Claudia Dickey

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Claudia Dickey
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Dickey with the Seattle Reign in 2024
Personal information
Full name Claudia Jane Dickey [1]
Date of birth (2000-01-06) January 6, 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Charlotte, North Carolina, United States [1]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Seattle Reign
Number 1
Youth career
Charlotte SA
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 North Carolina Tar Heels 81 (2)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Seattle Reign 14 (0)
International career
2017–2020 United States U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 7, 2024

Claudia Jane Dickey (born January 6, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Seattle Reign of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels and was drafted by the Reign in the 2022 NWSL Draft.

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Early life and college career

Dickey was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, and attended Charlotte Latin School. She played soccer and basketball in high school, including one season when she played as a midfielder. In her senior season, she was named the NCSCA Player of the Year for 2017. [2]

North Carolina Tar Heels

Dickey shared playing time with Samantha Leshnak in her freshman season with the North Carolina Tar Heels, making 17 appearances (6 starts). She came off the bench and converted a penalty kick in a shootout win against UCLA in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. She was unused in the semifinals and final as North Carolina finished runners-up to Florida State in the 2018 championship game. [2] In her sophomore season, she made 26 appearances (11 starts) and became the starter by the end of the year. She allowed only one goal in three starts in the ACC tournament, which North Carolina won. She made a season-high 6 saves against Stanford in the 2019 national title game, but North Carolina lost on penalties after a 0–0 draw. [2]

Dickey played every minute of her junior season, which was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She led the nation with 15 clean sheets in 20 games and was named first-team All-ACC. In the ACC tournament, she opened scoring with a penalty in a 2–0 win against Virginia in the semifinals before losing to Florida State in the conference final. In the NCAA tournament, she allowed no goals until a 3–1 loss to Santa Clara in the semifinals. [2] In her senior season, she kept 7 clean sheets in 18 games. She scored the second goal of her career, also a penalty, in a 3–0 win against Clemson in the 2021 regular season. [2]

Club career

Seattle Reign

Dickey was drafted 20th overall by OL Reign in the 2022 NWSL Draft and was signed to a one-year contract with a one-year option [3] She spent the entire 2022 season as Phallon Tullis-Joyce's backup as the Reign won the NWSL Shield. [4]

Dickey made her NWSL debut on April 20, 2023, starting in a 2–0 win against Angel City FC in the NWSL Challenge Cup group stage. [5] She kept clean sheets in all three group stage games, leading head coach Laura Harvey to give her the start against Angel City on August 27, where the Reign lost 2–1. [6] Tullis-Joyce soon left the Reign for Manchester United, and Dickey finished the 2023 regular season with 3 clean sheets in 6 games. In the playoffs, she kept shutouts in 1–0 wins against Angel City and the San Diego Wave before falling 2–1 to NJ/NY Gotham FC in the championship game. After the season, the Reign extended her contract through 2025. [7]

Dickey sustained a knee injury during a 3–2 loss to Bay FC on April 14, 2024, and had to be substituted for Laurel Ivory. [8] After missing two months of action, she returned in a 0–0 draw against the Portland Thorns on June 16. [9] She finished the 2024 regular season with only 3 clean sheets in 18 games as the Reign placed 13th of 14 teams. [10]

International career

Dickey is a former United States youth international. [11] [12]

Dickey received her first call-up to the senior national team in January 2025. [13]

Honors

OL Reign

Personal life

Dickey played soccer and basketball growing up and was briefly a two-sport athlete with the North Carolina basketball team before focusing on soccer. [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Claudia Dickey – Women's Soccer". University of North Carolina Athletics.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Claudia Dickey". North Carolina Tar Heels . Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  3. ↑ Voght, Steve (January 24, 2022). "OL Reign sign goalkeeper Claudia Dickey". Sounder At Heart.
  4. ↑ Claudia Dickey at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. ↑ "Match Recap: OL Reign Maintains Perfect Record Against Angel City with 2–0 Win". OL Reign.
  6. ↑ Cristobal, Jacob (September 14, 2023). "OL Reign transfer Phallon Tullis-Joyce to Manchester United for record fee". Sounder at Heart. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  7. ↑ Voght, Steve (November 17, 2023). "OL Reign extend Claudia Dickey through 2025 NWSL season". Sounder at Heart. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  8. ↑ Eden, June Ash (April 20, 2024). "Valkyratings: Adrift at the Bay Edition". Sounder at Heart. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  9. ↑ Evans, Jayda (June 14, 2024). "Reign battle Portland Thorns to scoreless draw, snap four-match losing streak". The Seattle Times . Retrieved January 7, 2025.
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  11. ↑ "USA U20 WNT advances to Concacaf semis | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com.
  12. ↑ Voght, Steve (January 13, 2022). "Three OL Reign prospects called into USWNT U-23 camp". Sounder At Heart.
  13. ↑ "Emma Hayes Names 26-Player Roster for U.S. Women's National Team January Training Camp in Los Angeles". United States Soccer Federation. January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
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  15. ↑ "OL Reign Claim 2022 Women's Cup Title with 2–1 Win over Louisville". King 5. August 20, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
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