Mary Long (soccer)

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Mary Long
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Long with Duke in 2024
Personal information
Full name Mary Angela Long [1]
Date of birth (2007-01-24) January 24, 2007 (age 17) [1]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, striker
Team information
Current team
Duke Blue Devils
Number 10
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024 Duke Blue Devils 15 (3)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Kansas City Current 0 (0)
International career
2024 United States U-17 8 (3)
Medal record
Women's soccer
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Dominican Republic 2024
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 3, 2024

Mary Angela Long (born January 24, 2007) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played one season of college soccer for the Duke Blue Devils before joining the Kansas City Current, which is co-owned by her parents, Angie and Chris Long. She won bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

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Early life and college career

Long grew up in Mission Hills, Kansas, one of four children born to Angie and Chris Long. [2] She began playing soccer when she was three. [3] At age 12, she traveled with a regional all-star team to an international tournament in France that coincided with the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup; the trip sparked her parents' interest in buying a women's soccer team, which became the Kansas City Current. [4] [5]

Long, playing up an age group, scored the winning goal for KC Athletics in the under-15 ECNL national championship in 2021. [6] She helped California-based club Slammers FC HB Køge reach the ECNL national final in 2023, leading the team with six goals in the playoffs and being named an All-American. [7] [8] She trained as a non-roster invitee with the Kansas City Current in 2023 and 2024. [9] She graduated one year early from Shawnee Mission East High School in Kansas in 2024, for which she took six additional online classes in her final semester. [7]

Duke Blue Devils

At age 17, Long played for the Duke Blue Devils in the 2024 season. She scored 3 goals in 15 appearances (all as a substitute), helping Duke win the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title in Robbie Church's final season as head coach. She missed about a month of action while at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. In the NCAA tournament, Long assisted on the opening goal in a 2–0 win over Michigan State in the third round as Duke reached semifinals where they lost to North Carolina. [2] [10]

Club career

Kansas City Current

The Kansas City Current announced Long's signing on January 8, 2025. [11]

International career

Long was first called up to the United States youth national team at the under-17 level in July 2024, scoring twice in a friendly against Brazil. [7] She was selected to the roster for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where she helped the team place third, its best result since 2008. [12] She appeared in all 6 games (5 starts) and scored one goal in a 5–0 group stage win over South Korea. [11]

Honors

United States U-17

Duke Blue Devils

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