Joanna Lohman

In 1999, she was named an All-Met selection, and won the Maryland Gatorade high school girls soccer player of the year.

[4][5] Lohman was captain of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 2002 to 2003 and was the first four-time First Team All-Big Ten selection in the school's history.

[12] In September 2009, Lohman traveled to Japan with Freedom teammate Rebecca Moros to train with NTV Beleza, a professional team based outside of Tokyo.

The duo went on loan to Cypriot club Apollon Limassol after the American season had finished, to play in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Lohman memorably scored the opening goal of the historic 4th NWSL season in dramatic fashion with a bicycle kick in the 3rd minute against Boston Breakers on April 16, 2016.

[22] In March 2018, Lohman returned to the pitch following her ACL repair as a halftime substitute in the Spirit's 2018 season opener against Seattle Reign.

[9] The couple moved to Spain together and founded JoLi Academy, a training centre for young female footballers in India.

[38] During the 2016 NWSL offseason, Lohman traveled to Botswana to run a U.S. State Department program called "Girl Power", using the shared experience of sport to promote gender equality.

[39][40] Lohman is vice president of Tenant Consulting, LLC, a commercial real estate firm in the Washington metropolitan area.

She helped create the first "carbon neutral calculator" for office buildings, resulting in an invitation to meet former Vice President Al Gore.

Joanna Lohman playing for the Philadelphia Independence, 2010.