Anna Moorhouse
Moorhouse with Arsenal in 2017
Personal information
Full name Anna Victoria Moorhouse[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-30) 30 March 1995
Place of birth Oldham, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Orlando Pride
Number 21
Youth career
Oldham Athletic
2011 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Everton 0 (0)
2014–2015 Durham 9 (0)
2016–2017 Doncaster Rovers Belles 4 (0)
2017–2018 Arsenal 5 (0)
2018–2020 West Ham United 14 (0)
2020–2022 Bordeaux 24 (0)
2022– Orlando Pride 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2023

Anna Victoria Moorhouse (born 30 March 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

She previously played in England for Everton, Durham, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Arsenal and West Ham United, as well as French Division 1 Féminine team Bordeaux.[2]

Club career

At the age of 11, Moorhouse joined the Chadderton Grasshoppers boys' team where she spent three years before no longer being allowed to play on a boys' team. She switched to Chaddy End girls before spells with Rocs FC and Oldham Athletic. In 2011, Moorhouse was scouted by Manchester United at the age of 16 and spent a year with the team's Regional Talent Club. However, United did not yet have a senior women's team and Moorhouse moved to Everton to begin her senior career a year later.[3] She did not make an appearance for Everton in two seasons behind Rachel Brown and Danielle Hill, with Lizzie Durack and Megan Walsh joining in her second season.

In 2014, Moorhouse joined newly formed WSL 2 club Durham. She spent two seasons with the club, making a total of 15 appearances.[4]

In 2016, Moorhouse made the jump up to the WSL 1 with Doncaster Rovers Belles to compete for playing time with Nicola Hobbs.[5] She made four appearances including on the last day of the 2016 season when already-relegated Doncaster, having lost all 15 of the previous league games, beat Reading 1–0.[6]

Ahead of the 2017 FA WSL Spring Series, Moorhouse moved to Arsenal. She made her debut on 20 May 2017, in the final game of the Spring Series, a 4–2 victory over Birmingham City as Arsenal finished third.[7] During the full 2017–18 season, she made four league appearances behind Sari van Veenendaal but was used as a cup keeper in the early stages as both the FA Cup and League Cup. Arsenal reached the final of both competitions with Moorhouse an unused substitute behind van Veenendaal on both occasions as Arsenal won the League Cup but lost the FA Cup.[8][9]

In July 2018, Moorhouse left Arsenal in search of more first-team opportunities with newly promoted FA WSL team West Ham United.[10] She split playing time with Rebecca Spencer, each making 10 league starts each although Moorhouse was named the starter in all five FA Cup games as the team reached the final for the first time before losing 3–0 to Manchester City in front of 43,264 at Wembley Stadium.[11] Although Spencer left in the 2019–20 offseason, Moorhouse fell into a backup role behind summer recruit Courtney Brosnan, playing four league games and a further four League Cup games before leaving at the end of the campaign upon the expiration of her contract.[12]

In June 2020, Moorhouse signed as a free agent with French Division 1 Féminine team Bordeaux who had lost starter Erin Nayler that summer. The move reunited her with former Arsenal coach Pedro Martínez Losa.[13][14] She was the club's first choice keeper, playing in 20 of 22 league games. She conceded 15 goals and kept 10 clean sheets as Bordeaux finished third behind powerhouses Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain, qualifying the team for the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time in their history.[2] In their Champions League debut, Bordeaux beat Czech team Slovácko and Swedish team Kristianstads DFF 2–1 and 3–1 respectively in the first qualifying round before being knocked out by Wolfsburg on penalties. Moorhouse was substituted off at halftime during the second leg and did not play in the shootout.[15] She became backup behind summer recruit Mylène Chavas during the season before leaving in January 2022,[16] citing frustrations with changes in Bordeaux's style of play following the appointment of Patrice Lair.[14][17]

