Dorian Josey Bailey (born January 28, 1997) is an American professional soccer

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 ...

who currently plays for the

Washington Spirit The Washington Spirit is an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that participates in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the W-League and con ...

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

Bailey grew up in the

Kansas City metropolitan area The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...

and went to St. Teresa's Academy.

North Carolina Tar Heels

Bailey attended

University of North Carolina The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC Sys ...

where she played for the

North Carolina Tar Heels The North Carolina Tar Heels are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the ''Tar Heel ...

from 2015 to 2018. In 2015, she was named to the Freshman All-ACC Team. In four years, she played in 86 games, scoring 17 times and registering 17 assists.

Club career

Washington Spirit

Bailey was drafted 8th overall in the first round of the 2019 NWSL College Draft by the

. In April, she was signed to their active roster in advance of the 2019 NWSL season. Bailey made her first professional appearance on April 13, 2019, as a 79th-minute substitute in Washington's season opening win over

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International career

In 2013, Bailey was called up to the United States under-17 national team, winning a bronze medal in the

2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship The 2013 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship is the fourth edition of the U-17 women's championship in football for the CONCACAF region. The tournament was hosted by Jamaica from 30 October to 9 November 2013. The United States were the defen ...

. She scored her first youth international goal in a group stage win over Guatemala. In April 2014, she received an invitation to the United States under-18 squad's training camp. The following year, Bailey received invitations to training camps with both the United States under-19 and United States under-20 national teams. Bailey played in the 2018 Thorns Spring Invitational with the United States under-23 national team.

Honors

Washington Spirit *

NWSL Championship The National Women's Soccer League Playoffs (or NWSL Playoffs) are a single elimination tournament among six teams in the National Women's Soccer League of the United States, deciding the winner of the NWSL Championship. Since playoff games cann ...

: 2021

References

External links

Washington Spirit player profile
* 1997 births Living people American women's soccer players North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players National Women's Soccer League players Soccer players from Kansas Washington Spirit draft picks Washington Spirit players Women's association football midfielders {{US-women-footy-bio-stub