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Hailie Jenae Mace (born March 24, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League. She debuted for the United States women's national soccer team in 2018.

Hailie Mace

Personal information
Full name	Hailie Jenae Mace[1]
Date of birth	(1997-03-24) March 24, 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth	Ventura, California, United States
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Kansas City Current
Number	4
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2018	UCLA Bruins	79	(24)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019	Melbourne City	2	(1)
2019	FC Rosengård	16	(4)
2020–2021	North Carolina Courage	6	(2)
2020	→ Kristianstads DFF (loan)	10	(5)
2021–	Kansas City Current	13	(1)
National team‡
2017–2019	United States U23
2018–	United States	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 31, 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 13, 2022

Early life

Mace was born and raised in Ventura, California, where she attended Buena High School. She played youth club soccer for Eagles SC in the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL).[2]

UCLA, 2015–2018

In 2015, Mace led all Bruin freshmen in games played at 19. In 2016, she started all 22 games for UCLA and helped the team record 9 shutouts. In 2017, she was a Hermann Trophy semifinalist, First-team All-American, All-West Region and All-Pac-12. Mace led the team with four game-winning goals and once again started every game for the Bruins. UCLA advanced to the College Cup final in 2017, where they would lose 3–2 to rival Stanford.[3]

Club career

Melbourne City

Mace was drafted by Sky Blue FC with the second overall pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft.[4] However, she did not sign with the team and instead joined Australian club Melbourne City FC on a guest-player contract.[5][6] In her professional debut, Mace scored twelve minutes after subbing on and helped Melbourne City win 4–0 against the Newcastle Jets.[7][8]

FC Rosengård

In February 2019, Mace signed with Swedish club FC Rosengård.[9]

North Carolina Courage, 2020–2021

On January 10, 2020, Mace's NWSL rights were traded to the North Carolina Courage in exchange for McCall Zerboni.[10] She made her debut in the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup against the Portland Thorns FC. Mace did have an assist to North Carolina's first goal which was scored by Debinha. The Courage ended up winning the game 2–1. Mace scored her first NWSL goal on May 28, 2021, against Racing Louisville FC in the 75' minute of play. Later in that game she scored again in the 89' minute to help North Carolina win 5–0

Kansas City NWSL, 2021–

This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (August 2021)

On July 22, 2021, Mace was traded[11] to NWSL club Kansas City NWSL with teammates Kristen Hamilton and Katelyn Rowland in exchange for Amy Rodriguez and $60,000 in allocation money. She debuted on July 23, 2021, for the club, who was playing her former team the North Carolina Courage. The game ended in a scoreless draw.

International career

Youth national teams

Mace has participated in U.S. Youth National Team camps with the under-20 and under-23 national teams.[12]

Senior national team

In February 2018, Mace received her first call-up to the United States women's national team ahead of the 2018 SheBelieves Cup but did not play.[13] The following month, she was called up for two friendlies against Mexico as a replacement for injured defender Casey Short.[14] She earned her first cap on April 8 during the team's 6–2 win over Mexico.[15][16][17] In August of the same year, she was named to the roster for two friendlies against Chile.[18] She made her second appearance for the national team on September 1 during the team's 3–0 win over Chile.[19]

In September 2018, Mace was named to the team's 20-player roster for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, the qualification tournament for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[20] She was the only college player named to the squad.[21] Mace started and played 90 minutes during the team's 5–0 shutout against Panama on October 17.[22]

During the September 2022 FIFA international window, Mace was called up to replace the injured Kelley O'Hara during two friendlies against Nigeria.[23] She was called up once again in October 2022 for the friendlies against the English and Spanish women's national teams.[24]

Career statistics

International

As of November 13, 2022

National team	Year	Apps	Goals	Assists
United States
	2018	3	0	0
	2019	–	–	–
	2020	–	–	–
	2021	–	–	–
	2022	5	0	0
Total		8	0	0

Honors

Club

FC Rosengård

• Damallsvenskan: 2019[25]

International

• CONCACAF Women's Championship: 2018

References

External links

• US Soccer player profile
• Melbourne City player profile
• UCLA Bruins player profile
• Hailie Mace at Soccerway
• Hailie Mace at WorldFootball.net

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