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.
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]
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]
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]
On June 16, 2020, Cook joined OL Reign on a short-term loan for the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.[13]
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]
_079.jpg)
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]
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]
Cook eats a plant based diet.[29]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[b] | Continental | Other[c] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2018–19 | D1F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | D1F | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | D1F | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| Total | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| OL Reign (loan) | 2020 | NWSL | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| OL Reign | 2021 | NWSL | 19 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | NWSL | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Total | 38 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 59 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 2 | ||
| 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 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 11, 2023 | St. Louis, Missouri |  Republic of Ireland
|
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Kansas City Current
Individual
United States squads | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
editors
This is the start of the #editors chat. #editors is a chat channel to discuss collecting and organizing hub content.
_037_(cropped).jpg/250px-NC_Courage_vs_Seattle_Reign_(Apr_2024)_037_(cropped).jpg){kind=small}
_037_(cropped).jpg)
