Addison Taylor McCain (born August 28, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for Kansas City Current in the

National Women's Soccer League The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federati ...

(NWSL).

Early life

FC Dallas Academy

Addie McCain joined the FC Dallas Juniors' team at age 7. Throughout the next 11 years, she guided her teams to conference championships, consistently playing up divisions. At the U-14 level, her team was ranked No. 3 in the nation. She spent her last seasons with the FC Dallas

Women's Premier Soccer League The Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) is an amateur women's soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is the top amateur league for women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, below only National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) ...

team.

Wylie East High School

In 2015, as a sophomore, she led

Wylie East High School Wylie East High School (commonly Wylie East or WEHS) is a public high school located in Wylie, Texas (USA). It is classified as a 6A school by the UIL and is part of the Wylie Independent School District located in south central Collin County, ...

to the 5A State Championship and was named the tournament MVP; scoring 19 goals the following season.

Texas A&M

Addie McCain graduated high school early to enroll at Texas A&M where she attended from 2017 to 2020. While making 75 caps with 66 starts she received several honors throughout her college career; including 2017 SEC All-Freshman Team, 2018 All-SEC Second Team, 2020 All-SEC First Team, 2020 SEC Midfielder of the Year. She graduated early to prepare for the professional game.

Club career

Kansas City Current

McCain was selected by NWSL club Kansas City Current as the 17th overall pick of the

2021 NWSL Draft The 2021 NWSL Draft was the ninth annual meeting of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchises to select eligible college players. It was held on January 13, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the first NWSL Draft to be held virtua ...

. She signed a two year deal with the team in March 2021 and made her professional debut on April 26, 2021 against the Houston Dash. McCain scored her first goal for the Kansas City Current on March 18, 2022 in the 78th minute of the opening match of the

2022 NWSL Challenge Cup The 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup was a league cup competition that took place during the 2022 National Women's Soccer League season. It was the third iteration of the NWSL Challenge Cup tournament. Format The 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup was a multi-sta ...

against Racing Louisville FC to bring the game to a 1–1 tie, which was the final score of the game.

References

External links

NWSL Stats

Kansas City player profile

Instagram

Twitter

Texas A&M player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCain, Addie 1999 births Living people Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer players American women's soccer players Kansas City Current draft picks Kansas City Current players National Women's Soccer League players 21st-century American women Women's association football midfielders