Julie Beth Ertz (née Johnston; born April 6, 1992) is an American former professional soccer player.

Ertz played every minute of all seven games of the 2015 tournament and was subsequently named to the FIFA Women's World Cup All-Star Team.

After moving to center midfield for club and country in 2017, Ertz was awarded U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year.

[7][8] Ertz attended Dobson High School in Mesa from 2006 to 2010, where she volunteered as a student athletic trainer all four years.

[7] Ertz attended Santa Clara University, where she majored in communications and played as a midfielder for the Broncos women's soccer team.

She scored four game-winning goals in matches away to Cal Poly, and at home to Washington State, California and Nevada.

She scored three game-winning goals and recorded an assist in the first round of the NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament in a match against Long Beach State.

She made a total of 12 goals in the season and recorded an assist in the first round of the NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament in a match against University of California at Berkeley.

[23][24] Ertz made twelve appearances for the Red Stars during the 2016 season before joining the national team in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

[25] In the 2017 season, Ertz debuted in a new role in attacking midfield, scoring the winning goal in a 1–0 victory over FC Kansas City in week 2.

[28] At the end of the 2019 season, Ertz and the Chicago Red Stars made their first appearance in the NWSL Championship against the North Carolina Courage.

[29] After a year and a half break from competitive soccer, Ertz signed with Angel City FC as a free agent.

[7] In 2009, she was called into a U18 national team training camp from May 30 to June 7 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

[32] In 2012, Ertz competed in international under-20 youth soccer and scored a goal against Switzerland at the La Manga Tournament in Spain.

In the main tournament, one of the goals she scored was in the 4–0 semi-final victory over Mexico that advanced the United States to the World Cup finals.

[34] In Japan, Ertz captained her team to win the FIFA under-20 world cup, and won the Bronze Ball award herself.

[35] Ertz was first called up to the national team in January 2013, when she was on the 29-player roster for a training camp leading up to two matches against Scotland in early February.

[47] Ertz joined the national team for a training camp at the end of August in order to prepare for two matches against Mexico in September as well as the 2014 CONCACAF Women's qualifying tournament in October.

[50] The United States qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup after a semi-final win against Mexico on October 24.

[55] Following the training camp, she was named to the 24–player team that would travel on a 13-day trip to Europe for matches against France and England in mid-February.

During the game, Ertz scored her first international goal in the 7th minute to help the United States defeat France 2–0 to win the tournament.

[60] In the 59th minute of the team's semi-final match against Germany on June 30, Ertz pulled down opposition player Alexandra Popp inside the penalty box and was given a yellow card.

[7] She joined the national team on a Victory Tour following their World Cup win that started in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 16 and ended in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 16.

[65] The United States qualified to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after a semi-final win against Trinidad and Tobago on February 19.

[72] In the second match on April 10, Ertz played all 90 minutes and scored two goals to help the United States defeat Colombia 3–0.

[75][76] On July 12, Ertz was named to the 18-player team that would represent the United States at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

[79] She returned for the team's quarterfinal match against Sweden where she played the full game, which the U.S. would go on to lose in penalty kicks.

She was nominated alongside teammates Rose Lavelle, Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Alyssa Naeher and Megan Rapinoe.

[84] In February 2016, she became engaged to NFL tight end Zach Ertz at Klein Field, the Stanford University baseball stadium where they first met.