Kendall Fletcher
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Kendall Fletcher is an American
soccer defender
currently playing for Sky Blue FC
of Women's Professional Soccer
and the of the Australia
n W-League
. She has also been capped once by the United States women's national soccer team
.
Fletcher signed for Jersey Sky Blue
for the 2007 W-League
season, but did not make an appearance for the club.
She switched coasts in 2008, joining Pali Blues
as the first signing in team history.
She joined Los Angeles Sol in 2009, but only managed to play 1 game for the club before she was traded to Saint Louis Athletica. She played seventeen games for Athletica, and gave multiple assists in helping the team go from the bottom of the ladder to second place and the playoff semifinal. Athletica then loaned her to the Central Coast Mariners
, where she scored four goals in ten games as the Mariners finished second in the league.
Athletica kept Fletcher for the 2010 WPS season, but surprisingly folded only six games into the season, all of which Fletch started. Sky Blue FC
picked up her contract, and she became a regular player there as well, starting ten of the fifteen games she played with the Jersey-based club. During the off-season, she returned to Australia, this time with the - the Mariners had folded as well - and helped them to the semi-finals.
Sky Blue kept Fletcher for the 2011 WPS season, and she started all fifteen games that she played. Like the previous season, though, Sky Blue was just short of making the playoffs. Fletcher is currently back with the Victory for the fourth season of the W-League.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
soccer defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
currently playing for Sky Blue FC
Sky Blue FC
Sky Blue FC is an American professional soccer club based in Piscataway Township, New Jersey which participates in Women's Professional Soccer....
of Women's Professional Soccer
Women's Professional Soccer
Women's Professional Soccer is the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded 6 teams for the 2011 season, with continued plans for future expansion...
and the of the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n W-League
W-League (Australia)
The W-League is the preeminent women's semi-professional football league in Australia. Established in 2008, it is composed of eight teams - seven of them are affiliated with seven of the Australian clubs currently in the A-League, with the eighth team based in Canberra...
. She has also been capped once by the United States women's national soccer team
United States women's national soccer team
The United States women's national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world...
.
Fletcher signed for Jersey Sky Blue
Jersey Sky Blue
Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues was an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2006. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference...
for the 2007 W-League
W-League
The USL W-League is a national women's soccer league in the United States on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside the Women's Premier Soccer League and below Women's Professional Soccer....
season, but did not make an appearance for the club.
She switched coasts in 2008, joining Pali Blues
Pali Blues
Pali Blues is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2008. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada...
as the first signing in team history.
She joined Los Angeles Sol in 2009, but only managed to play 1 game for the club before she was traded to Saint Louis Athletica. She played seventeen games for Athletica, and gave multiple assists in helping the team go from the bottom of the ladder to second place and the playoff semifinal. Athletica then loaned her to the Central Coast Mariners
Central Coast Mariners FC W-League
The Central Coast Mariners FC W-League team, also known as the Central Coast Mariners Women, represented the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian Women's National football League, the W-League for two seasons between 2008 and 2009. In July 2010 it was announced the team would not be entered in...
, where she scored four goals in ten games as the Mariners finished second in the league.
Athletica kept Fletcher for the 2010 WPS season, but surprisingly folded only six games into the season, all of which Fletch started. Sky Blue FC
Sky Blue FC
Sky Blue FC is an American professional soccer club based in Piscataway Township, New Jersey which participates in Women's Professional Soccer....
picked up her contract, and she became a regular player there as well, starting ten of the fifteen games she played with the Jersey-based club. During the off-season, she returned to Australia, this time with the - the Mariners had folded as well - and helped them to the semi-finals.
Sky Blue kept Fletcher for the 2011 WPS season, and she started all fifteen games that she played. Like the previous season, though, Sky Blue was just short of making the playoffs. Fletcher is currently back with the Victory for the fourth season of the W-League.