After a two-year stint working on Wall Street, Saunders resumed her football career in 2018 and has since played in Iceland and France.
[2] She served as captain for her last two years of high school, leading her team to the New York State Class A Championship in 2008 as well as the finals in 2010.
[1] Her squad won the 2010 USASA National Women's Cup, and Saunders was named the 2010 Gatorade State Player of the Year for New York.
[1] Saunders appeared as goalkeeper for the England U19s during qualifying matches for the 2011 Women's U19 European Championships in Italy, and travelled with the team to countries including Moldova and Macedonia.
[5] She played five matches for FH, finishing the season on loan at Reykjavik Athletic Club (ÍR) in the second tier Inkasso League.
[7] Saunders says her most memorable match was playing against Olympique Lyonnais Féminin in the Women's French Cup in front of 3,000 fans.
[9] Lewes offers equal pay to its women's and men's teams – the first professional or semi-professional football club in the United Kingdom to do so.