Kassey Kallman

Kassey Lee Kallman (born May 6, 1992) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender. She played college soccer for the Florida State Seminoles before playing professionally for FC Kansas City, the Boston Breakers, and the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

Early life Kassey is the daughter of Rich and Laura Kallman. She has three brothers – Brian, Brad and Brent – and two sisters – Krystle and Kylie. Brian and Brent both played college soccer at Creighton University and both played professionally in the North American Soccer League for Minnesota United before Brent joined their MLS iteration; Krystle and Kylie both played collegiately at The University of Minnesota, where Krystle currently serves as an assistant coach.

Kallman was the team captain at Woodbury Senior High School, earning All-American honors as a senior and All-State honors as a junior and senior. She helped her team to Minnesota state titles as a freshman and junior, third place in state as a sophomore, and second place as a senior. As a senior, she was The Minnesota Player of the Year, Minnesota's Ms. Soccer, ESPN Rise Player of the Year, and Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year. That year, Kallman scored her first collegiate goal against in-state rival the Florida Gators in the 89th minute to send that game into overtime. left Kallmann followed that up as a sophomore by playing every minute of all 26 games for Florida State while helping the Seminoles to their first ACC Championship and fifth NCAA College Cup appearance. She was then named captain for her junior year, leading The Seminole defense that blanked their first eight ACC opponents en route to claiming the ACC regular season title for the second time in school history, and continued her senior when she was a Hermann Trophy Semifinalist and Honda Award finalist.

Club career FC Kansas City In the second collegiate draft for the National Women's Soccer League, FC Kansas City selected Kallman with their first pick, the fifth pick overall, following four of her teammates from the 2012 U-20 World Cup team: Crystal Dunn, Kealia Ohai, Julie Johnston, and Vanessa DiBernardo.

As most of Kallman's collegiate and U-20 international experience was spent in the central defense, she was largely expected to step into the hole in that position left by Lauren Sesselmann's departure for the Houston Dash through the 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft. However, through the first few games of the 2014 NWSL season, she featured as the left wing-back, providing width in the attack for FC Kansas City's possession-oriented style. Kallman adjusted to the role well, particularly against the high-powered attacks of the Portland Thorns and Seattle Reign during the playoffs, helping the Blues win the 2014 NWSL Championship.

Boston Breakers On October 27, 2014, Kallman was traded to the Boston Breakers for Heather O'Reilly, along with Morgan Marlborough.

Washington Spirit In November 2016, Kallman was traded to the Washington Spirit along with Kristie Mewis for Megan Oyster.

International career Kallman's first-ever national team call-up came in January 2011 after her freshman season at FSU when she was invited in with the U.S. U-20s.

Personal life Kallman has been in a relationship with Eric Miller since 2009.

Career statistics

Honors FC Kansas City NWSL Championship: 2014