Kelli Hubly

Kelli Elizabeth Hubly (born August 9, 1994) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Bay FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played eight seasons for Portland Thorns FC, winning two NWSL Championships (2017 and 2022) and the NWSL Shield. She played college soccer for the Kentucky Wildcats and the DePaul Blue Demons.

Early life Hubly was born in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, and attended Elk Grove High School. Growing up she played for the club Sockers F.C. in Chicago, winning the 2010 and 2011 Illinois Cup Championships and the U.S. Youth Soccer Regional Championship in 2011.

College career Hubly played at the University of Kentucky her first three years (2012-2014) of college, making the All-Freshman Team of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in 2012, winning the SEC's Freshman of the Week award on October 15, 2012, and making Top Drawer Soccer's National Team of the Week on October 8, 2013. In 2014 she helped the Wildcats advance to the SEC championship game. She instead joined the Portland Thorns as a temporary national team replacement player in 2017. That fall, she won the 2017 NWSL Championship with the Thorns.

She earned her first professional start on March 24, 2018, against the Courage. After playing every minute of the first four games of the 2018 NWSL season due to an injury to usual starter Emily Menges, Hubly was signed by the Thorns on April 27, 2018, to a long-term contract.

Hubly was a key member and frequent starter for the Thorns teams that won the 2020 Fall Series (Community Shield), 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup, 2021 Women's International Champions Cup, and 2021 NWSL Shield. and was included in the 2022 NWSL Best XI Second Team. She played two more seasons for the Thorns, then became a free agent on December 30, 2024.

Bay FC Hubly signed a two-year contract with Bay FC on January 31, 2025. On August 23, she scored an own goal for the Washington Spirit and a header goal for Bay in a 3–2 loss to the Spirit before an NWSL record crowd at Oracle Park.

International Hubly was a member of the U.S. Women's National Team at the U-15, U-17, and U-18 levels. NWSL Shield: 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup: 2021 NWSL Community Shield: 2020 Women's International Champions Cup: 2021

Individual NWSL Second XI: 2022 Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team: 2012