Kaley Nikole Fountain (born July 1, 1988) is an American professional

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player. She previously played for FC Gold Pride, Atlanta Beat, and

Western New York Flash The Western New York Flash (WNY Flash) was an American women's soccer club based in Elma, New York, that most recently competed in the United Women's Soccer league in 2018. They won league championships in four different leagues: the USL W-Leag ...

Women's Professional Soccer Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top-level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 ...

and was a member of the

United States U-20 women's national soccer team The United States U-20 women's national soccer team is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior women's national team. The team most recentl ...

squad that won the

2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 4th edition of the tournament. It was held in Chile between 19 November and 7 December 2008. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, i ...

Early life

Wake Forest University

Fountain attended

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The R ...

. At Wake Forest, she played in 86 games, starting in 81 of them. In 2009, she claimed the number four spot on single-season goals for Wake Forest after scoring eleven goals. She also had ten assists that season. Fountain would later return to Wake Forest as an assistant coach.

Playing career

Youth Club

Warrior Soccer Club and Lonstar Soccer club in Austin, Texas.

FC Gold Pride

Fountain was drafted by FC Gold Pride in the second round of the 2010 WPS Draft. She played five games for the Pride before signing with the Atlanta Beat for the remainder of the

2010 Women's Professional Soccer season The 2010 Women's Professional Soccer season was the second season for the WPS, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. Regular season champion FC Gold Pride won the WPS Championship on September 26 with a 4–0 vi ...

Atlanta Beat

Fountain signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Beat midway through the 2010 season. She made five appearances for the team, starting two of those matches.

Western New York Flash

In November 2010, Fountain signed with the

for the 2011 Women's Professional Soccer season. With the Western New York Flash, she helped clinch the 2011 WPS Championship.

Seattle Reign FC

Fountain was selected by

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 ...

in the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft, but decided not to play in the new

National Women's Soccer League The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a women's professional Association football, soccer league and the highest level of the United States soccer league system#Women's leagues, United States soccer league system (alongside the USL Supe ...

International

Fountain has represented the United States at the U-20 and U-23 levels. She was a member of the U-20 U.S. Women's National Team that won the

in Chile and played with the U-20 U.S. women's national team during the Pan Am Games in the Summer of 2007.

References

External links

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Atlanta Beat player profile

US Soccer player profile

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fountain, Kaley 1988 births Living people American women's soccer players Soccer players from Austin, Texas FC Gold Pride players Atlanta Beat (WPS) players Western New York Flash players Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer players Women's association football defenders Women's association football forwards United States women's under-20 international soccer players Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in football Seattle Reign FC draft picks Women's Professional Soccer players United States women's youth international soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen