Cameron Lindley


Cameron Lindley 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.

Career

Youth and college

Lindley grew up in Carmel, Indiana and spent a majority of his youth career with Indiana Fire Juniors, Chicago Fire's youth soccer club. He played high school soccer and basketball at Guerin Catholic High School in Noblesville, Indiana. Following several seasons with the youth club, Lindley spent a season in the Premier Development League with Chicago FC United before attending college. He spent two years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, scoring seven goals in 43 regular season matches.

Orlando City

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. 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.
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.

International career

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.

Personal life

Lindley's younger sister, Cassidy, is also a soccer player currently at the University of Florida. His uncle, Tyler McCarroll, was a midfielder at Indiana.
Lindley has been in a relationship with USWNT defender Emily Fox since 2017. Both played soccer at UNC.

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Honors

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