]

During the 2021 season, Cook was a starting defender in all 20 matches of the regular season.[15] The Reign finished in second place during the regular season with a 13–8–3 record.[16] After advancing to the NWSL Playoffs, they were eliminated by eventual champions Washington Spirit.[17] Cook was named to the league's Best XI.[18]

In 2022, Cook helped OL Reign finish in first place during the regular season winning the NWSL Shield.[15][19] She was nominated for NWSL Defender of the Year for the 2021 and 2022 seasons.[20][21]

Kansas City Current, 2024–

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File:NC Courage vs KC Current (Sep 2024) 079.jpg
Cook playing for the Current in 2024

On July 22, 2024, Seattle Reign announced that they had traded Cook to Kansas City Current for allocation money and intra-league transfer funds.[22]

International career

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Cook has competed for the United States under-17, under-20, under-23, and senior national teams. She captained the under-17 team and made the jump to the under-20 team in 2014 followed by the under-23 team in 2017.[23] She captained the under-23 squad in 2019.[24][25] She is eligible to represent England because of her British father and earned her first senior international call-up in September 2019 as a training player for England's friendlies against Portugal and Brazil.[26]

Cook received her first call-up to the United States national team on October 31, 2019.[27] In June 2023, she was named to the U.S. squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.[28]

Personal life

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Cook eats a plant based diet.[29]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of October 19, 2025[15][30]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[b] Playoffs[c] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Paris Saint-Germain 2018–19 Division 1 Féminine 3 0 0 0 — 1 0 — 4 0
2019–20 5 0 2 0 — 4 0 0[d] 0 11 0
2020–21 13 0 0 0 — 4 1 0[d] 0 17 1
Total 21 0 2 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 32 1
OL Reign (loan) 2020 NWSL —[e] 3 0 —[e] — — 3 0
Seattle Reign FC 2021 19 0 — 1 0 — — 20 0
2022 19 0 7 1 1 0 — — 27 1
2023 18 0 2 0 3 0 — — 23 0
2024 11 0 — — — 0[f] 0 11 0
Total 67 0 9 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 81 1
Kansas City Current 2024 NWSL 10 0 — 2 0 — 1[f] 0 13 0
2025 7 0 — 0 0 — — 7 0
Total 17 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 20 0
Career total 105 0 14 1 7 0 9 1 1 0 136 2
  1. ^ The club was known as OL Reign from 2020 to 2023. In January 2024, it returned to its original name, Seattle Reign, due to the OL Groupe looking to sell the club.[2]
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de France and NWSL Challenge Cup.
  3. ^ Includes NWSL playoffs.
  4. ^ a b Appearances in the Trophée des Championnes.
  5. ^ a b The 2020 NWSL regular season and playoffs were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  6. ^ a b Appearances in the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup.

International

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As of match played April 8, 2025[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
United States 2019 1 0
2020 0 0
2021 3 0
2022 15 0
2023 10 1
2024 0 0
2025 1 0
Total 30 1
Scores and results list United States's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cook goal.
List of international goals scored by Alana Cook
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 April 11, 2023 St. Louis, Missouri File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 1–0 1–0 Friendly


Honors

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Stanford Cardinal
Paris Saint-Germain
OL Reign

Kansas City Current

United States U23
United States

Individual

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