Julie James Doyle (born Julie Rachel James; December 31, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who played for

Sky Blue FC NJ/NY Gotham FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 until 2020. A founding member of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2013 ...

of the

National Women's Soccer League The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federatio ...

(NWSL).

Early life

Doyle played four years for Baylor University finishing her Bears career with a career 20 goals and 13 assists in 88 appearances. During her senior year she was named a semi-finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy Award as well as became the first student-athlete in Baylor program history to earn the prestigious United Soccer Coaches All-America first team honors. The two-time captain logged more minutes (7809), the most of any player Baylor Bears women's soccer history. She finished her university career in the top 10 all-time for career goals scored and points totaled.

Club career

Doyle was selected by

with the 11th overall pick in the

2019 NWSL College Draft The 2019 NWSL College Draft was the seventh annual meeting of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchises to select newly eligible college players for the 2019 NWSL season. It was held on January 10, 2019 in conjunction with the United Socc ...

. In doing so she became the first student-athlete from Baylor to be drafted into the NWSL. She signed with the club in March 2019. Doyle made her club regular season debut on April 13, 2019.

International career

In 2018 Doyle was named to several United States U-23 training camps. This was her first national team call up since 2014, when she had trained with the U-20 USWNT.

Personal life

She married Connor Doyle in May 2019.. They currently reside in Virginia.

Career statistics

''As of April 20, 2019''

References

External links

* Sky Blue F

* Living people 1996 births American women's soccer players Baylor Bears women's soccer players National Women's Soccer League players NJ/NY Gotham FC draft picks NJ/NY Gotham FC players Soccer players from Texas Sportspeople from Collin County, Texas Women's association football forwards {{US-women-footy-bio-stub