Kelly McFarlane
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kelly Heavner McFarlane[1] | ||
Date of birth | October 2, 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Mill Valley, California,[2] United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2013 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 92 | (5) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Houston Dash | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kelly Heavner McFarlane (born October 2, 1992) is an American former soccer player who last played as a defensive midfielder for Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League.
Career
[edit]Club
[edit]McFarlane played college soccer for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she appeared in 92 games, scoring five goals and tallying 14 assists.[3] She played all the matches during the Tar Heels national championship season in 2012.[1][3][4] McFarlane was included twice in the All-ACC Academic Team.[2]
During the 2014 National Women's Soccer League pre-season, McFarlane spent time with Houston Dash as a trialist. On May 14, 2014, she signed with the club.[3] McFarlane spent the entire 2014 season with the club, playing 13 matches for them. Following the season completion, she was waived.[5]
Personal life
[edit]After her professional soccer career, McFarlane pursued an academic and medical career being awarded a Knight-Hennessy Scholarship in 2019.[6][2]
Her sister Darcy McFarlane also played professional soccer.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kelly McFarlane". Go Heels. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Kelly McFarlane". knight-hennessy.stanford.edu. February 27, 2019. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Houston Dash sign midfielder Kelly McFarlane". Houston Dash. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ Drescher, John. "The whole world is the locker room". The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ "Houston Dash receive Canadian defender Allysha Chapman as allocated player". Houston Dash. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ "UNC-Chapel Hill alumna Kelly McFarlane named Knight-Hennessy Scholar". UNC News. March 5, 2019. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Kelly McFarlane at Soccerway
- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Mill Valley, California
- Sportspeople from Marin County, California
- Houston Dash players
- Women's association football midfielders
- North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- American women's soccer players
- Soccer players from California
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- American women's soccer biography stubs