Rachel Morgan Hill (born April 17, 1995) is an American professional
soccer
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player who plays as a
forward
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for
San Diego Wave FC
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The team is the San Diego area's first women's professional soc ...
in the
NWSL
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.
Early life
Hill has two brothers, Zach and Jake, and played indoor soccer with them on a team coached by her father, Mike.
ROSO Soccer Club
Hill played youth soccer from age 4 until U14 with ROSO S.C. (Rollinsford Somersworth Soccer Club). She started in the town recreation program and at age 11 started playing travel soccer with the ROSO U13 Girls travel team in 2005 and played with ROSO until 2008.
Seacoast United
Hill played youth soccer for Seacoast United from their U-14 program through U-18, winning
Super Y-League national championships in 2009 (U-14) and 2011 (U-16) and playing for the
WPSL Seacoast United Phantoms in 2012 and 2013.
University of Connecticut
Hill was a two-time semi-finalist for the
MAC Hermann Trophy as a forward for the
University of Connecticut Huskies, in 2015 and 2016.
Hill was a 1st Team NSCAA All-American in 2015 and a 2nd team All-American in 2016. She scored 61 goals in 89 collegiate appearances, ranking second all-time in career goals and 4th all time in points with 140 among University of Connecticut women's soccer players.
She was the American Athletic Conference (AAC) midfielder of the year in 2016 and Offensive player of the year in 2015 & 2014.
Club career
Orlando Pride, 2017–2019
Portland Thorns FC
The Portland Thorns FC is an American professional women's soccer team based in Portland, Oregon. Established in 2012, the team began play in 2013 in the then-eight-team National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), which receives support from the Uni ...
selected Hill with the 14th pick in the
2017 NWSL College Draft
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and subsequently traded her to the
Orlando Pride
The Orlando Pride is a professional women's soccer team based in Orlando, Florida. The team joined the National Women's Soccer League, the top level of women's soccer in the US, for the 2016 season. It became the tenth team to be added to the l ...
in exchange for first- and fourth-round picks in the
2018 NWSL College Draft.
The Pride signed Hill in May 2017 after her college graduation,
and she earned her first start on June 3.
Hill scored her first professional goal on June 28, 2017, a game-winner against
Sky Blue FC
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. She finished her rookie season with three goals, one assist from only 14 games, 8 of which were starts. After her contract option exercised for 2018, Hill went on to play 21 games in 2018, but a nagging injury lead to her starting only seven of them. She scored four goals tying
Marta as third best for the Pride. Hill had a new contract offer given at the end of the 2018 season.
Perth Glory, 2017–2019 (loan)
On October 19, 2017, Hill joined Australian club
Perth Glory
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Founded in 19 ...
on loan for the
2017–18 W-League
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season.
During her first season at Perth she finished with 9 goals, the third-most goals in the league and 6 assists, the most assists in the league.
She re-signed a loan agreement for
2018–2019 and ended the season with a further 6 goals as the team finished runners up in the Grand Final.
Chicago Red Stars, 2020–present
On January 16, 2020, Orlando traded Hill to the
Chicago Red Stars
The Chicago Red Stars are a professional women's soccer club based in Bridgeview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. A founding member of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, they have played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) sin ...
during the
2020 NWSL College Draft
The 2020 NWSL College Draft was the eighth annual meeting of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchises to select newly eligible college players for the 2020 NWSL season. It was held on January 16, 2020 in conjunction with the United Soc ...
along with a third-round pick, Orlando's natural first-round selection in the
2021 NWSL College Draft
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and an undisclosed amount of allocation money in exchange for the No. 3 overall selection and a third-round pick in the 2020 draft. With the season disrupted by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, Hill eventually made her Red Stars debut during the
2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.
Linköpings FC, 2020 (loan)
In August 2020, Hill joined Swedish
Damallsvenskan
The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...
club
Linköpings FC
Linköpings Fotboll Club is an association football club from Linköping, Sweden. The club was established in 2003 when Kenty DFF women's football club decided to merge with the premier division ice hockey club Linköpings HC under the new name L ...
on loan.
Career statistics
Club
International career
United States U-20 Women's National Team
Hill appeared for the
United States U-20 women's national soccer team
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in the
2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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as a substitute against
Brazil
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in group play.
Hill appeared for the U-20 USWNT in five
CONCACAF
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Women's U-20 Championship matches in 2014, starting in four matches, scoring one goal, and leading the team with five assists as an attacking
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
United States U-23 Women's National Team
US Soccer
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called Hill up to the
U-23 national team in 2016 U-23 Women's Nordic Tournament in June 2016 against
England
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,
Norway
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, and
Sweden
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, a tournament that the United States won.
References
External links
Orlando Pride player profile
US Soccer player profile*
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Living people
1995 births
People from Rollinsford, New Hampshire
Sportspeople from Strafford County, New Hampshire
Soccer players from New Hampshire
American women's soccer players
UConn Huskies women's soccer players
Portland Thorns FC draft picks
Orlando Pride players
Perth Glory FC (A-League Women) players
National Women's Soccer League players
A-League Women players
Women's association football forwards
United States women's under-20 international soccer players
Chicago Red Stars players
Linköpings FC players
Damallsvenskan players
American expatriate women's soccer players
Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia
American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
American expatriate sportspeople in Australia