![]() Kelly with Crawley Town in July 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | October 21, 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Prague, Czech Republic | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Crawley Town | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2008 | Racing Club de Fontainebleau | ||
2008–2012 | Triangle United | ||
2013–2016 | Carolina RailHawks | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 79 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Carolina RailHawks | 1 | (0) |
2018 | San Francisco City | 3 | (0) |
2019 | North Carolina FC U23 | 5 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Colorado Rapids | 8 | (0) |
2021 | → Phoenix Rising (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Memphis 901 | 67 | (11) |
2024 | FC Tulsa | 0 | (0) |
2024– | Crawley Town | 23 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | United States U20 | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:53, August 21, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 22, 2016 |
Jeremy Kelly (born October 21, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for EFL League One club Crawley Town.
Kelly signed an amateur contract with Carolina RailHawks on March 17, 2016. [1] His amateur status would allow him to play college soccer for North Carolina Tar Heels when their college season began later in the year. [2]
Kelly played four years at UNC, starting 59 of his 79 appearances and tallying one goals and 2 assists. Kelly was an obstacle to the UNC's midfield en route to consecutive NCAA College Cup appearances. He was a second-team All-ACC selection in his senior year. [3]
On January 9, 2020, Kelly was selected ninth overall in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft by Montreal Impact. His rights were then immediately traded to Colorado Rapids in exchange for $75,000 of General Allocation Money and the Rapids natural first round selection. [4]
On February 25, 2020, the Rapids officially announced the signing of Kelly to an initial one-year contract. [5] He made his MLS debut against Real Salt Lake in the MLS is Back Tournament on July 12, 2020. [6] Kelly recorded his first career assist during a 5–0 win versus Real Salt Lake on Sept. 12. [7] He finished his rookie season with one assist in 246 minutes played across eight appearances at right back, two of them starts. [8] In March 2021, Kelly joined Phoenix Rising FC on loan for the 2021 season. [9]
On July 1, 2021, Kelly was recalled from loan by the Rapids. [10] Following the 2021 season, Colorado opted to decline their contract option on Kelly. [11]
On February 18, 2022, he signed with USL Championship club Memphis 901. [12] He left Memphis following the 2023 season. [13]
Kelly joined FC Tulsa on January 5, 2024, [14] but Kelly and Tulsa mutually agreed on a termination of his contract a month later. [15] On February 1, 2024, Kelly signed for EFL League Two club Crawley Town on a deal until summer 2024. [16] He made his debut for the club as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Crewe Alexandra on February 10. [17] Kelly appeared in all three of Crawley's League Two play-off matches at the end of the 2023–24 as Crawley were promoted to League One after a 2–0 victory over Crewe Alexandra in the final. [17] [18]
Kelly was named to Tab Ramos' U.S. U-20 squad for camp and two friendlies against New York Cosmos and New York Red Bulls II in July 2016. [19] Kelly scored in stoppage time to defeat NYRBII. [20]
Kelly was born in Prague in the Czech Republic, and lived in France until he was 10 years old. He later moved to North Carolina [21]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Carolina RailHawks | 2016 [22] | NASL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
San Francisco City | 2018 [23] | USL PDL | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
North Carolina FC U23 | 2019 [24] | USL League Two | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | |||
Colorado Rapids | 2020 [25] | Major League Soccer | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
2021 [25] | Major League Soccer | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Phoenix Rising FC (loan) | 2021 [26] | USL Championship | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Memphis 901 | 2022 [25] | USL Championship | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 37 | 8 | |
2023 [25] | USL Championship | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 37 | 4 | ||
Total | 67 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 12 | ||
Crawley Town | 2023–24 [17] | EFL League Two | 18 | 1 | — | — | 3 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
2024–25 [27] | EFL League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
Career total | 109 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 120 | 15 |
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