Lynn Biyendolo

Western New York Flash, 2015–2016

Biyendolo was selected sixth overall by the Western New York Flash during the 2015 NWSL College Draft. She made her debut for the club during the team's season opener against the Seattle Reign FC on April 12, 2015. In her 17 appearances during the season, Biyendolo scored four goals. The Flash finished in seventh place with a 6–9–5 record. Biyendolo was one of the breakout stars of the 2016 NWSL season. She scored 11 goals which was tied with Houston Dash forward Kealia Ohai for most in the league. Biyendolo was awarded the Golden Boot as she had more assists then Ohai. Biyendolo was named the 2016 NWSL Most Valuable Player and was in the 2016 NWSL Best XI. In the playoffs Biyendolo scored two goals in extra time as the Flash upset the Portland Thorns in the semifinal and advanced to the Championship Game. In the 2016 NWSL Championship Biyendolo scored a game-tying header in the last minute of extra time to force the game to penalties. Biyendolo converted her penalty as the Flash went on to defeat the Washington Spirit.

North Carolina Courage, 2017–2021

It was announced on January 9, 2017, that the Western New York Flash was officially sold to new ownership, moved to North Carolina, and rebranded as the North Carolina Courage. Biyendolo scored 9 goals for North Carolina in 2017 and was named to the Team of the Month for April. North Carolina won the Shield in 2017 but lost to the Portland Thorns in the NWSL Championship…

After a breakout 2016 NWSL season Biyendolo received her first call-up to the United States women's national team in October 2016 for a pair of friendlies against Switzerland. She earned her first cap on October 19. Biyendolo entered as a substitute at the beginning of the second half and scored the fastest debut goal in team history as she scored 49 seconds after entering the game. Her record was broken four days later when Kealia Ohai scored 48 seconds after entering the game. In 2017 Biyendolo was named to the roster for the 2017 SheBelieves Cup, where she scored the game-winning goal in a 1–0 win for the U.S. over Germany. Her goal was the only one the U.S. scored in the tournament as they finished in last place. Biyendolo was called up for the 2017 Tournament of Nations. In 2018 Biyendolo was named to the roster for the 2018 SheBelieves Cup, where the U.S. WNT won the tournament for the second time. Biyendolo played in the team's first four games of the year including all three SheBelieves Cup games, but soon fell off the national team radar. She received a call-up for a pair of friendlies against Mexico in April 2018, but didn't play in either game. Biyendolo was on the 35-player provisional roster for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship but wasn't named to the final 20-player roster.

In late 2019, after incoming head coach Vlatko Andonovski took over for a retiring Jill Ellis, Biyendolo was again called up to the national team. She played in both of the team's…

Born in Fresno, California to Christine and David Williams, Biyendolo attended Bullard High School where she played on the varsity team and earned all-league and all-area honors all four years. She set the school record in scoring with 117 career goals (for boys or girls) and finished her high school career with 47 assists. As a senior in 2011, she was named to the ESPN RISE All-American third team and scored 50 goals. The same year, she helped the team to win county and section titles and was the runner-up at the regional final. She was also named Player of the Year by the Fresno Bee.

Pepperdine Waves, 2011–2014

Biyendolo attended Pepperdine University from 2011 to 2014 where she played for the Waves. During her freshman season, she started in all 20 games and finished third on the team with six goals and led the Waves with eight assists. Her 20 points ranked second on the team. She was named West Coast Conference (WCC) Freshman of the Year and earned Soccer America Freshman All-American first team, NSCAA All-West Region second team, All-WCC second team and WCC All-Freshman team honors. Biyendolo set a new school record of five consecutive games with a point and tied for second with two multi-assist games. As a sophomore in 2012, Biyendolo led the Waves ranked third on the team and sixth in the league in goals (8) and points (19). She led the WCC in shots (97) and shots per game (4.6) for the second consecutive season. She scored her first collegiate hat trick on…

Marriage and family

Biyendolo met her husband, Marley Biyendolo, at Pepperdine. They married on December 8, 2024. Lynn started using her married name in 2025. At NWSL Media Day in January 2025, Biyendolo said about using her married name: "In the Congo, in African culture, sometimes you are gifted a name, you're gifted the last name. Clotaire, my father-in-law, his sister's last name is different than his last name, so moving forward he decided, 'I'm going to continue on and have my family have my same last name,' so Marley, my husband, and his brother have, obviously, Williams as their last name. "I think it's very cool and special. Besides only one other family in the Congo, any Biyendolo out there will be related to me and my husband and my in-laws, so that's very cool, and I do think that as cool as the Williams name is, the history of it – obviously, some slave owners at some point had that, so I think it's a very cool tradition to be able to take such a special name that was gifted to my father-in-law and have it on the back of my jersey but also have it be a part of me and part of my family, and that's the family I chose to be in." On October 25, 2025, the couple announced on Instagram that they were expecting their first child.

Podcast

Biyendolo and Sam Mewis hosted a podcast about women's soccer, Snacks, produced by Just Women's Sports, from April 2021 to November 2023.

Television and film

Biyendolo appeared in a Netflix documentary…