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Haley Hopkins

American soccer player (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Haley Hopkins
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Haley Elizabeth Hopkins (born December 21, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She has been the president of the NWSL Players Association since 2025.

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Hopkins played six years of college soccer, four with the Vanderbilt Commodores and two with the Virginia Cavaliers. She was selected by the North Carolina Courage in the first round of the 2023 NWSL Draft.

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Early life and college career

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Hopkins grew up in Newport Beach, California, one of four children born to David and Beth Hopkins.[2][3] Her father played college football and baseball at Virginia and was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1982 MLB draft.[4] Hopkins began playing soccer at age four.[5] She attended Mater Dei High School and played ECNL club soccer for Slammers FC.[6][7]

Vanderbilt Commodores

Hopkins played only one game for the Commodores soccer team in her first season, in 2017, because of knee pain that required multiple surgeries.[8] In 2018, as a redshirt freshman, she led the Commodores with 14 goals and 7 assists in 21 games and was named the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman of the Year.[2] She again led the team with 13 goals in 21 games as a redshirt sophomore in 2019.[6] She dealt with injuries the next year but still provided a team-best 7 goals in 15 games and helped the Commodores win the 2020 SEC tournament, scoring two goals in the competition.[5][6] With the second-most goals in Vanderbilt history (34), she was named All-SEC three times and third-team All-American two times.[4]

Virginia Cavaliers

Hopkins transferred to the Virginia Cavaliers in 2021, enrolling as a graduate student in the University of Virginia School of Medicine.[9] She scored twice on her debut and finished the season with 8 goals and 9 assists in 23 games.[3] In the 2022 season, she scored a 15-minute hat trick against Fairleigh Dickinson and ended her final season with 14 goals and 5 assists in 23 games.[4][10] In the 2022 NCAA tournament, she scored in overtime against Penn State to help the Cavaliers advances the quarterfinals.[11] She was named All-ACC both years in Virginia.[3][12]

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Club career

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North Carolina Courage

The North Carolina Courage held multiple first-round picks and selected Hopkins 11th overall in the 2023 NWSL Draft.[13] She was signed to a three-year contract.[14] She made her professional debut on April 1, 2023, coming on for Olivia Wingate in a 3–1 loss at the San Diego Wave.[15] On July 29, she scored her first two professional goals, the last two in a 5–0 win against the Orlando Pride in NWSL Challenge Cup group stage.[16] On September 2, she scored her first regular-season goal and added an assist to Kerolin in a 3–3 draw against NJ/NY Gotham FC.[17][18] One week later, she started in the Challenge Cup final, which the Courage won 2–0 against Racing Louisville.[19] She finished her rookie season with 3 goals in 20 games (5 starts) in all competitions.[19]

Hopkins scored in two of the first three games at WakeMed Soccer Park in the 2024 season, a 5–1 win against the Houston Dash and a 2–0 win against the Portland Thorns.[20] She established a spot in the starting lineup but found the back of the net only once more in the rest of the regular season.[20] In the last group stage game of the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, she assisted Ashley Sanchez and scored in a 3–0 win against Monterrey, helping secure the Courage's place in the semifinals.[21] She ended the season with 4 goals in 28 games (20 starts) in all competitions.[22]

Kansas City Current

The Kansas City Current announced on January 30, 2025, that they had acquired Hopkins from the Courage for $50,000 in intra-league transfer funds.[23] She was signed to a two-year contract extension.[24]

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Personal life

In July 2024, Hopkins was one of five active players who represented the NWSL Players Association (NWSLPA) at the final negotiations in Philadelphia that updated the league's collective bargaining agreement through 2030.[25] In March 2025, she was voted by her fellow players as the fourth president of the NWSLPA, succeeding Tori Huster.[26]

Honors and awards

North Carolina Courage

Vanderbilt Commodores

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