Yael Averbuch West Is Paying It Forward

Posted Dec 24, 2019
By all standards, Yael Averbuch West enjoyed a successful professional soccer career. In 2009, she was drafted fourth overall by Sky Blue FC, of Women's Professional Soccer, the professional league that existed between 2009 and 2011. When WPS folded, Averbuch West competed professionally in Russia and then Sweden, where she played until 2013. (Forbes)

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