Sean William Kelley (born April 15, 1988) is an American former

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player. He played for American teams during his career which lasted from 2009 to 2013.

Career

College and amateur

Kelley was born in

Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by popul ...

and attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School before going on to play four years of

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George Mason University George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was origin ...

. As a freshman, he was named the Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Year, to the All-CAA Second Team and the 2006 College Soccer News All-Freshman First Team, and earned NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region Third Team honors, while as a junior and senior he earned All-CAA honors for the second and third time. He started all 77 games of his collegiate career, and had a goals against average of less than 1 goal per game. During his college years Kelley also played with the Northern Virginia Royals in the

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Professional

Kelley was spotted by

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head coach Adrian Heath while attending an open tryout with

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team

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in March 2010, who signed him to a one-year contract, primarily to act as backup to first-choice goalkeeper Miguel Gallardo. He made his professional debut on September 18, 2010, in a 2–1 loss to

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. Prior to the 2011 season, new owners purchased the club and moved it to

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, renaming it Orlando City S.C. Kelley was key in the Lions' 2011 USL Pro Championships title game. He entered in the second half when Miguel Gallardo received a red card for dragging down a Harrisburg City Islanders player on a breakaway. Despite surrendering a goal late in extended time, and another early in overtime, he got a chance to atone when the Lions scored on an penalty kick near the end of overtime. In penalty kicks, Kelley stopped the first two Islanders shots as he and the Lions won, 3–2, in PKs. Kelley was voted game MVP. Kelley started four matches in 2012 for Orlando City, including the season opener, which Gallardo had to sit out due to his red card in the Championship Game. He initially was released after the 2012 season to be replaced by

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, a reserve loanee from

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. But Kelley was re-signed by the team on April 3, 2013, following a knee injury to Gallardo.http://orlandocitysoccer.com/news/?article_id=1264

Honors

Orlando City

* USL Pro (1):

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References

External links

Austin Aztex bio

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