Cris Lewis

Cris Marie Lewis (born May 10, 1988) is an American former soccer goalkeeper who played for Portland State University and for the Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League.

Career

Youth career Lewis "was a member of Kennedy High School's 2002 Washington state championship team."

College career Lewis played at Portland State University for four years, being selected as an All-Big Sky Conference selection in all four years an as conference defensive MVP in 2009 as a senior. On May 30, 2013, Portland Thorns FC, playing in the first season of the National Women's Soccer League, called up Lewis as an amateur player. On June 16, Lewis was an unused substitute for a game Portland played against the Seattle Reign. She did not make the gameday roster. As a result, her 2013 appearance against the Chicago Red Stars is her only appearance to date as a professional.

Coaching career After graduating from college in 2010, Lewis was goalkeeper coach for Pacific University in 2011, before becoming goalkeeper coach for Clark College in 2012 and 2013. In her second and final year at Clark, the Penguins went 10–4–2.

Lewis received her "C" coaching license from US Soccer in May 2014. Lewis was a volunteer assistant coach at Portland State University in 2014, and was a full-time assistant in 2015 and 2016. Lewis was hired as an Assistant Coach for the University of Oregon's women's soccer team in 2018.

Personal life Lewis graduated in 2010 from PSU with a degree in physical education and exercise, minoring in Spanish, and was also a three-time Big Sky all-academic honoree.