Kelley O’Hara Biography
Kelley O’Hara’s real name Kelley Maureen O’Hara is an American soccer player who is a FIFA Women’s World Cup champion and Olympic soccer gold medalist. She plays as a wingback and midfielder for the United States women’s national soccer team, and a forward and right defender for the National Women’s Soccer League club Utah Royals FC.
In the history of the United States under-20 team, she is tied as the all-time third-leading scorer and is sixth in a number of caps played. At the senior level, she competed in the 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cups and was one of three players for the U.S. that played every minute in the 2012 Olympics women’s football tournament.
Kelley O’Hara Age | Kelley O’Hara middle name
Kelley was born in the year 1988 August 4th she is 30 years as for this year 2019 4th August. Her birthplace is in Fayetteville, Georgia in the United States. She holds American nationality. Her middle name is Maureen.
Kelley O’Hara Height, Weight and Body Measurements
O’Hara stands at a height of 1.65 m i.e. 5 feet and 5 inches tall. She has a bodyweight of 58 kg. She has an athletic body build. Her body measurements are 31-24-34 inches. She wears a bra of size 36B. She has dark brown eyes and her hair color is brown as well.
Kelley O’Hara Family
Not to mention, O’Hara was born in Fayetteville, Georgia to parents, Dan and Karen O’Hara. She has a brother named Jerry and a sister named Erin. O’Hara has Irish heritage. O’Hara grew up in Peachtree City, Georgia
Kelley O’Hara Education
She graduated from Starr’s Mill High School in Fayette County where she played four years on the varsity soccer team and captained the team during her junior and senior years. In December 2009, she was called up the senior national sides and attended the training camp in 2010. Basically, she earned her first national team cap, coming in as a substitute during a match against Mexico on March 2010.
Kelley O’Hara Club
She started her youth career from Peachtree City Lazers in 1997. Kelly later played for Lightning Soccer Club from 2000 to 2001. She played for the Pali Blues of the USL W-League in the summer of 2009 before graduating from Stanford. FC Gold Pride drafted her third overall at the 2010 WPS Draft.
She led the club to regular-season champion in her first season at the club. FC Gold Pride defeated the Independence 4-0 to clinch the WPS Championship. The club ceased operations in November 2010 due to not meeting the league’s financial reserve requirement. She then signed with Boston Breakers.
Kelly signed with Sky Blue FC in the new National Women’s Soccer League in January 2013. She played as forward, winger, right-back, and a central midfielder during her stint at Sky Blue. She signed with Utah Royals FC in December 2017. She appeared in only 8 games for the club in 2018.
Kelley O’Hara Net Worth
Kelley O’Hara is also one of the richest female players in the soccer world. She gets paid a fortune amount of salary from her club reportedly around $300,000 in a year. As of 2019, Kelley O’Hara’s net worth is estimated to be $2 million dollars.
Kelley O’Hara Lesbian | Kelley O’Hara Husband
O’Hara is unmarried. Her sexual orientation is lesbian. She came out as a lesbian when she kissed her girlfriend after the USWNT World Cup win in 2019.
Kelley O’Hara Position
She’s the one player you can imagine being goal-dangerous from the right defender’s position. As she shows for Sky Blue, the wing is actually her best position, but right-back is the place where Kelley O’Hara makes the U.S. better.
Kelley O’Hara Injury
Kelley O’Hara returns to the USWNT lineup in draw vs. Japan
For Kelley O’Hara, 2018 was a year of adjustments. She missed a large portion of the NWSL season with the Utah Royals due to a hamstring injury. Then in the latter part of 2018, she underwent ankle surgery that kept her out of games with the national team.
On Wednesday night, she returned to the U.S. lineup for the first time in 2019, getting the start at right-back. She only played 45 minutes before being subbed off at the half. It will be interesting to see if she plays more than 45 minutes in any of the games this tournament.
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O’Hara’s return is definitely a big win for the U.S. The backline has struggled as of late, a problem which was once again highlighted in the second half against Japan on Wednesday. With O’Hara available, the U.S. has a true outside back on the right side.
While Crystal Dunn pretty much has the left side locked down, the right has been a revolving door. Emily Fox and Emily Sonnett have been the most recent experiments in the position, but Fox is young and inexperienced while Sonnett is a center-back who lacks the pace to play on the outside.
With head coach Jill Ellis playing a system that requires the outside backs to be so involved in the attack, there’s a need for speed in those spots. Once O’Hara is fully healthy, this should be her spot to lose. She fits the system well because of her ability to get forward and still have the pace to get back. Her crosses on Wednesday night proved that she is starting to feel it once again and that is dangerous for opposing teams.
Kelley O’Hara Cover Shoot
Soccer World Cup star Kelley strips down for an ESPN Body Issue cover shoot – as she opens up about learning to love her body, and reveals her favorite physical asset. For more information on the story please click here.