Cameron Lindley
Cameron Lindley (born July 18, 1997) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Indy Eleven in the USL Championship. Having played college soccer for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he joined Orlando City in 2018 after his Homegrown rights were traded from Chicago Fire.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cameron Lindley | ||
| Date of birth | July 18, 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Carmel, Indiana, United States | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Indy Eleven | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2016 | Indiana Fire Juniors | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 43 | (7) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Chicago Fire U-23 | 8 | (2) |
| 2017 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 6 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Orlando City | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Saint Louis FC (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Memphis 901 (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2020 | Indy Eleven | 12 | (0) |
| 2021 | San Antonio FC | 31 | (0) |
| 2022 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 31 | (2) |
| 2023– | Indy Eleven | 33 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | United States U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | United States U18 | 15 | (0) |
| 2015 | United States U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | United States U23 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 20, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 24, 2019 | |||
Career edit
Youth and college edit
Lindley grew up in Carmel, Indiana and spent a majority of his youth career with Indiana Fire Juniors, Chicago Fire's youth soccer club.[1] He played high school soccer and basketball at Guerin Catholic High School in Noblesville, Indiana.[2] Following several seasons with the youth club, Lindley spent a season in the Premier Development League with Chicago FC United before attending college.[3] He spent two years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, scoring seven goals in 43 regular season matches.[4]
Professional edit
On January 18, 2018, Lindley's Homegrown rights were traded from Chicago Fire to Orlando City as Lindley signed a four-year deal with the Central Florida club.[5] He made his professional debut in the season opener, a 1–1 draw at home to DC United. After starting three of the first four games of the season, Lindley failed to make another MLS appearance in 2018 and only made one US Open Cup appearance.
On May 24, 2018, he was loaned to Saint Louis FC and made one start before returning.[6]
On April 12, 2019, he was loaned to USL Championship team Memphis 901 FC and made 26 appearances in all competitions. On November 21, 2019, it was announced Lindley had his contract option for the 2020 season declined by Orlando as part of the end-of-season roster decisions.[7]
After a season with USL Championship side Indy Eleven in 2020, it was announced Lindley would be with San Antonio FC in 2021.[8]
On December 9, 2021, it was announced that Lindley would join USL Championship side Colorado Springs Switchbacks ahead of their 2022 season.[9] During the 2022 season, Lindley was named USL Championship All-League.[10]
On December 1, 2022, Lindley made the move to his former club Indy Eleven ahead of the 2023 season.[11] Lindley made 36 total appearances in his return season to Indianapolis, including 33 USL Championship appearances, two US Open Cup appearances, and playing all 90 minutes of Indy Eleven's 5-0 loss to Charleston Battery in the 2023 USL Championship Playoffs.[12]
International career edit
Lindley has represented the United States internationally at various youth levels.
On March 19, 2019, Lindley was selected by his former Orlando City head coach Jason Kreis for the United States U23 squad for friendlies against Egypt and the Netherlands ahead of qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[13]
Personal life edit
Lindley's younger sister, Cassidy, is also a soccer player currently at the University of Florida.[14] His uncle, Tyler McCarroll, was a midfielder at Indiana.
Career statistics edit
College edit
| School | Season | NCAA Regular Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| North Carolina Tar Heels | 2016 | Div. I | 21 | 0 | 7 |
| 2017 | 22 | 7 | 13 | ||
| NCAA Total | 43 | 7 | 20 | ||
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Club edit
- As of November 11, 2023
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Playoffs | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Orlando City | 2018 | MLS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Saint Louis FC (loan) | 2018 | USL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Memphis 901 FC (loan) | 2019 | USLC | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Indy Eleven | 2020 | USLC | 12 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| San Antonio FC | 2021 | USLC | 30 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 2022 | USLC | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| Indy Eleven | 2023 | USLC | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Career totals | 135 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 144 | 4 | ||
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Honors edit
Individual edit
References edit
- ^ . Indiana Fire Juniors. Archived from the original on February 25, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ "Guerin Catholic senior Cameron Lindley named youth soccer player of the year". indystar.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ . uslpdl.com. SportsEngine. Archived from the original on February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ . goheels.com. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics. Archived from the original on February 25, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ "Orlando City SC Acquires Midfielder Cam Lindley from Chicago Fire as Homegrown Player". orlandocitysc.com. Major League Soccer. January 18, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ USLSoccer.com Staff (May 24, 2018). "Da Silva, Lindlay join STLFC on Loan".
- ^ "Orlando City SC Announces 2019 End-of-Season Roster Decisions". Orlando City SC. November 21, 2019.
- ^ "San Antonio Signs Midfielder Cam Lindley". 18 December 2020.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ^ "Cam Lindley, Hadji Barry Named to USL Championship All League Second Team".
- ^ "Cam Lindley Back in Indy via Transfer from Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC".
- ^ "Cam Lindley". Indy Eleven. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ^ "Weah, Sargent headline USMNT U-23 squad as Kreis is named head coach | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ "Cassidy Lindley - Soccer". Florida Gators.
- ^ "USL Championship Announces 2022 All-League Teams". www.uslchampionship.com. Tampa, FL: USL. November 1, 2022. from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- ^ Staff, USLChampionship com (2023-11-07). "USL Championship Announces 2023 All-League Teams". USL Championship. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
External links edit
- Cameron Lindley at Major League Soccer
- Cameron Lindley at Soccerway