Keelin Winters

Keelin Winters Pattillo (born Keelin Mary Winters; December 9, 1988) is an American retired soccer defensive midfielder who last played for the Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), a team she captained to two consecutive NWSL Shield wins.

As a freshman, she helped Carondelet reach the 2003 North Coast Section finals.

She played for a regional team in the Olympic Development Program (ODP) in 2005 as well as the Colorado State Team from 2004 to 2006.

Winters earned first team all-state honors from 2006 to 2007 and all-state honorable mention honors in 2005.

Winters attended the University of Portland where she played for the Pilots from 2007 to 2010.

In 2007, she played a total of 1,457 minutes.

She was named Soccer Buzz First Team Freshman All-America, West Coast Conference (WCC) Freshman of the Year, Soccer Buzz All-West Region Second Team, All-WCC Second Team and Nike Portland Invitational Defensive MVP.

She was twice named to the National Team of the Week.

In 2008, Winters captained the U-20 team to win gold at the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile and scored the game-winning goal in the quarterfinal match against England.

Winters was born in Cleveland, Ohio to parents Brian and Julie Winters.

She has five siblings: Cara, Brendan, Kevin, Meghan and Ryan.

Her father played nine years in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks and later went on to coach in both the NBA and WNBA.

Winters played one year of high school soccer at Carondelet High School in Concord, California before moving to Colorado and joining Regis Jesuit High School where she was named the team's most valuable player (MVP) all four years.

In 2008, Winters missed five games, including all playoff matches, while training and playing at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

She was named All-WCC honorable mention.

In 2009, Winters started all 23 games for the Pilots, scored two goals and recorded two assists while co-captaining the team.

She was named to the NSCAA Scholar All-West Region Second Team, West Coast Conference (WCC) All-Academic First Team, and All-WCC Second Team.

She played collegiate soccer for the University of Portland and was named West Coast Conference (WCC) Player of the Year in 2010.

Winters represented the United States on the U-20 and U-23 national teams.

She was a member of the senior national team's player pool and was allocated by U.S. Soccer during the NWSL Player Allocation, but did not play during an official international match.

In 2010, she was named WCC Player of the Year.

Winters was selected in the first round of the 2011 WPS Draft by the Boston Breakers.

She scored her first goal in the 22nd minute of her professional debut during the Breakers' 4–1 win over the Atlanta Beat on April 9, 2011.

During the 2011 WPS regular season, she recorded three goals and two assists while starting in 18 of the 19 games in which she played.

Winters helped the Breakers to the playoffs where she scored the team's lone goal during the 3–1 loss to magicJack.

Her season performance earned her a nomination for the WPS Rookie of the Year Award.

She previously played for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in the Frauen-Bundesliga, Boston Breakers in Women's Professional Soccer, the Seattle Sounders of the American USL W-League, and Western Sydney Wanderers in the Australian W-League With Turbine Potsdam, she competed in three games of the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League helping lift the team to the Round of 16.

The WPS suspended operations in early 2012.

On March 8, 2012, Winters signed a contract with Seattle Sounders Women, under head coach Michelle French, to play with national team members Alex Morgan, Hope Solo, Sydney Leroux, and Stephanie Cox.

Of her signing, she said, "Once WPS was suspended, I was obviously really disappointed. I thought about going overseas, but transfer windows were closed and things became really complicated and frustrating...Alex Morgan asked if I was interested in playing with her on the Sounders. [Alex] knew I have been living in Seattle. Right after that, I went back and sent [Michelle] an email to find out more information about the Sounders Women. So that's how it all started for me."

Winters played in eight matches for the Sounders Women, scored one goal and recorded one assist.

The team finished second in the Western Conference with a record.

With the national teammates' presence on the team, the Sounders sold out nine of their ten home matches at the 4,500 capacity Starfire Stadium.

Average attendance during the 2012 season for the Sounders Women was four times higher than the next closest team.

On May 10, 2012, it was announced that Winters would join German Bundesliga side 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam effective July 1, 2012.

During the team's season opener against VfL Sindelfingen, she scored the first goal helping her team win 9–1.

Her second goal on the season came during the 45th minute of Potsdam's 5–1 victory over SGS Essen on November 4, 2012.

She made nine appearances for the team during the 2012–2013 season, including eight starts.

During the domestic cup, Frauen DFB Pokal, Winters scored three goals: two during Potsdam's 5–3 win over SGS Essen on October 7, 2012 and the game-winning goal against SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.

During the 2012-13 UEFA Women's Champions League, she scored a goal in the team's 3–4 loss to Arsenal L.F.C. Winters made three Champions League appearances helping lift the club to the Round of 16.