Alexandra Sahlen is an American

United States

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 professional soccer

Football (soccer)

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 player and entrepreneur

Entrepreneur

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. She plays for Women's Professional Soccer

Women's Professional Soccer

Women's Professional Soccer is the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded 6 teams for the 2011 season, with continued plans for future expansion...

 team Western New York Flash and is also the club's President.

Career

Sahlen played with W-League

W-League

The USL W-League is a national women's soccer league in the United States on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside the Women's Premier Soccer League and below Women's Professional Soccer....

 club Rochester Ravens

Rochester Ravens

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 from 2005 until 2008, when a stress fracture in the first game of the season ruled her out of contention.

Along with husband Aaran Lines

Aaran Lines

Aaran Franklyn Lines is a retired New Zealand association football player and current head coach of the Western New York Flash, the 2011 Women's Professional Soccer Champions. He has represented New Zealand at international level...

, Sahlen then founded a new professional W-League club, Buffalo Flash, in time for the 2009 season. Sahlen played for the Flash as they won the 2010 W-League championship and remained on the playing roster when the team changed its name to Western New York Flash and entered Women's Professional Soccer, claiming the 2011 WPS Championship.

External links

• WPS profile.