The National Women’s Soccer League announced Tuesday that North Carolina Courage forward Crystal Dunn–a four-time All-American at UNC from 2009-2012–has been named its Player of the Week.

Dunn scored a brilliant goal to put the Courage ahead 1-0 in their 2-1 win over Sky Blue FC this past week, earning the NWSL Player of the Week award for the seventh time in her career.

It was her fourth goal of the season to date, which moved her into a tie for second among all players in the league.

On top of that, Dunn has been a big reason behind North Carolina’s 7-0-2 start, the best any NWSL team has began a season since the Seattle Reign had the same record through nine games back in 2014.

 

 

Photo via Associated Press

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