In January 2022, Moorhouse signed with NWSL team Orlando Pride ahead of the 2022 season. Orlando used allocation money to sign Moorhouse from Bordeaux having lost starter Ashlyn Harris in the offseason.[18] She was second choice behind Erin McLeod but made her debut on 30 March 2022, in a 1–0 defeat to Gotham FC in the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup.[19] In McLeod's absence, Moorhouse started a further two games, 4–1 and 4–2 defeats to Washington Spirit and North Carolina Courage before being benched in favour of Kaylie Collins to make her professional debut in the final game of the group stage with Orlando already eliminated. Moorhouse also featured in two NWSL regular season matches during the 2022 campaign. In total she made five appearances in her debut season, all defeats, as she did not keep a clean sheet and conceded 13 goals.[20] When McLeod left after the 2022 season,[21] Moorhouse became the team's starter for the 2023 season. She made a club-record 12 saves in the Pride's season opener on 26 March 2023 against Portland Thorns FC, as Orlando lost 4–0 loss.[22] After two defeats to open the season, new permanent head coach Seb Hines started Collins in the third game before handing a club debut to offseason signing Carly Nelson in the Challenge Cup. After three games out, Moorhouse returned to the starting lineup in the team's first victory of the season, beating San Diego Wave FC 3–1. It marked her first win as an Orlando Pride player. In her ninth appearance, Moorhouse kept her first clean sheet for Orlando in a 1–0 win over Racing Louisville FC.[23]

Personal life

Moorhouse attended Liverpool Hope University between 2013 and 2016, earning a bachelor's in sports and exercise science.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 October 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Everton 2012 WSL 1 000000—00
2013 000000—00
Total 0000000000
Durham 2014 WSL 2 501000—60
2015 400050—90
Total 90105000150
Doncaster Rovers Belles 2016 WSL 1 400000—40
Arsenal 2017 WSL 1 10———10
2017–18 403040—110
Total 50304000120
West Ham United 2018–19 FA WSL 1005010—160
2019–20 400040—80
Total 140505000240
Bordeaux 2020–21 D1 Féminine 20000——200
2021–22 4010—4090
Total 240100040290
Orlando Pride 2022 NWSL 20—30—50
2023 190—40—230
Total 210007000280
Career total 770100210401120

Honours

Arsenal

West Ham United

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2018 and 31/07/2018" (PDF). The FA. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Anna Moorhouse - Soccerway profile". Soccerway.
  3. ↑ "The Oldham goalkeeper hoping for Champions League chance after swapping West Ham for Bordeaux". The Oldham Times. 29 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Player Statistics". Durham Women FC.
  5. ↑ "Anna Moorhouse makes Doncaster switch". VAVEL. 23 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Reading Women 0-1 Doncaster Rovers Belles". BBC Sport.
  7. ↑ "Ladies: Arsenal 4-2 Birmingham - Report". www.arsenal.com. 20 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Arsenal Women 1-0 Manchester City Women". BBC Sport.
  9. ↑ "Arsenal Women 1-3 Chelsea Ladies". BBC Sport.
  10. ↑ "West Ham Ladies catch goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse". www.whufc.com.
  11. ↑ "Man City beat West Ham to win FA Cup". BBC Sport.
  12. ↑ "Moorhouse, Middag and De Graaf to depart West Ham United". www.whufc.com.
  13. ↑ "Anna Moorhouse s'engage à Bordeaux". Girondins.com (in French). 23 June 2020. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  14. 1 2 Laverty, Richard (18 March 2022). "Opportunity Knocks for Anna Moorhouse". Our Game Magazine. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "Bordeaux-Wolfsburg | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com.
  16. ↑ "Anna Moorhouse quitte les Marine et Blanc". Girondins.com.
  17. ↑ "Patrice Lair is the new coach of Bordeaux". Footbalada. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  18. ↑ "Orlando Pride Signs English Goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  19. ↑ "Orlando Pride Falls To NJ/NY Gotham FC". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  20. ↑ Citro, Michael (14 October 2022). "2022 Orlando Pride Season in Review: Anna Moorhouse". The Mane Land.
  21. ↑ "Veteran Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod leaves Orlando Pride for Iceland". SportsNet. The Canadian Press. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  22. ↑ "Pride shut out by Thorns in teams' NWSL season-opener". Spectrum News. Associated Press. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  23. ↑ "Match report: Pride earn first clean sheet of the season, second straight win with 1-0 victory over Racing Louisville". www.orlandocitysc.com.
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