Hali Long

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In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Candido and the surname or paternal family name is Long.
Hali Long
Personal information
Full name Hali Moriah Candido Long[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-21) January 21, 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Years Team
– Lou Fusz-Wipk U18
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Little Rock Trojans 71 (1)
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Philippines 30 (5)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 24, 2016 (before the 2016 AFF Women's Championship)

Hali Moriah Candido Long (born January 21, 1995) is an American-born Filipino footballer who plays as a defender for the Philippines women's national team.

Early life and education[]

Hali Long was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri[2] to Lilie Candido and David Long. She studied at the Francis Howell North High School in St. Charles lettering in all four years in her secondary education and at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She was named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List for maintaining a GPA (grade point average) of 3.0 or better for the 2013–14 and 2014-15 school years.[3]

Career[]

Youth and college[]

Long played for the under-18 team of Lou Fusz-Wipk, helping the youth club win three state championships. She played for the Little Rock Trojans women's soccer team from 2013 to 2016. She made her first career assist in 2014 against Southern and her first career goal in 2016 against Memphis.[3] In 2015 she played the most minutes among players of the Little Rock Trojans women's soccer team. She also started every game, one of only three players on that year’s roster to do so.[4][5]

International[]

In June 2016, Long joined a training camp by the Philippines women's national football team. She was then selected to be part of the Philippine squad to participate at the 2016 AFF Women's Championship in Myanmar.[4] This was the first time that a Trojans player competed on a senior national team.[6] She also played at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in April 2017 scoring a hat-trick in the match against Tajikistan.[7] The team managed to secure qualification for the final tournament in Jordan.

She was also part of the Philippine roster for the 2017 Southeast Asian Games[1] and the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[8]

International goals[]

Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 April 2017 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan  Iraq 2–0 4–0 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
2. 7 April 2017 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan  Tajikistan 3–0 8–0 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
3. 5–0
4. 6–0
5. 24 August 2017 UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia  Thailand 1–3 1–3 2017 Southeast Asian Games
6. 4 November 2018 , Hisor, Tajikistan  Singapore 4–0 9–0 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
7. 8–0
8. 3 August 2019 PFF National Training Centre, Carmona, Philippines  Macau 9–0 11–0 Friendly
9. 15 August 2019 IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand  Malaysia 2–0 3–0 2019 AFF Women's Championship
10. 17 August 2019 IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand  Timor-Leste 5–0 7–0 2019 AFF Women's Championship
11. 6–0

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Long, Hali Moriah C". KL 2017 Results System. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  2. ^ Mahan, Ryan (October 19, 2021). "Meet the international soccer player living and serving up coffee in Springfield". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Little Rock Athletics - Hali Long - 2015". Little Rock Trojans. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Long Earns spot on Philippines National Team". Little Rock Trojans. Little Rock Athletics. July 22, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  5. ^ "Hali Long - 2016 - Soccer".
  6. ^ "Trojan Soccer player Hali Long makes Philippines national soccer team". July 26, 2016.
  7. ^ "Football: Philippines dismantles Tajikistan in Women's Asian Cup qualifying". ABS-CBN News. April 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  8. ^ "Meet the Malditas: See who's wearing the Philippines' colors at the Women's AFC Asian Cup in Jordan". ABS-CBN Sports. April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
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