{"id":327222,"date":"2026-08-22T05:24:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T05:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327222\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T05:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T05:24:26","slug":"brooklyn-fc-add-globally-experienced-midfielder-sara-dappolonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327222\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn FC Add Globally Experienced Midfielder Sara D\u2019Appolonia\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BROOKLYN-FC-SARA-DAPPOLONIA-NEW-SIGNING-WEB.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10988\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BROOKLYN, N.Y. \u2014 Brooklyn Football Club announced today the signing of midfielder Sara D\u2019Appolonia, pending league and federation approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Accomplished College Career:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>University of Delaware: D\u2019Appolonia played a key role in the Fightin\u2019 Blue Hens\u2019 attack throughout her college career. She scored 17 goals in 77 games in her time at Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Accolades: Earned multiple accolades during her time at Delaware including First Team All-CAA in 2019, CAA All-Tournament Team in 2019, and Third Team All-CAA in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experience Abroad: D\u2019Appolonia spent time in Australia with Peninsula Power FC and Melbourne Victory in the A-League Women after college.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She also played for SC Sand in Germany during the last campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A technical midfielder: D\u2019Appolonia adds depth and attacking quality to the Brooklyn midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Alex Smith: \u201cSara is a very versatile attacking player with the ability to make an impact in the final third. She has an ability to play multiple positions and has the attitude and character I am looking for. We are excited to add her to our team and what we are building as a club at Brooklyn FC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Brooklyn FC Women celebrate their home opener of the 2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gainbridgesuperleague.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Gainbridge Super League Fall Season<\/a> on Friday, August 21, against DC Power FC. Kick off is at 7:30 PM. Tickets are available now on<a href=\"https:\/\/seatgeek.com\/brooklyn-fc-womens-soccer-tickets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> SeatGeek<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BROOKLYN, N.Y. \u2014 Brooklyn Football Club announced today the signing of midfielder Sara D\u2019Appolonia, pending league and federation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-327222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}