Rachel Daly

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Rachel Daly
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Rachel Daly in 2017
Personal information
Full name Rachel Ann Daly[1]
Date of birth (1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth Harrogate, England[2]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward / Fullback
Club information
Current team
 Houston Dash
Number 3
Youth career
Leeds United
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 St. John's Red Storm 60 (50)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Leeds United
2011–2012 Lincoln Ladies 24 (4)
2013 Los Angeles Strikers
2014 LA Blues
2015 SoCal FC
2016– Houston Dash 95 (33)
2020 → West Ham United (loan) 9 (3)
National team‡
2008 England U17 4 (0)
2014 England U23 2 (0)
2016– England 46 (7)
2021– Great Britain 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 February 2022

Rachel Ann Daly (born 6 December 1991) is an English footballer who plays for Houston Dash[3] and the England national team.[4]

College career[]

Despite playing just three years for the St. John's University Red Storm,[5] Daly set the school's career records for both goals (50) and points (111). As a freshman, she did not see game action due to NCAA compliance regulations. During her second year, she played and started in all 21 games and set St. John's single-season records in goals (23) and points (50), becoming the program's first-ever player to be named a NSCAA All-American, after earning Second Team honours.

As a junior, she was the team's leading player in points with 18, including 8 goals and 2 assists. As a senior, she appeared in 20 games, making 19 starts, and finished as the leading scorer on the team with 19 goals and 5 assists for a total of 18 points. She became the first player in program history to be selected to the NSCAA All-America First Team and the first to be named a semifinalist for the Hermann Trophy.[6]

Club career[]

Houston Dash[]

Daly was selected by NWSL club Houston Dash as the sixth overall pick of the 2016 NWSL College Draft.[7] The NWSL Media Association voted Daly Player of the Week for the first week of the season after she contributed a goal and an assist in the Dash's 3–1 win against the Chicago Red Stars.[8] She appeared in 16 games in the 2016 season, tallying four goals and four assists.[9]

Daly returned to the Dash for the 2017 season, appearing in 23 games and scoring 5 goals.[10] On 20 November 2017 the Houston Dash announced that Daly had signed a new contract with the club.[11]

In the 2018 season, Daly was named Player of the Week for week 9, as well as Player of the Month for the month of May. Daly started all 24 games for the Dash and scored a career high 10 goals.[12] She was voted team MVP and named to the NWSL Second XI for the 2018 season.[13][14][15]

Daly was named captain of the Dash ahead of the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup. The Dash won the Cup, their first trophy, after a 2–0 win over the Chicago Red Stars in the final. Daly won the tournament Golden Boot and on 25 July 2020 was named tournament MVP.[16]

Loan to West Ham United[]

On 3 September 2020, Daly joined West Ham United on a loan that expired 11 January 2021.[17][18]

International career[]

Daly has represented England at the U-15, U-17, U-19, and U-23 levels.[19] She was a member of England's U-17 FIFA Women's World Cup team that finished fourth in New Zealand in 2008.[20]

When Mark Sampson replaced Hope Powell as England coach, he named Daly in his first squad in December 2013.[21] She won her first senior cap in June 2016, scoring in England's 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying win over Serbia. Daly was left off Sampson's squad for Euro 2017.[22]

After not being called up for nearly a year, Daly was included in England's squad for the 2018 SheBelieves Cup by new head coach Phil Neville.[23] Daly featured in four of England's World Cup qualifying games in 2018, as England won their group and qualified for the 2019 World Cup.[24] She won the 2019 SheBelieves Cup with England, where she appeared in two games and played all 90 minutes in a 2–2 draw against the United States.[25]

Great Britain Olympic[]

In May 2021, Daly was named to the Team GB squad as one of six defenders in the squad.[26] She appeared in all four games for Team GB, starting in three of the games.

Personal life[]

She previously dated Dash teammate Kristie Mewis.[27]

Career statistics[]

International[]

Statistics accurate as of match played 23 February 2022.
Year England Great Britain
Apps Goals Apps Goals
2016 5 1 N/A
2017 0 0 N/A
2018 11 2 N/A
2019 17 0 N/A
2020 2 0 N/A
2021 8 4 4 0
2022 3 0 N/A
Total 46 7 4 0

International goals[]

Scores and results list England's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 4 June 2016 Adams Park, High Wycombe, England  Serbia 3–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
2. 4 September 2018 Tsentralniy, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 2–0 6–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
3. 8 November 2018 BSFZ-Arena, Maria Enzersdorf, Austria  Austria 3–0 3–0 Friendly
4. 23 February 2021 St. George's Park, Burton upon Trent, England  Northern Ireland 5–0 6–0 Friendly
5. 21 September 2021 Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 9–0 10–0 2023 FIFA World Cup qualifying
6. 26 October 2021 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Latvia 7–0 10–0
7. 10–0

Honours[]

Club[]

Leeds United

Houston Dash

International[]

England

Individual[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players - England" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 8. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Women's World Cup 2019: Mapping England's Lionesses squad". BBC Sport. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Rachel Daly". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved 12 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Rachel Daly". The Football Association. Retrieved 12 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Rachel Daly - Women's Soccer". St. John's University Athletics. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Rachel Daly". St. John's University. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  7. ^ Tolar, Alicia (15 January 2016). "2016 NWSL Draft: Houston Dash pick Rachel Daly". SB Nation. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  8. ^ Staff, Keeper Notes (19 April 2016). "Houston Dash's Rachel Daly wins NWSL Player of the Week -". Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Rachel Daly Profile". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Rachel Daly stats". 27 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Forward Rachel Daly signs new contract with Dash". 20 November 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  12. ^ "R. DALY". Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Player of the Week, Rachel Daly". 29 May 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Player of the Month, Rachel Daly". 1 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  15. ^ "SEVEN NC COURAGE PLAYERS ON NWSL'S BEST XI AND SECOND XI". 20 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  16. ^ a b Hill, Glynn A. (25 July 2020). "Dash forward Rachel Daly named MVP of NWSL Challenge Cup". HoustonChronicle.com.
  17. ^ "West Ham sign England international Rachel Daly on loan until end of the year". Goal.com. 3 September 2020.
  18. ^ "Thank you for everything, @racheldaly3 & @rubyjgrant