Kelly Ann Livingstone

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Kelly Ann Livingstone
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-11-24) November 24, 1998 (age 27) [1]
Place of birth Montclair, New Jersey, U.S. [1]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position Center back
Youth career
Match Fit Academy
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Georgetown Hoyas 98 (12)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021 NJ/NY Gotham Reserves
2022 NJ/NY Gotham FC 0 (0)
2023 Fortuna Hjørring 13 (0)
2023 OL Reign 0 (0)
2024 Carolina Ascent 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 06:42, January 25, 2026 (UTC)

Kelly Ann Livingstone (born November 24, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back. She played college soccer for the Georgetown Hoyas, earning second-team All-American honors as a senior, before being selected in the 2022 NWSL Draft by NJ/NY Gotham FC.

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Early life

Born in Montclair, New Jersey, to Glenn and Cathy Livingstone, [1] Livingstone grew up in the neighboring town of Glen Ridge. [3] She played youth soccer for Match Fit Academy, where she contributed to one ECNL finals appearance and received a call-up to the ECNL National Team ID camp in 2015. [1] [4] Livingstone attended Glen Ridge High School, [5] winning a New Jersey state championship title in 2013. [4]

College career

As a freshman for the Georgetown Hoyas, Livingstone started 20 matches and contributed to 17 shutouts. [1] In August 2017, she was named Big East Defensive Player of the Week after limiting opposition to only four shots across two games. [6] At the end of the season, she helped Georgetown win the Big East Conference tournament for the second year in a row, scoring her first college goal in the competition semifinals despite picking up an injury in the play. [7] She was named to the Big East all-freshman team at the end of the year. [1]

Livingstone contributed to three more Big East tournament titles in her remaining four seasons at Georgetown. [1] [8] As a sophomore, she was the tournament's Defensive MVP and received a berth on the all-tournament team. [1] In her junior year, she scored in the Big East semifinals once again en route to a loss to Xavier in the final. [1]

Livingstone reached her greatest heights in her senior season, winning honors as the Big East Defender of the Year and earning spots on the All-East region team and the All Big-East First Team. [9] She was a second-team All-American, her first national honor. [1] In the 2020 NCAA tournament, Livingstone guided Georgetown to the third round before they were eliminated on penalties by TCU; she was one of two Hoyas to have their spot-kicks saved by Emily Alvarado. [10] Livingstone played one more season for Georgetown as a graduate student before departing from the program. [1]

Club career

NJ/NY Gotham FC

NJ/NY Gotham FC selected Livingstone as the 24th overall pick of the 2022 NWSL Draft. [11] [2] Livingstone already had ties to Gotham, having attended the team's games as a child (under Sky Blue FC) and having previously played for Gotham's pre-professional WPSL reserve team in the summer of 2021. [12] [13] On March 23, 2022, she signed her first professional contract with Gotham, a one-year deal with an option for a second. [8] She made her professional debut on April 17, coming on as a late-game substitute for Estelle Johnson in an NWSL Challenge Cup match against the Washington Spirit. [14]

Livingstone did not make any further competitive appearances for the team before being waived in February 2023. [15] It had initially appeared unclear whether or not new head coach Juan Carlos Amorós would end up keeping or getting rid of Livingstone, but he eventually decided to waive her just prior to the 2023 preseason in hopes of freeing up more roster space. [16]

Fortuna Hjørring

On February 17, 2023, Livingstone signed for Danish club Fortuna Hjørring. [17] Having been in between agents after leaving Gotham, she handled much of the move's logistics by herself. [16] Livingstone was soon joined by fellow United States citizens Janae Packard and future Carolina Ascent teammate Renée Guion, creating a strong American contingent in Fortuna. [18] She ended up starting all 13 of the club's games to round out the season, combining with her teammates to produce 5 wins and 3 clean sheets. [19] Despite enjoying her experience abroad, Livingstone opted to return stateside after four months in Denmark, partially due to homesickness. [13]

OL Reign and Carolina Ascent

Livingstone signed a short-term national team replacement player contract with the OL Reign on June 26, 2023, filling in some of the Reign's roster absences caused by the absences of 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup participants. [19] After not making any appearances for the Reign, Livingstone entered discussions with Carolina Ascent FC, which was preparing for its inaugural season of play in the USL Super League. She was quickly convinced to join the team following conversations with head coach Philip Poole and signed a contract for the club on May 14, 2024. [13] [20] However, she did not make any appearances as the Ascent capped off its first season as league shield winners. [14]

Honors and awards

Georgetown Hoyas

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Kelly Ann Livingstone". Georgetown Hoyas . Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Havsy, Jane. "'Jersey girls have grit:' Four from NJ selected in National Women's Soccer League Draft". Daily Record. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Gotham FC, Cougar Soccer Club Host Clinic for 120 Kids at New Waterlands". The Village Green. October 12, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Getting to Know Freshman Women's Soccer Player Kelly Ann Livingstone". Georgetown Hoyas . August 15, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  5. ↑ Lamberti, Mike. "Glen Ridge senior athletes ready to take next step". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Kelly Ann Livingstone Named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week". Georgetown Hoyas . August 28, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  7. ↑ Gilstrap, Jake (November 8, 2019). "Women' Soccer Returns to the Big East Championship". The Georgetown Voice. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  8. 1 2 "NJ/NY Gotham FC Signs Kelly Ann Livingstone". Gotham FC. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Georgetown Voted BIG EAST Women's Soccer Preseason Favorite". Big East. August 12, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  10. ↑ Peregrino, Roman (May 6, 2021). "Hoya Heartbreak: Georgetown Falls to TCU in Penalty Kicks". The Georgetown Voice. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  11. ↑ Higginbotham, Emily (December 22, 2021). "Gotham FC Picks Up Three Players in 2022 NWSL College Draft". The Local W. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  12. ↑ McDonald, Carrie (January 28, 2022). "Georgetown Soccer's Cummings, Livingstone, Menta Drafted Into NWSL". The Hoya. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  13. 1 2 3 Tonelli, Jenna. "The Traveler: Kelly Ann Livingstone". Gainbridge Super League. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  14. 1 2 Kelly Ann Livingstone at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  15. ↑ "NJ/NY Gotham FC Waives Kelly Ann Livingstone". 12AM Sports. February 3, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  16. 1 2 Tonelli, Jenna (February 24, 2023). "Waived from Gotham FC, Kelly Ann Livingstone sees opportunity with Fortuna Hjørring" . Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Fra New Jersey til Fortuna". NordsøPosten.dk (in Danish). February 17, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  18. ↑ Trolle, Steen (February 18, 2023). "Tre amerikanere til Fortuna Hjørring". Fodbold for piger (in Danish). Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  19. 1 2 "OL Reign Signs Five Players as National Team Replacement Players". Seattle Reign FC. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  20. ↑ "NWSL Champions, Puerto Rico International and Danish Cup Champion Next to Join Carolina Ascent FC Inaugural Roster". Carolina Ascent FC. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
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