![]() Long with the Kansas City Current in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mary Angela Long [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | January 24, 2007||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Kansas City Current | ||
Number | 19 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024 | Duke Blue Devils | 15 | (3) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2025– | Kansas City Current | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2024 | United States U-17 | 8 | (3) |
2025– | United States U-20 | 2 | (2) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 27, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:03, June 4, 2025 (UTC) |
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.
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]
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]
The Kansas City Current announced on January 8, 2025, that they had signed Long to her first professional contract on a one-year deal. [11] She made her professional debut for the club on April 19, coming on as a late substitute for Debinha in a 2–0 win against the Houston Dash. [12]
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. [13] She appeared in all 6 games (5 starts) and scored one goal in a 5–0 group stage win over South Korea. [11]
United States U-17
Duke Blue Devils