a quick start for the 2009–10 season scoring a hat trick in the opening league match against AS Montigny-le-Bretonneux, which ended in a 6–0 victory. Cruz signed with Chinese Women's Super League team Jiangsu Suning in January 2018. In March 2020, Cruz signed with OL Reign for the 2020 NWSL season, which due to the pandemic, was reformatted and condensed to shorter post tournament style competitions, the Challenge Cup and Fall Series. In December 2020, Cruz resigned with Reign for the 2021 NWSL season. In December 2021, OL Reign waived the rights to Cruz and she left the club. International career Cruz has earned caps with the Costa Rican under-19 and under-20 women's teams. Her first appearance with the senior team occurred at the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, which served as a qualifying tournament for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. Following a match in 2004 against Canada, in which she suffered a sprained right knee, Cruz did not feature with the national team for the next two years, due to commitments with her football club. In 2006, she made herself available for selection making her return to the team during qualification for the 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. Costa Rica qualified for its first ever FIFA Women's World Cup tournament and Cruz captained the team at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, playing all three of Costa Rica's matches. Honors San José FF First Women's Division of Costa Rica: 2000 UCEM Alajuela First Women's Division of Costa Rica: 2003, 2004 Lyon Division 1 Féminine (6): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine (2): 2007–08, 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League (2): 2010–11, 2011–12 Jiangsu Suning Chinese FA Cup: 2018 Regional cup: 2018 Alajuelense FF First Women's Division of Costa Rica: 2019, Apertura 2022, Clausura 2022 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship: 2022 Costa Rica Central American Games: 2013 Pan American Games Bronze medal: 2019 CONCACAF Women's Championship runner-up: 2014 Individual IFFHS CONCACAF Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020 CONCACAF Best XI: 2015, 2016 CONCACAF Female Player of the Year second place: 2014 CONCACAF Female Player of the Year third place: 2013, 2015 References External links Profile at Fedefutbol Profile at Paris Saint-Germain Profile at Olympique Lyonnais 1985 births Living people Women's association football midfielders Costa Rican women's footballers Footballers from San José, Costa Rica Costa Rica women's international footballers 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Pan