3/ LAUREN BARNES
PRONOUNS: She/Her
POSITION: Defender
HEIGHT: 5-5
INTERNATIONAL: USA
HOMETOWN: Upland, CA
DOB: May 31, 1989 (33 years old)
COLLEGE: UCLA
PREVIOUS CLUB: -
NWSL EXP.: 11 (11th Reign)
ACQUIRED: Selected as the 10th overall pick in the NWSL Supplemental Draft on February 7, 2013.
TRANSACTIONS: On January 10, 2023, re-signed with OL Reign to a two-year contract extension through the 2025 season.
PROFESSIONAL (NWSL): Entering her 11th season with OL Reign, Lauren Barnes holds the league record in games played (189), games started (185) and minutes played (16,369) all-time…Was named 2016 NWSL Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first player to win the award for the Reign…An NWSL Best XI selection in consecutive seasons (2015-16) and earned Second XI honors in 2014 and 2019…One of 10 players to make at least one appearance in every NWSL season and is one of just five players to have been with the same club every year since 2013, joining teammates Jess Fishlock and Megan Rapinoe.
2022 • RGN • 19/19 (1/1)
Captained the team and started in all 19 games played, recording 37 clearances, 33 interceptions, 21 corners and five blocks...Ranked second on the team in starts, corners and interceptions…Helped the Reign end the season tied for the most clean sheets (nine) while allowing the fewest goals in the league (19).
2021 • RGN • 21/20 (1/1)
Started in 20 of 21 games played for a total of 1,790 minutes…Tallied 62 clearances and 37 interceptions, helping the team earn six clean sheets.
2019 • RGN • 23/23 (1/1)
Earned NWSL Second XI honors for the second time after starting in all 23 games played – the most appearances on the team…Finished the season with a season-high 2,070 minutes played, which was the fourth-most minutes played in the league among all defenders…Registered 74 clearances and 33 interceptions, while helping the team earn seven clean sheets.
2018 • RGN • 19/18 (1/1)
Played in 19 games for 1,679 minutes, making 18 starts… Recorded 95 clearances, which ranked eighth in the league among all defenders, adding 45 interceptions…Helped the team set a club record in total clean sheets in a season with 12.
2017 • RGN • 22/21
Made 22 appearances with 21 starts, recording 72 clearances and 45 interceptions – ranking second on the team in both categories…Helped the team earn three clean sheets.
2016 • RGN • 20/20
Selected as the 2016 NWSL Defensive Player of the Year – the first player in Reign history to win the award – after starting in all 20 games played for 1,776 total minutes, which was the second most on the team…Earned NWSL Best XI honors for the second consecutive season…Helped the team set two league records: most consecutive shutouts (five) and most minutes without conceding a goal (531)…Finished the season with the most shutouts in the league (eight) and the fewest minutes trailing matches (317)…Recorded one goal, two assists, 59 clearances, 43 corner kicks and 36 interceptions…Finished the season tied for the sixth-most clearances in the league among all defenders.
2015 • RGN • 20/20 (2/2)
Started in all 20 games played for the Reign, helping the team win its second consecutive NWSL Shield and an appearance in the NWSL Championship... Earned NWSL Best XI honors for the first time...Tallied her first-ever goal and assist, finishing the season with one goal and two assists.
2014 • RGN • 23/22 (2/2)
Started in 22 of 23 games played, recording three shots…Helped the club finish first in the regular season to win the NWSL Shield...Led the team to its first-ever appearance in the NWSL Championship... Earned NWSL Second XI honors.
2013 • RGN • 22/22
Started in the club’s first-ever match on April 14 and continued to start in every game of the season, playing 90 minutes in all but three games...Finished with one assist and four shots.
INTERNATIONAL (USA): Called up to the 2016 SheBelieves Cup with the USWNT...Attended U.S. Soccer U23 Invitation Cup in 2015, member of U23s that won Four Nations Tournament in England in 2010…Played six times for U23s, recording two assists in 2009...Played for the U.S. silver medalists at Pan American Games in Brazil and traveled with the U20s to Mexico in 2007.
COLLEGE UCLA (2007-2010): Started in 95 of 97 matches played for the Bruins…Recorded eight goals and 25 assists…led the team in assists in back-to-back seasons as a junior (2009) and senior (2010)…Was a First-Team All-Pac-10 selection in 2010 and a Second-Team All-Pac-10 selection in 2009.
YOUTH: Attended Upland High School in Upland, California where she was a four-time first-team All-CIF selection...Was rated as the No. 2 overall recruit in the nation by RISE Magazine and Soccer Buzz...Named Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of California...In 2005 and 2006, was named Parade All-American, NSCAA/Adidas Girls Youth All-American and 2006 CIF-Southern Section Co-Player of the Year...Played for local club soccer team, Arsenal FC.