Cali Farquharson

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Cali Farquharson
Personal information
Full name Cali Jean Farquharson[1]
Date of birth (1993-12-17) December 17, 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Yokota, Japan
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Arizona State Sun Devils 74 (44)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Washington Spirit 44 (0)
2020 KIF Örebro 19 (3)
2022 Houston Dash 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cali Jean Farquharson (born December 17, 1993) is an American professional soccer player.

Early life[edit]

Born in Yokota, Japan, Farquharson attended Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where she was named the most valuable player of the girls' soccer team during her freshman season.[2] She led the team in goals during her junior year. In 2012, she was named to the East Valley Tribune's all-Division II second team.[2]

Farquharson played club soccer for SC Del Sol '94 in the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL). She was twice named to the league's All-Event Team.[2]

Arizona Sun Devils, 2012–2015[edit]

Farquharson attended Arizona State University from 2012 to 2015 where she played for the Arizona State Sun Devils.[2][3][4][5]

Club career[edit]

Washington Spirit, 2016–2019[edit]

Farquharson was selected 12th overall by the Washington Spirit in the 2016 NWSL College Draft.[6][7] She made her debut for the club during the season opener against Boston Breakers on April 16, 2016.[8] In 2016, the rookie played in 16 games, 8 starts, totaling 561 minutes.[9] She tore her left ACL during a match against Seattle Reign FC on September 7, 2016, which ended her first professional season.[10]

Farquharson missed significant time in the 2018 season after suffering a left tibial stress injury.[11] In February 2019, she re-signed with the Spirit.[12] Farquharson went on to play 541 minutes with six starts in 2019. She was released by the club at the end of the 2019 season along with 8 other Washington Spirit players.[13]

Following her release by the Spirit, Farquharson was selected in the End of Season Re-Entry wire by the Utah Royals in November 2019.[14] She was subsequently waived by Utah in December 2019.[15]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "College of Liberal Arts and Sciences – Conferring of Bachelor Degrees: Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences" (PDF). Commencement and Convocation Program: Fall 2017. Arizona State University. December 2017. p. 104. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 20, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Cali Farquharson". Arizona State University. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  3. ^ Hays, Graham (September 14, 2015). "NCAA Women's Soccer: 5 Things You Need To Know". ESPN. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  4. ^ "Recap: Cali Farquharson leads Arizona State women's soccer past Oregon on senior day". MSN. October 26, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  5. ^ Baker, Robby (November 7, 2015). "Cali Farquharson's hat trick leads ASU women's soccer over U of A". The Desert Sun. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  6. ^ Metcalfe, Jeff (January 15, 2016). "ASU's Farquharson picked 12th overall in NWSL draft". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  7. ^ Metcalfe, Jeff (November 5, 2015). "ASU's Cali Farquharson looks ahead to pro soccer career". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  8. ^ "Washington Spirit Opens Season with 1–0 Win Over Boston Breakers". Washington Spirit. April 16, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  9. ^ "Cali Farquharson — Washington Spirit". Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  10. ^ "Cali Farquharson to Miss Remainder of NWSL Season After Tearing ACL — Washington Spirit". Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  11. ^ "Washington Spirit sign forward Mallory Eubanks". May 17, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  12. ^ "Washington Spirit re-sign attacker Cali Farquharson". February 5, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  13. ^ "NWSL announces 19 players available on re-entry wire". November 4, 2019. Archived from the original on November 29, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  14. ^ "Utah Royals FC select 3 off the Re-Entry Wire". November 5, 2019.
  15. ^ "Utah Royals re-sign Jonsdottir, Lytle, Barnhart; waive Farquharson". December 12, 2019.

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