Hailie Mace


Hailie Janae Mace is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League. She debuted for the United States women's national soccer team in 2018.

Early life

Mace was born and raised in Ventura, California where she attended Buena High School. She played youth club soccer for Eagles SC in the Elite Clubs National League.

UCLA, 2015–2018

In 2015, Mace led all Bruin freshmen in games played at 19. In 2016, she started all 22 games for UCLA and helped the team record 9 shutouts. In 2017, she was a Hermann Trophy semifinalist, First-team All-American, All-West Region and All-Pac-12. Mace led the team with four game-winning goals and once again started every game for the Bruins. UCLA advanced to the College Cup final in 2017, where they would lose 3–2 to rival Stanford.

Club career

Melbourne City

Mace was drafted by Sky Blue FC with the second overall pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft. However, she did not sign with the team and instead joined Australian club Melbourne City FC on a guest-player contract. In her professional debut, Mace scored twelve minutes after subbing on and helped Melbourne City win 4–0 against the Newcastle Jets.

FC Rosengård

In February 2019, Mace signed with Swedish club FC Rosengård.

International career

Youth national teams

Mace has participated in U.S. Youth National Team camps with the under-20 and under-23 national teams.

Senior national team

In February 2018, Mace received her first call-up to the United States women's national team ahead of the 2018 SheBelieves Cup but did not play. The following month, she was called up for two friendlies against Mexico as a replacement for injured defender Casey Short. She earned her first cap on April 8 during the team's 6–2 win over Mexico. In August of the same year, she was named to the roster for two friendlies against Chile. She made her second appearance for the national team on September 1 during the team's 3–0 win over Chile.
In September 2018, Mace was named to the team's 20-player roster for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, the qualification tournament for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was the only college player named to the squad. Mace started and played 90 minutes during the team's 5–0 shutout against Panama on October 17.

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International

Honors

Club

;FC Rosengård