Jennifer Rose Hoy (born January 18, 1991) is an American former professional

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. She played for

Chicago Red Stars Chicago Stars Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the Chicago metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). A founding member of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league as the Chic ...

and

Sky Blue FC Gotham Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 un ...

of the

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Early life

Raised in

Sellersville, Pennsylvania Sellersville is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,249 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is in the Pennridge School District. History 18th century Sellersville w ...

, Hoy attended

Germantown Academy Germantown Academy, informally known as GA and originally known as the Union School, is the oldest nonsectarian day school in the United States. The school was founded on December 6, 1759, by a group of prominent Germantown citizens in the ...

where she finished her high school career with 110 goals and 46 assists. She scored 36 goals during her senior year. Hoy was voted three-time league MVP and was named by the Philadelphia Inquirer as Player of the Year the same year. Hoy also earned all-league and all-state honors as a track athlete. She was also a gymnast for eight years before choosing soccer as her primary sport. Hoy played for club team, FC Bucks Vipers, and helped the team win state cups for six seasons. The team also placed third nationally in 2008 and won the 2009 U-18 US Youth Soccer national title.

Princeton University

Hoy attended

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, where she played for the

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from 2009 to 2012. During the 2010 season, she led the

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in game-winning goals with four as a sophomore. During her junior season, she earned Ivy League Player of the Week honors twice and started in all 17 games. As a senior, she ranked second in Princeton's history for most goals scored in a season, with 18. The same year, she was named Ivy League Player of the Week three times. She also recorded three hat tricks on the season and scored two game-winning goals. In 2012, she was the final player awarded Ivy League Player of the Year before the award was split to honor the Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year separately in 2013.

Club career

Chicago Red Stars, 2013–2017

Hoy was selected during the fourth round (25th overall) of the

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by the

for the inaugural season of the

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. She scored her first goal for the Red Stars in a match against the

Seattle Reign FC Seattle Reign FC is an American professional soccer team based in Seattle, Washington, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2012, it is one of eight inaugural members of the NWSL. Since June 2024, the Reign ar ...

on July 25, 2013. On August 18, 2013, Jen Hoy scored 2 goals in a come from behind 2–1 upset win over

FC Kansas City FC Kansas City was an American professional women's soccer club based in Kansas City, Missouri. The team was one of the eight founding clubs of the National Women's Soccer League in 2012, and began play in 2013. They were two-time NWSL champio ...

; and was named NWSL Week 19 Player of the Week, and finished her rookie season with 3 goals and 1 assist in only 481 minutes in nine games. In

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, Hoy played in 21 matches, scored 4 goals for the Red Stars including a joint team high with

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of 2 game winning goals, and provided a joint team high with

Alyssa Mautz Alyssa Lee Mautz (born July 29, 1989) is an American former professional soccer forward and midfielder. She played for the Chicago Red Stars of the NWSL from 2013 to 2022, and played on loan to Australian club Perth Glory for the 2018–19 W-L ...

of 3 assists,. In

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, Hoy played 1110 minutes in 18 matches, and scored 4 goals for the Red Stars including a game-winning goal; and provided 4 assists one less than team leader

. In

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Hoy suffered a plantar fascia injury and played 674 in 15 matches, and scored 2 goals. Hoy appeared in 14 games in 2017 and scored 2 goals for Chicago.

Loan to Newcastle Jets

On October 28, 2016, Hoy joined Australian club

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on loan. In 12 games with the Jets, she scored 5 goals.

Sky Blue FC, 2018–2019

After five seasons in Chicago, Hoy was traded to

on January 18, 2018, as part of a three-team trade that also included the

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. Due to injury Hoy only appeared in 10 games for Sky Blue in 2018. She re-signed with the club prior to the

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. On July 7, 2019, she scored her first goal for Sky Blue. Hoy scored in the 81st minute to make the score 2–0, Sky Blue would hold on to win 2–1. This was their first win of the 2019 season. Hoy scored again in their next game on July 13 against the

Utah Royals The Utah Royals (formerly Utah Royals FC) are an American professional soccer team based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Established on November 16, 2017, as an expansion team, ...

. Her goal in second half stoppage time gave Sky Blue their second consecutive victory. In February 2020, Hoy retired from soccer.

International career

Hoy received her first call up to US U-23 National Camp in April 2013.

References

External links

Chicago Red Stars player profile

Princeton Tigers player profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoy, Jen 1991 births Living people American women's soccer players Soccer players from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Princeton Tigers women's soccer players National Women's Soccer League players Chicago Red Stars players Newcastle Jets FC (women) players People from Sellersville, Pennsylvania Germantown Academy alumni Women's association football forwards Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia Chicago Red Stars draft picks Gotham FC players 21st-century American sportswomen