Jeremy Kelly

Jeremy Kelly (born October 21, 1997) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.

Jeremy Kelly
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-10-21) October 21, 1997
Place of birth Prague, Czech Republic
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Colorado Rapids
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 (6)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Carolina RailHawks 1 (0)
2018 San Francisco City 3 (0)
2019 North Carolina FC U23 5 (2)
2020– Colorado Rapids 8 (0)
National team‡
2016 United States U20 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 8, 2020
‡ 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 six goals and 12 assists. Kelly was an integral part of 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.[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 earned his first career MLS assist on Cole Bassett's goal in Colorado's 5-0 win over Real Salt Lake on Sept. 12.[7] Kelly finished his rookie season with one assist in 246 minutes played across eight appearances at right back, two of them starts.[8]

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.[9] Kelly scored in stoppage time to defeat NYRBII.[10]

Personal

Kelly was born in Prague in the Czech Republic, and lived in France until he was 10-years old.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 9 November 2020[12][13][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Carolina RailHawks 2016 NASL 1010—20
San Francisco City 2018 USL PDL 30——30
North Carolina FC U23 2019 USL League Two 52——52
Colorado Rapids 2020 Major League Soccer 80——80
Career total 1721000182

References
  1. "Capital Area RailHawks Academy U-18 Captain Signs Amateur Contract". Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. "Signing Day For UNC Men's Soccer". February 3, 2016.
  3. "Jeremy Kelly".
  4. "Rapids snag Jeremy Kelly, Robin Afamefuna in exciting first day of 2020 SuperDraft | Colorado Rapids".
  5. "Colorado Rapids Sign Top-10 SuperDraft Pick Jeremy Kelly". coloradorapids.com. February 25, 2020.
  6. "Real Salt Lake vs. Colorado Rapids | Colorado Rapids MatchCenter Boxscore". MLSsoccer.com MatchCenter.
  7. "MLS Match Center".
  8. "Jeremy Kelly".
  9. "Ramos calls in 20 players for U20 MNT camp".
  10. "U.S. U-20 MNT defeats New York Red Bulls II".
  11. "Jeremy Kelly - Men's Soccer". University of North Carolina Athletics.
  12. Jeremy Kelly at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  13. "Jeremy Kelly | NASL". www.nasl.com. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  14. "San Francisco City FC - 2018 Regular Season - Roster - # - Jeremy Kelly -". www.uslleaguetwo.com. Retrieved January 1, 2021.


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