Hillary Beall

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Hillary Beall
Personal information
Full name Hillary Elizabeth Beall
Date of birth (1999-01-27) January 27, 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Laguna Beach, California
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 San Diego Wave
Number 22
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Michigan Wolverines 76 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Racing Louisville FC 0 (0)
2022–2024 → Western United (loan) 30 (0)
2024– San Diego Wave 0 (0)
International career
2016 United States U17
2018 United States U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hillary Elizabeth Beall (born January 27, 1999) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the San Diego Wave FC. She joined the club in January 2024 in a trade from Racing Louisville FC. [1]

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Beall began her professional career at Racing [2] and spent two seasons on loan from the club playing for Western United FC (A-League Women). She was named Player of the Year in her first professional season with Western United, which was also the club’s inaugural season. [3]  Beall attended the University of Michigan in the United States, where she was regarded as one of the soccer team's most important players. [3]

Club career

San Diego Wave FC

Beall joined the San Diego Wave as a goalkeeper in the 2024 pre-season. [4]

Western United FC

Beall spent two professional seasons on loan from Louisville Racing to Western United, an A-League Women’s expansion club based in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. [5]   She was described as a "revelation for Western United... keeping seven clean sheets to help United to second place on the table and an appearance in the grand final." [6] The 2022-23 season was one of firsts – Beall’s first professional season and Western United’s inaugural season in the A-League. Due to its successful challenges of more established clubs, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) deemed Western United’s first year in top-flight play a ‘fairytale’ one, which included an upset 1-0 victory over Sydney FC to reach the grand final. [3] [1]

One of the squad’s vice captains, [6] Beall was named Western’s Player of the Season and crowned Liberty A-League Goalkeeper of the Year, named in the Professional Football Australia’s (PFA) team of the season and voted Player of the Month twice. She also garnered the ‘Save of the Year’ trophy at the Dolan Warren awards night. [7]

Beall returned for her second season with Western United, which, according to its general manager Mal Impiombato, was an indicator of the club’s commitment to be a serious contender in the A-League. [8] “Hillary was the best goalkeeper in the competition last season and we are delighted to have her return and be a key part of our roster again,” he said. [8] “Her accolades and awards spoke to the quality she brought on the pitch and it was important for us to bring that back into our squad as we continue to aim high in the Liberty A-League.” [8]

Racing Louisville FC

Beall was signed as a rookie to Racing Louisville FC, and towards the end of the 2022 season, she was sent on loan to play for Australian side Western United through early 2024. [9] [6] She returned to Racing Louiville after the loan [6] and was traded to the San Diego Wave before the start of the 2024 season. [10]

SC Blue Heat FC

Beall played in the United Women’s Soccer (UWS) Pro-Am league for SC Blue Heat in the summer of 2021. The club won the national championship and Beall was named Goalkeeper of the Year. [11]

University Career: University of Michigan

Beall attended the University of Michigan in the United States, where she was regarded as one of the soccer team's most important players. [2] After being named the No. 1 goalkeeper in the class of 2017 by Top Drawer Soccer, [12] Beall joined the University of Michigan Wolverines. There she numbered 285 saves and achieved a .797 save percentage. [13] As a freshman for Michigan’s 2017 season, Beall appeared in seven matches with six starts and achieved a .838 save percentage. [14] She had a .756 save percentage, making 34 saves [15] her sophomore year (2018), which was shortened due to injury [12] and where she started the final 10 games and earned four wins in net, including three shutouts. [15] Beall’s junior year was one of distinction where she started all 24 games, achieved a save average of .762 and dropped her goals against average from 1.06 her sophomore year to .52. [12] She earned 17 wins in net, including six shutouts. Her 17 wins rank second all-time in Michigan single season history. [15]

In her senior year season, played in the spring of 2021 due to COVID-19, Beall started all 11 games and gave up just six goals. She made 52 saves - a .800 save average. [12]

In her 5th year in the fall of 2021, Beall started 24 of 25 matches with a goal-against average of .74, 87 saves and nine clean sheets. Her regular season 75 saves ranked third in the Big Ten conference. [15] The Wolverines won their first Big Ten tournament in 20 years, [16] and the Michigan Daily identified her as the “lynchpin’ and ‘x-factor’ of the team. [12] In the Big Ten final Beall stopped all three shots on net sending the Wolverines to their first NCAA tournament since 2019 [17] and third in the program’s history. [18] The Wolverines eventually lost to the eventual National Champion Florida State in overtime. [18]

University Career Highlights
Academic All-Big Ten2021, 2020, 2019
United Soccer Coaches North Region Second Team2021
All-Big Ten Tournament Team2021
Two-time team captain (Jr & Sr. years)2020-2021
Big Ten Goalkeeper of the WeekOctober 10, 2021
Big Ten Goalkeeper of the WeekFebruary 23, 2021
Two-time Third Team All-Big Ten2019, 2020
United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-North Region2019
CoSIDA Academic All-District Five First Team2019
Big Ten Goalkeeper of the WeekSeptember 17, 2019
Two-time U-M Academic Achievement Award honoree2018, 2019

[15]

International career

Beall represented the United States internationally at youth level. [19] She landed spots on the USA Women’s national teams:

U17 (2016) [20] which won Concaf Championship after defeating Costa Rica. [21] She also made the national team roster for the U17 Women's World Cup in Amman, Jordan;

U20 (2018) which won the Sud Cup and made the national team roster for the U20 Women's World Cup in France. [22]

Style of play

Beall has been described as "an excellent shot-stopping goalkeeper who augments that with sheer presence on the pitch". [23]

Early life

Beall started playing soccer at the age of eleven [24] first as a striker before switching to goalkeeper. [25] She played at the youth club level for the SoCal Blues. [26]

Beall was ranked nationally as the number one goalkeeper in the class of 2017 and number 9 player overall. She received numerous honors, including being named as a NSCAA Youth All American and named to the Top Drawer Soccer ECNL Top XI for the ECNL Playoffs. [15]

Beall was selected to compete for the US Youth National Team (YNT) at the U14, U15, and U17, U19 and U20 levels. [27] [28] She was also named to the U17 [29] and U20 NT rosters [30] to compete in the Women's World Cup.

Personal life

Beall is a native of Laguna Beach, United States. [31]

Honors

San Diego Wave

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