Dorian Bailey

Dorian Bailey
Bailey with Bay FC in 2024
Personal information
Full name Dorian Josey Bailey[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-28) January 28, 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Mission, Kansas, United States
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bay FC
Number 19
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 North Carolina Tar Heels[2] 86 (17)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Washington Spirit 39 (1)
2024– Bay FC 9 (1)
International career
2013–2014 United States U17
2014 United States U18
2015 United States U19
2016 United States U20
2017–2018 United States U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 October 2021

Dorian Josey Bailey (born January 28, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Bay FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels before being drafted by the Washington Spirit in the first round of the 2019 NWSL College Draft.

Early life

Bailey grew up in the Kansas City metropolitan area and went to St. Teresa's Academy.[3]

North Carolina Tar Heels

Bailey attended University of North Carolina where she played for the North Carolina Tar Heels from 2015 to 2018. In 2015, she was named to the Freshman All-ACC Team.[4] In four years, she played in 86 games, scoring 17 times and registering 17 assists.[2]

Club career

Washington Spirit

Bailey was drafted 8th overall in the first round of the 2019 NWSL College Draft by the Washington Spirit.[5] In April, she was signed to their active roster in advance of the 2019 NWSL season.[6] Bailey made her first professional appearance on April 13, 2019, as a 79th-minute substitute in Washington's season opening win over Sky Blue FC.[7] Bailey was traded to NWSL expansion club Bay FC on December 12, 2023.[8]

International career

In 2013, Bailey was called up to the United States under-17 national team, winning a bronze medal in the 2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship. She scored her first youth international goal in a group stage win over Guatemala.[9] In April 2014, she received an invitation to the United States under-18 squad's training camp.[10] The following year, Bailey received invitations to training camps with both the United States under-19 and United States under-20 national teams.[11][12] Bailey played in the 2018 Thorns Spring Invitational with the United States under-23 national team.[13]

Honors

Washington Spirit

References

  1. ^ "Candidates for the Diploma". St. Teresa's Academy 142nd Commencement. Kansas City, Missouri: St. Teresa's Academy. May 17, 2015. p. 2. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Dorian Bailey". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  3. ^ McDowell, Sam (June 13, 2015). "Desire to do things right helped Dorian Bailey become The Star's 2014-15 female Scholar-Athlete winner". Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "Four Tar Heels Named To All-ACC Teams". University of North Carolina Athletics. November 5, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  5. ^ "NWSL Draft 2019: Washington Spirit select North Carolina midfielder Dorian Bailey". Black and Red United. January 10, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "Washington Spirit announces updated 25-player roster ahead of 2019 NWSL season". Washington Spirit. April 8, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  7. ^ "Debut goals from Sam Staab & Megan Crosson hand Washington Spirit 2–0 win over Sky Blue FC". Black and Red United. April 13, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  8. ^ "Washington Spirit Completes Trades with Expansion Sides Bay FC and Utah Royals FC". December 12, 2023.
  9. ^ "U.S. U-17 WNT Defeats Guatemala 7–0 to Qualify for Semifinals at CONCACAF U-17 Women's Championship". U.S. Soccer. November 2, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  10. ^ "U-18 WNT Head to OTC Training Camp May 11–18". U.S. Soccer. April 28, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  11. ^ "U-20 WNT Opens 2015 with Florida Camp and Match vs. Bayern Munich". U.S. Soccer. January 11, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  12. ^ "U.S. U-19 WNT Opens 2015 Programming With Camp at the NTC". U.S. Soccer. April 6, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  13. ^ "Snow Names 24-Player USA Roster for 2018 Thorns Spring Invitational". U.S. Soccer. March 8, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2019.