Kelsey Davis

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Kelsey Davis
Personal information
Full name Kelsey Laine Davis [1]
Date of birth (1987-05-14) May 14, 1987 (age 35)
Place of birth Thousand Oaks, California, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Boston Breakers
Number 18
Youth career
–2005 So Cal United
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005 UCLA Bruins
2006–2009 Portland Pilots
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010 Chicago Red Stars
2011 Boston Breakers
International career
2004–2006 United States U-20
2007 United States U-23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kelsey Laine Davis (born May 14, 1987) is an American soccer player from Thousand Oaks, California. She was a goalkeeper for the Boston Breakers and Chicago Redstars of Women's Professional Soccer and the United States U-23 women's national soccer team.

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Career

National Team career

Davis played in the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand and the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia.

In May 2009, Davis was named to the senior national team roster for two games against Canada. [2] During an exhibition game with the United States U-23 women's national soccer team in June against F.C. Indiana, Davis fractured her jaw and was unable to compete with the U-23 team later that summer in England. [3]

Davis returned to the U-23 national team in May 2010 and was the starting goalkeeper in two matches between the Germany U-23 national team and the South Korea U-20 national team, sharing the captain's armband with Lauren Fowlkes and Kylie Wright. [4]

Professional career

Davis was drafted by the Chicago Red Stars at the 2010 WPS Draft, going 24th overall. After returning from national team duty in May 2010, Davis suffered an ACL injury that ended her first WPS season. [5] Davis was signed by the Boston Breakers as a free agent on January 12, 2011. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Player Bio: Kelsey Davis". UCLA Bruins . Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  2. ↑ Wilson, Mike; Oregonian, The (May 7, 2009). "Pilots goalkeeper Kelsey Davis on national team roster". oregonlive.
  3. ↑ "First gain, then pain » Ventura County Star". July 24, 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011.
  4. ↑ "U.S. U-23 WNT Ties Germany 2-2 in Marburg, Germany - U.S. Soccer". May 11, 2013. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Chicago Red Stars Open Road Trip Vs. Washington on Saturday". OurSports Central. June 11, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Women's Professional Soccer :: Boston Breakers :: Kelsey Davis". September 7, 2011. Archived from the original on September 7, 2011.
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