Parker Roberts

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Parker Roberts
Personal information
Full name Parker Annabel Roberts [1]
Date of birth (1997-07-30) July 30, 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Leawood, Kansas, United States
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2010–2016 KC Metro Dynamos
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 Kansas Jayhawks 20 (3)
2016–2021 Florida Gators 67 (13)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Orlando Pride 3 (0)
International career‡
2014–2016 United States U20
2017–2018 United States U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 15, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 13, 2018

Parker Annabel Roberts (born July 30, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder.

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Early life

Born in Leawood, Kansas, Roberts prepped at Blue Valley North High School and was named Kansas Gatorade State Girls Soccer Player of the Year twice, in 2014 and 2015. [2] She also set a school record for career goals with 55. [3] Roberts played six years of club soccer for KC Metro Dynamos, which reached US Youth Soccer (USYS) National Championships in both 2014 and 2015. KC Metro Dynamo won the Kansas State Cup Championship in five of her six years with club. [3] From 2013, Roberts was also a three-year member of Region II Olympic Development Program (ODP) team. [3]

College

Roberts played five seasons of college soccer, first at the University of Kansas in 2015 before transferring to the University of Florida to play for the Florida Gators between 2016 and 2021 while studying for bachelor's degrees in sociology and criminology and a master's in management. [3] Originally committing to the University of Miami, Roberts ultimately played her freshman year with the Kansas Jayhawks. [4] She started 19 of 20 appearances, scoring three goals (all game-winners) and one assist, and was named to the 2015 Big 12 All-Freshman team at the end of the season. Having transferred to UF, Roberts redshirted in 2016 due to United States under-20 commitments in preparation for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [3] As a redshirt sophomore in 2017, Roberts started every match of the season and was an All-SEC first-team selection. In 2018 she was named co-captain and started all six games before suffering a Jones fracture on September 7, ending her season. She returned in 2019 and once again started every match on the way to her second All-SEC first-team selection and also earned United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region first-team honors having scored a career-high five goals and was second among Gators with 15 points. Having received an additional year of eligibility for medical hardship during the 2018 season, Roberts returned for the rescheduled 2020–21 season in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. She led the Gators with 15 points and finished up as an All-SEC second-team selection before graduating with her master's in May 2021. [3]

Club career

Orlando Pride

On August 26, 2021, Roberts signed for NWSL team Orlando Pride through the remainder of the 2021 season after Orlando traded a fourth-round 2022 NWSL Draft pick to Kansas City NWSL for her discovery rights. The move reunited her with former-Gators coach Becky Burleigh who had been appointed Orlando's interim head coach in July. [5] She made her professional debut on September 11, 2021, as a stoppage time substitute for Marta in a 3–1 win over Racing Louisville FC. [6] Roberts was waived at the end of the 2022 season having made six appearances for the club. [7]

International career

Roberts started representing the United States at under-20 level in 2014. In 2015 she was called up for the Four Nations Tournament and 10 Nations Tournament. She started in four of the five games at the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship including the final as the US beat Canada. [8] The result also qualified the team for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Roberts was named to the final roster, traveling with the team to Papua New Guinea. [9] She appeared in two group games against France and Ghana as the team reached the semi-finals. [3] In 2017 and 2018, Roberts was called up to multiple under-23 squads. [10] [11]

Personal life

Roberts has two older siblings: Nathan and Ferriss. Her sister, Ferriss, played soccer at UNC Asheville from 2010 to 2013. Her brother, Nathan, also attended KU. Her great grandfather, Clay Roberts, Sr., was in the KU class of 1913 and wrestled for the Jayhawks while her great uncle, Clay "Bud" Roberts, Jr., was in the KU class of 1953 and played football for the Jayhawks. Roberts' great uncle, David "Boo" Ferriss, is member of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame and Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. [12]

Career statistics

College

TeamSeasonTotal
DivisionAppsGoals
Kansas Jayhawks 2015 Div. I 203
Florida Gators 201600
2017243
201860
2019215
2020–21165
Total6713
Career total8716

Club

As of match played October 1, 2022 [13]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupPlayoffsTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Orlando Pride 2021 NWSL 2000—20
2022 1030—40
Career total30300060

Honors

International

Individual

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  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016 – List of Players: USA" (PDF). FIFA . November 21, 2016. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Kansas Girls Soccer POY: Parker Roberts". USA TODAY. May 19, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Parker Roberts - Gators profile". Florida Gators.
  4. ↑ "Kansas City women making an impact". The Blue Testament March 1, 2015. March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Orlando Pride Signs University of Florida Product Parker Roberts". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  6. ↑ "Orlando Pride 3–1 Racing Louisville FC, NWSL match report". www.nwslsoccer.com.
  7. ↑ "Orlando Pride announces 2022 end-of-season contract statuses". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  8. ↑ "USA Under-20 Women's National Team win 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship". womenssoccerunited. December 14, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Michelle French Names U.S. U-20 Roster for World Cup Qualifying". Our Game Magazine. November 26, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Roster named for U.S. U-23 Women's National Team training camp". SoccerWire.
  11. ↑ "Friday Roundup: U-23 U.S. WNT player roster named for Thorns Spring Invitational – Equalizer Soccer". March 9, 2018.
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