Kelli Hubly

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Kelli Hubly
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Hubly with the Portland Thorns in 2024
Personal information
Full name Kelli Elizabeth Hubly [1]
Date of birth (1994-08-09) August 9, 1994 (age 30) [2]
Place of birth Elk Grove Village, Illinois, U.S.
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Portland Thorns
Number 20
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2014 Kentucky Wildcats 65 (10)
2016 DePaul Blue Demons 18 (1)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017– Portland Thorns 42 [2] (1)
International career
2010 United States U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 14, 2022

Kelli Elizabeth Hubly (born August 9, 1994) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns FC. With the Thorns, Hubly won the 2017 NWSL Championship, the 2021 NWSL Shield, and other awards.

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Early years

Hubly was born in Elk Grove Village, Illinois and attended Elk Grove High School. Growing up she played for the club Sockers F.C. in Chicago, winning the 2010 and 2011 Illinois Cup Championships and the U.S. Youth Soccer Regional Championship in 2011. [3]

College

Hubly played at the University of Kentucky her first three years (2012-2014) of college, making the All-Freshman Team of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in 2012, winning the SEC's Freshman of the Week award on October 15, 2012, and making Top Drawer Soccer's National Team of the Week on October 8, 2013. [4] In 2014 she helped the Wildcats advance to the SEC championship game. [4] In 2015 she transferred to DePaul University, red-shirting that year due to NCAA transfer rules. She played the following year (2016), leading the Big East Conference in assists and assists per game, and graduated in 2017. [4]

Club career

Hubly was eligible but not drafted in the 2017 NWSL College Draft. [5] Hubly joined the Portland Thorns as a temporary national team replacement player in 2017. [6] Coming on for the last few minutes, Hubly made her first team debut on July 15, 2017, in a 1-0 win over the North Carolina Courage. [7] [8] That fall, she won the 2017 NWSL Championship with the Thorns. She earned her first professional start on March 24, 2018, against the Courage. [9] After playing every minute of the first four games of the 2018 NWSL season due to an injury to usual starter Emily Menges, Hubly was signed by the Thorns on April 27, 2018, to a long-term contract. [6] Hubly was a key member and frequent starter for the Thorns teams that won the 2020 Fall Series (Community Shield), 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup, 2021 Women's International Champions Cup, and 2021 NWSL Shield. [4] In the 2022 NWSL Season, Hubly played in every minute of every game for the Portland Thorns [10] [11] and was included in the 2022 NWSL Best XI Second Team. [12]

International

Hubly was a member of the U.S. Women's National Team at the U-15, U-17, and U-18 levels. [3]

Honors and awards

Portland Thorns FC

Individual

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  1. ↑ "2024/25 Concacaf W Champions Cup Club Roster" (PDF). CONCACAF. August 16, 2024. p. 6. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "USA - K. Hubly". Fox Sports. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Kelli Hubly - Women's Soccer". University of Kentucky Athletics. August 10, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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  5. ↑ "NWSL College Draft: List of Eligible Players". Our Game Magazine. January 12, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Thorns FC sign defender Kelli Hubly". April 27, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Portland Thorns vs. North Carolina - 15 July 2017". July 15, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  8. ↑ "North Carolina Courage vs. Portland Thorns FC". March 25, 2018. Archived from the original on March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  9. ↑ "NWSL MATCH RECAP | North Carolina Courage 1, Portland Thorns 0 | PTFC". Portland Timbers. March 24, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Kelli Hubly found peace in Portland. The Thorns found another star". September 20, 2022.(subscription required)
  11. ↑ "NWSL Twitter - "Every minute of every game this season"". October 12, 2022.
  12. ↑ "NWSL Announces Winners of Mastercard Best XI Awards". October 25, 2022.
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  14. ↑ Snipes, Tyler (August 22, 2021). "The Portland Thorns are WICC Champions!". International Champions Cup. Archived from the original on October 5, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
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