Chardonnay Curran


Chardonnay Curran is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Rio Ave. She played college soccer for the Oregon Ducks, where she set the program record for appearances.

College career

Curran attended the University of Oregon, where she made 92 appearances and scored seven goals. She holds the school records for matches played, consecutive matches played, and starts. Three of her goals were game-winners. Curran took advantage of the NCAA's COVID eligibility extension to play a fifth year of collegiate soccer.

Club career

Kansas City Current

Curran was selected 17th overall in the 2022 NWSL Draft by the Kansas City Current. She made 30 total appearances for the Current across two seasons, scoring her first professional goal, a game-winning tally in an , before being waived at the end of 2023.

Chicago Stars

In 2024, the Chicago Red Stars acquired Curran's playing rights through the waiver wire process. She made 17 league appearances before departing from the club on July 29, 2025, via a mutual contract termination.

Rio Ave FC

On August 20, 2025, she signed with Rio Ave in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino, the top women's professional league in Portugal.

International career

Curran has been called in to camps with United States youth teams. In 2018, she was summoned to an under-20 camp in the lead-up to the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.