She was formerly the executive director of the National Women's Soccer League Players Association[2] and is the current general manager of NJ/NY Gotham FC.

Averbuch was selected in the first round of the 2009 WPS Draft (4th overall) by her home state team, Sky Blue FC.

She later played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in the Damallsvenskan and the UEFA Women's Champions League and made a brief stint with WFC Rossiyanka.

[1] During her career as a center midfielder at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Averbuch set a record starting 105 consecutive games.

She was also a finalist for Soccer Buzz Player of the Year and a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist.

Averbuch was also a Soccer Buzz and NSCAA first-team All-Southeast Region selection as well as Jewish Sports Review All America.

[9] Averbuch was selected in the first round of the 2009 WPS Draft (4th overall) by her home state team, Sky Blue FC.

During the 2009 season, she started 14 of 18 games and assisted Keeley Dowling's game-winning goal in the WPS Semifinal against the Saint Louis Athletica.

[8] In 2010, Averbuch returned to Sky Blue, playing in 23 games, starting 19 and scoring one goal.

She, along with Kia McNeill and Leigh Ann Robinson, were brought in by the coach to help strengthen the team as it prepared to face Germany's 1.

Averbuch was acquired by the Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League ahead of the 2014 NWSL season, she was an allocated player by U.S.

She returned to FCKC for the 2016 NWSL season, she scored 3 goals in 20 games, but FC Kansas City finished in 6th place a failed to qualify for the play-offs.

[17] In 2017, Averbuch played in 23 games and scored 1 goal, FCKC missed the playoffs for the second straight season.

Utah Royals FC entered the league and all FCKC player contracts were transferred over to the new franchise.

[18] At the 2018 NWSL College Draft Averbuch was traded to the Seattle Reign in exchange for Diana Matheson, reuniting her with former FC Kansas City head coach Vlatko Andonovski.

She served as president and the NWSLPA was officially recognized as the exclusive bargaining representative of NWSL Players in November 2018.

In 2009, she was called upon to start at outside midfield against Germany in the USA's 1–0 victory in October in Augsburg, her only match of the year.

Her younger sister, Shira, was a midfielder for Stanford University[31] and represented the Team USA in July 2013 in the 19th Maccabiah Games in Israel[32] and is a current employee of Soccer United Marketing.

[33] On April 27, 2019 Averbuch married former Davidson College midfielder, Aaron West, in a ceremony in North Carolina.