Jeremy Kelly

Jeremy Kelly (born October 21, 1997) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Memphis 901 in the USL Championship.

Jeremy Kelly
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-10-21) October 21, 1997
Place of birth Prague, Czech Republic
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team
Memphis 901
Number 18
Youth career
2003–2008 Racing Club de Fontainebleau
2008–2012 Triangle United
2013–2016 Carolina RailHawks
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 North Carolina Tar Heels 79 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Carolina RailHawks 1 (0)
2018 San Francisco City 3 (0)
2019 North Carolina FC U23 5 (0)
2020–2021 Colorado Rapids 8 (0)
2021Phoenix Rising (loan) 5 (0)
2022– Memphis 901 67 (11)
International career
2016 United States U20 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 19, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 22, 2016

Youth

Kelly signed an amateur contract with Carolina RailHawks on March 17, 2016.[1] His amateur status would allow him to play college soccer for North Carolina Tar Heels when their college season began later in the year.[2]

Kelly played four years at UNC, starting 59 of his 79 appearances and tallying one goals and 2 assists. Kelly was an obstacle to the UNC's midfield en route to consecutive NCAA College Cup appearances. He was a second-team All-ACC selection in his senior year.[3]

Professional

On January 9, 2020, Kelly was selected ninth overall in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft by Montreal Impact. His rights were then immediately traded to Colorado Rapids in exchange for $75,000 of General Allocation Money and the Rapids natural first round selection.[4]

On February 25, 2020, the Rapids officially announced the signing of Kelly to an initial one-year contract.[5] He made his MLS debut against Real Salt Lake in the MLS is Back Tournament on July 12, 2020.[6] Kelly recorded his first career assist during a 5-0 win versus Real Salt Lake on Sept. 12.[7] He finished his rookie season with one assist in 246 minutes played across eight appearances at right back, two of them starts.[8] In March 2021, Kelly joined Phoenix Rising FC on loan for the 2021 season.[9]

On July 1, 2021, Kelly was recalled from loan by the Rapids.[10] Following the 2021 season, Colorado opted to decline their contract option on Kelly.[11]

On February 18, 2022, he signed with USL Championship club Memphis 901.[12]

International

Kelly was named to Tab Ramos' U.S. U-20 squad for camp and two friendlies against New York Cosmos and New York Red Bulls II in July 2016.[13] Kelly scored in stoppage time to defeat NYRBII.[14]

Personal

Kelly was born in Prague in the Czech Republic, and lived in France until he was 10 years old. He later moved to North Carolina[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played November 7, 2021[16][17][18][19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Carolina RailHawks 2016 NASL 101020
San Francisco City 2018 USL PDL 3030
North Carolina FC U23 2019 USL League Two 5252
Colorado Rapids 2020 Major League Soccer 8080
2021 0000
Total 80000080
Phoenix Rising FC (loan) 2021 USL Championship 5 0 5 0
Career total 2221000232

References

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