Toni Pressley

Toni Deion Pressley (born February 19, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Afturelding in the Icelandic Besta deild kvenna.

[5] Pressley attended Florida State University majoring in criminology and playing defender and forward for the Seminoles from 2008 to 2011.

[10] Pressley was selected in the second round (13th overall) of the 2012 WPS Draft by the Philadelphia Independence; however, the league folded before the season began.

[13][14][15][16] Pressley helped the Flash win the league championship after scoring an equalizer in the last minute of stoppage time.

[24] In April, she started and played a full ninety minutes during the team's season opener against the Seattle Reign FC which resulted in a 5–1 defeat.

[27] On October 12, 2019, after undergoing surgery for breast cancer in August, Pressley appeared in the Pride's final game of the season.

Pressley was a member of the under-20 team that captured gold at the CONCACAF Qualifier thus earning an automatic berth in the FIFA World Cup.

She played every minute of every game in the tournament as a member of the team's defensive line and tallied an assist in a 5–0 victory over Switzerland.

[34][35] In January 2021, Pressley announced her engagement to Orlando Pride teammate Marta Vieira da Silva.

[38] She released a cookbook featuring plant-based recipes in 2023 titled, Girls Gone Veg, with her former Orlando Pride teammate Ali Riley.