Former United States defender Kelley O’Hara, a two-time Women’s World Cup champion and 2012 Olympic gold medal winner, has announced that she will retire at the end of the season. The 35-year-old, who won 160 caps in a 14-year international career, helped Gotham FC to its first National Women’s Soccer League crown last year and hopes to lead her team to another title before retiring.
O’Hara expressed her gratitude for being able to represent her country and wear the US Soccer crest throughout her career. She reflected on her accomplishments and shared that she is most thankful for the people she was able to accomplish them with. O’Hara played in four Women’s World Cups and was a three-time Olympian.
One of the highlights of O’Hara’s career was her performance in the 2015 Women’s World Cup, where she came off the bench in the semi-finals and scored a key goal against Germany before helping the team secure a victory in the final. She also played a significant role in the 2019 Women’s World Cup, starting six of seven matches as the US women’s team claimed their fourth title.
Throughout her career, O’Hara scored three goals and assisted in 21 others in 10,287 minutes of play for the US women’s team. She played her final USA match last August against Sweden in San Diego before deciding to retire at the end of the current season.