9 Things to Know About Angel City’s Kennedy Fuller

Kennedy Fuller has quickly become a phenomenon as one of the youngest players in the NWSL. At just 16 years old, she signed with the SoCal side, Angel City FC. She displayed her ability in the USYNT Concacaf Championship earlier in 2024, scoring a handful of goals, which was one of the reasons for her professional signing. Here’s nine things you should know about the young midfielder, Kennedy Fuller.

She’s the second youngest player to sign with the club

Second only to Casey Phair, Fuller is the second youngest player to be signed with ACFC, receiving her contract just before her 17th birthday.

She was named the Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player Of The Year

Fuller won the prestigious award for the 2022-2023 year, beating out almost half a million student athletes, according to the press release.

The Fuller family is full of athletes

Kennedy’s younger sister, Kamdyn, is also a rising soccer star who plays for Solar FC, and their younger brother, Kolton, is an aspiring football player. Mom and dad are also athletes, and between the two of them, they coach volleyball, track, soccer, basketball, and football.

K’s reign supreme

Speaking of the family, everyone has a name that starts with the letter “K.” Kennedy’s parents are Kim and Kris, and her siblings are Kamdyn and Kolton.

She graduated high school early

Fuller received her high school diploma in just two and a half years. “My end goal is to be the best person and soccer player I can be. I don’t know where that’s going to take me, but if it means sacrificing a year of high school, missing parties, and things like that, if that path better enables me to reach my potential, I would much rather go that way,” Kennedy said, according to a U.S. Soccer feature.

She was captain of the U-17 U.S. Women’s National Team

She scored an incredible eight goals in just five appearances for the team and helped lead the group to the 2024 Concacaf Women’s U-17 Championship.

She started during her ACFC debut

ACFC started Fuller during the March 17 home opener against the new Bay FC. Fuller had just turned 17 years old eight days before. As the youngest player to ever play for the club, she played all 90 minutes and had an impressive pass accuracy of 79.2%.

She trained with multiple clubs before signing with ACFC

Before joining Angel City, Fuller trained with Chelsea FC women, Kansas City Current, North Carolina Courage, and San Diego Wave FC.

She loves to travel

As part of her soccer career, Fuller has had the opportunity to play around the world, including Mexico, England, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, and more. Fuller also traveled to Vietnam recently with her mom and grandmother, who are Vietnamese. “We’re able to experience a little bit of [Vietnamese] culture with my grandma and my mom, but getting to actually go and to taste the food and see how differently they do things was so cool,” she said in an Angel City feature.

Featured image via @angelcityfc on Instagram

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