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Adrianna Nichole " AD" Franch (born November 12, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Birmingham City. She previously played for Kansas City Current, and Portland Thorns FC, winning the NWSL Championship in 2017 with the latter team and being named NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year in 2017 and 2018.
Franch was first called up to the United States national team in 2012 and debuted for the team in 2019.
Franch was a three-year member of the Kansas Olympic Development Program (ODP) team. She played on the Region II ODP team and was an ODP National Pool player in 2006. She led her club team, the KC Comets Select, to a Kansas state championship in 2006 and to the Kansas state finals in 2007 and 2008.
As a child, Franch's favorite goalkeeper was women's national team keeper, Briana Scurry, and people used to call her the "next Bri Scurry."
Franch is considered one of the most decorated players in Big 12 Conference and Oklahoma State University soccer history. She is a two-time All-American and a two-time MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist. During each of her four seasons with Oklahoma State, she was named to the All-Big 12 First Team, the seventh player in Big 12 Conference history to achieve that distinction.
Franch holds the OSU career record for shutouts with 38 and led the Big 12 in the same category in three of her four seasons. She finished her career with 325 saves ranking second the program's history. Franch's 38 shutouts rank sixth all time in NCAA history, and her 8,064:02 minutes in goal rank ninth on the NCAA list. As a junior, she ranked second in the NCAA in goals against average (0.348) and third in save percentage (0.92). She also set OSU's single-season record with 12 shutouts.
In 2010, Franch became the first Oklahoma State soccer player to play for a United States national team when she was called up to the United States U-20 team.
Franch missed the 2014 National Women's Soccer League season due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
After starting the first 3 games of the 2018 season, Franch missed the next 9 games after undergoing surgery to repair a slight meniscus tear in her knee. She returned to the field on June 22 against the Houston Dash. Franch was named Player of the Week, for week 14 after recording 11 saves during the Thorns two games that week. Franch was named to the 2018 NWSL Best XI and was awarded NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year for the second straight year, becoming the first player to win the award twice.
In May 2012, Franch was called up to train with the United States women's national soccer team in preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics by coach, Pia Sundhage. In March 2013, she was named to the senior team roster by US WNT coach, Tom Sermanni for upcoming exhibition matches against Germany and the Netherlands.
Franch was called into the United States women's national soccer team January 2016 training camp by coach Jill Ellis. and again for the June 2016 friendlies against Japan. She was called to training camp in November 2016 but unable to attend the camp.
In January 2018 Franch received a call-up to USWNT annual January training camp. She was also named to the roster for the 2018 Tournament of Nations, the United States won the tournament but Franch did not see any playing time as USWNT number one keeper Alyssa Naeher played all three games. Franch was called into camp for a set of friendlies against Chile in August 2018, but once again she did not see any playing time. Franch was named to the preliminary 35 person roster for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship but wasn't named to the final 20 person roster, but it was announced that she would still join the team to assist in preparation.
Franch was called up to the senior national team for friendlies in Portugal and Scotland in November 2018. In January 2019, she participated in the USWNT's annual January training camp, held in the Algarve region of Portugal. Franch remained with the national team for subsequent matches against France and Spain, but was not awarded any playing time.
In February 2019, U.S. Soccer announced that Franch would be on the WNT roster for the SheBelieves Cup. Franch played the entirety of the USWNT's second match of the tournament, a 2–2 draw against England. This marked her first-ever start and cap with the senior national team.
Franch married her wife Emily Boscacci on December 21, 2019.
For the second match of the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, Franch replaced her own name on her game jersey with that of former national team goalkeeper Briana Scurry, whom she had met as a child.
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