Kennedy Fuller

Kennedy Fuller

Fuller with Angel City in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Kennedy Linh Fuller[1]
Date of birth	(2007-03-09) March 9, 2007 (age 18)[1]
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Angel City FC
Number	17
Youth career
2019–2023	Solar SC
2021–2023	Southlake Carroll Dragons
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2024–	Angel City FC	45	(5)
International career‡
2022	United States U-15	7	(12)
2023	United States U-16	3	(2)
2024	United States U-17	14	(13)
2025–	United States U-20	5	(1)
Medal record Women's soccer Representing  United States FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2024 Dominican Republic
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:12, November 11, 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of December 2, 2025

Kennedy Linh Fuller (born March 9, 2007) is an American professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 2023 and signed with Angel City at age 16 in 2024. She won bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Raised in Southlake, Texas, Fuller started out practicing gymnastics, winning a state championship in the sport, before taking up soccer when she was seven years old.[2] She decided to focus on soccer at age eleven and joined powerhouse club Solar SC.[2] With the club, she was named ECNL All-American and the U16 Conference Player of the Year in 2022.[3]

Fuller helped lead Carroll Senior High School to the UIL Class 6A state championship as a freshman in 2022, scoring a hat trick in the final.[4] She finished her freshman season with 26 goals and 14 assists and was named the Dallas Morning News Player of the Year and the Texas Gatorade Player of the Year.[5] She scored a school record 55 goals and added 26 assists as a sophomore while the team returned to the state final in 2023, and though she missed the end of the playoffs on international duty, she was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year.[6] During her sophomore year, she committed to play college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels with the plan to graduate one year early.[7]

TopDrawerSoccer had ranked Fuller as the 3rd-best recruit in the class of 2025,[7] and after reclassifying, she was ranked the 7th-best recruit in the class of 2024.[8] After committing to North Carolina, she went on training stints with various professional clubs including the Washington Spirit, Kansas City Current, San Diego Wave, North Carolina Courage, Chelsea, and finally Angel City FC.[9] She also signed a name, image, and likeness (NIL) contract with Nike.[10]

Fuller with Angel City in 2025

Angel City FC announced on March 6, 2024, that they had signed Fuller to her first professional contract through the NWSL's Under-18 Entry Mechanism on a three-year deal with the option for another year.[11] She gave up her college eligibility and became the club's second-youngest signing after Casey Phair.[11] Later that month, on March 17, she made her professional debut in the season opener at BMO Stadium, starting and playing 90 minutes in a 1–0 loss to Bay FC, becoming the youngest player to play for Angel City.[12] On June 19, she scored her first professional goal in the 17th minute of the 3–2 home win over Racing Louisville.[13] She finished her rookie season with 1 goal in 19 league appearances.[14]

Fuller recorded her first professional assist in the following season opener, delivering a perfectly weighted ball for Alyssa Thompson's equalizer in a 1–1 draw with the San Diego Wave on March 16, 2025.[15] The next week, she scored her first goal of the season against the Portland Thorns, again a 1–1 draw.[16] The week after that, on March 30, she again assisted Thompson in a 2–1 win over the Seattle Reign, earning NWSL Assist of the Week.[17] After new head coach Alexander Straus arrived in the summer break, she was deployed in a more defensive midfield role for several games before returning to her usual attacking position.[18] On October 12, she scored in a 2–0 win over the Houston Dash to keep Angel City in the playoff hunt, winning NWSL Player of the Week for her performance.[19] She nearly doubled her playing time in her second season, appearing in all 26 games and scoring 4 goals.[20]

Fuller made her international debut for the United States under-15 team in June 2022, scoring three times in two friendlies.[21] She then captained the United States to victory at the 2022 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship, leading the team with nine goals and being awarded the Golden Ball as the best player at the tournament.[22] In 2023, she led the under-16s to the title at the Montaigu Tournament.[23] She scored eight goals for the under-17 team at the 2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, winning the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer after helping the United States win their sixth championship.[24]

Fuller then led the United States to third place at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic, its best result since 2008.[25] She scored in three consecutive games against Colombia and South Korea in the group stage and Nigeria in the quarterfinals, leading the team to their first semifinal appearance since 2008.[26] After losing to North Korea in the semifinals, she had a goal and an assist against England to secure third place.[25] She finished the tournament having started all six games, captaining three matches, and leading the team in scoring with four goals with three assists, and was awarded the Silver Boot as the tournament's second top scorer.[27] She was nominated for U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year alongside U-17 USWNT teammates Trinity Armstrong and Jordyn Bugg.[28]

Fuller is the daughter of Kim and Kris Fuller.[9] She has a younger sister, Kamdyn, who plays for the TCU Horned Frogs, and a younger brother, Kolton.[9] She is of Vietnamese descent through her maternal grandmother.[29]

As of November 2, 2025 Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Playoffs		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Angel City FC	2024	NWSL	19	1	—		4[a]	1	23	2
	2025		26	4	—		—		26	4
Career total			45	5	0	0	4	1	49	6

United States U-15

• CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship: 2022[22]

United States U-17

• CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship: 2024[24]
• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup bronze medal: 2024[25]

Individual

• CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship Golden Ball: 2022[22]
• CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship Golden Boot: 2024[24]
• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Silver Boot: 2024[27]

• Kennedy Fuller at Soccerway.com
• Kennedy Fuller at kicker (in German)
• Kennedy Fuller at National Women's Soccer League