Cameron Lindley (born July 18, 1997) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Colorado Springs Switchbacks in the USL Championship. Having played college soccer for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he joined Orlando City in 2018 after his Homegrown rights were traded from Chicago Fire.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Cameron Lindley | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-07-18) July 18, 1997 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Carmel, Indiana, United States | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2016 | Indiana Fire Juniors | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 43 | (7) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Chicago Fire U-23 | 8 | (2) |
| 2017 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 6 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Orlando City | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Saint Louis FC (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Memphis 901 (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2020 | Indy Eleven | 12 | (0) |
| 2021 | San Antonio FC | 30 | (0) |
| 2022– | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 31 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | United States U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | United States U18 | 15 | (0) |
| 2015 | United States U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | United States U23 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 20, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 24, 2019 | |||
Lindley grew up in Carmel, Indiana and spent a majority of his youth career with Indiana Fire Juniors, Chicago Fire's youth soccer club.[1] He played high school soccer and basketball at Guerin Catholic High School in Noblesville, Indiana.[2] Following several seasons with the youth club, Lindley spent a season in the Premier Development League with Chicago FC United before attending college.[3] He spent two years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, scoring seven goals in 43 regular season matches.[4]
On January 18, 2018, Lindley's Homegrown rights were traded from Chicago Fire to Orlando City as Lindley signed a four-year deal with the Central Florida club.[5] He made his professional debut in the season opener, a 1–1 draw at home to DC United. After starting three of the first four games of the season, Lindley failed to make another MLS appearance in 2018 and only made one US Open Cup appearance.
On May 24, 2018, he was loaned to Saint Louis FC and made one start before returning.[6]
On April 12, 2019, he was loaned to USL Championship team Memphis 901 FC and made 26 appearances in all competitions. On November 21, 2019, it was announced Lindley had his contract option for the 2020 season declined by Orlando as part of the end-of-season roster decisions.[7]
After a season with USL Championship side Indy Eleven in 2020, it was announced Lindley would be with San Antonio FC in 2021.[8]
On December 9, 2021, it was announced that Lindley would join USL Championship side Colorado Springs Switchbacks ahead of their 2022 season.[9]
Lindley has represented the United States internationally at various youth levels.
On March 19, 2019, Lindley was selected by his former Orlando City head coach Jason Kreis for the United States U23 squad for friendlies against Egypt and the Netherlands ahead of qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[10]
Lindley's younger sister, Cassidy, is also a soccer player currently at the University of Florida.[11] His uncle, Tyler McCarroll, was a midfielder at Indiana.
| School | Season | NCAA Regular Season | |||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| North Carolina Tar Heels | 2016 | Div. I | 21 | 0 | 7 |
| 2017 | 22 | 7 | 13 | ||
| NCAA Total | 43 | 7 | 20 | ||
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Playoffs | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Orlando City | 2018 | MLS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Saint Louis FC (loan) | 2018 | USL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Memphis 901 FC (loan) | 2019 | USLC | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Career Totals | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC – current squad | |
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Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year | |
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| Player of the Year (1970–2003) |
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| Offensive Player of the Year (2004– ) | |
| Defensive Player of the Year (2004– ) | |
| Midfielder of the Year (2016– ) | |
2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer First-Team All-America | |
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| Goalkeeper | |
| Defenders | |
| Midfielders | |
| Forwards | |
TopDrawerSoccer.com Men's National Freshman of the Year | |
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