Claudia Dickey

College career Dickey shared playing time with Samantha Leshnak in her freshman season with the North Carolina Tar Heels, making 17 appearances (6 starts). She came off the bench and converted a penalty kick in a shootout win against UCLA in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. She was unused in the semifinals and final as North Carolina finished runners-up to Florida State in the 2018 championship game. She spent the entire 2022 season as Phallon Tullis-Joyce's backup as the Reign won the NWSL Shield.

Dickey made her NWSL debut on April 20, 2023, starting in a 2–0 win against Angel City FC in the NWSL Challenge Cup group stage. She kept clean sheets in all three group stage games, leading head coach Laura Harvey to give her the start against Angel City on August 27, where the Reign lost 2–1. Tullis-Joyce soon left the Reign for Manchester United, and Dickey finished the 2023 regular season with 3 clean sheets in 6 games. In the playoffs, she kept shutouts in 1–0 wins against Angel City and the San Diego Wave before falling 2–1 to NJ/NY Gotham FC in the championship game. After the season, the Reign extended her contract through 2025.

Dickey sustained a knee injury during a 3–2 loss to Bay FC on April 14, 2024, and had to be substituted for Laurel Ivory. After missing two months of action, she returned in a 0–0 draw against the Portland Thorns on June 16. She finished the 2024 regular season with 3 clean sheets in 18 games as the Reign placed 13th of 14 teams.

Dickey played every minute of the 2025 regular season, keeping 7 clean sheets in 26 games. Performing at a level to earn her first USWNT call-ups, she led the league with 88 saves and 11.9 post-shot expected goals prevented and ranked second with a 76.7 save percentage. She won NWSL Save of the Week for a diving effort to stop Delphine Cascarino in a 2–1 win against the San Diego Wave on June 6. She helped the Reign improve to fifth in the final standings but lost 2–0 to the defending champion Orlando Pride in the quarterfinals. She was nominated for NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year,

Dickey received her first call-up to the senior national team in January 2025. She made her senior debut on June 26, 2025, starting in a 4–0 friendly win against the Republic of Ireland.

Personal life Dickey played soccer and basketball growing up and was briefly a two-sport athlete with the North Carolina basketball team before focusing on soccer. She played in 6 games and scored 3 points in 15 minutes of action in the 2018–19 season.

North Carolina Tar Heels Atlantic Coast Conference: 2018, 2019 ACC tournament: 2019

OL Reign NWSL Shield: 2022 The Women's Cup: 2022

Individual Seattle Reign Most Valuable Player: 2025 NWSL Team of the Month: May 2025 First-team All-ACC: 2019 ACC tournament all-tournament team: 2019, 2020