Jeremy Kelly

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Jeremy Kelly
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Kelly with Crawley Town in July 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-10-21) October 21, 1997 (age 26)
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
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 North Carolina Tar Heels 79 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2021Phoenix 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.

Contents

Youth

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]

Professional

Colorado Rapids

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]


Memphis 901

On February 18, 2022, he signed with USL Championship club Memphis 901. [12] He left Memphis following the 2023 season. [13]

Crawley Town

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]

International

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]

Career statistics

As of match played August 10, 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Carolina RailHawks 2016 [22] NASL 101020
San Francisco City 2018 [23] USL PDL 3030
North Carolina FC U23 2019 [24] USL League Two 5252
Colorado Rapids 2020 [25] Major League Soccer 8080
2021 [25] Major League Soccer0000
Total8000000080
Phoenix Rising FC (loan) 2021 [26] USL Championship 5050
Memphis 901 2022 [25] USL Championship348102 [lower-alpha 3] 0378
2023 [25] USL Championship333311 [lower-alpha 3] 0374
Total67114100307412
Crawley Town 2023–24 [17] EFL League Two 1813 [lower-alpha 4] 0211
2024–25 [27] EFL League One 2000101040
Total201001040251
Career total1091451107012015

Honors

Crawley Town

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