Cameron Lindley

Cameron Lindley (born July 18, 1997) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Indy Eleven in the USL Championship. Having played college soccer for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he joined Orlando City in 2018 after his Homegrown rights were traded from Chicago Fire.

Cam Lindley
Personal information
Full name Cameron Lindley
Date of birth (1997-07-18) July 18, 1997
Place of birth Carmel, Indiana, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Indy Eleven
Number 6
Youth career
2010–2016 Indiana Fire Juniors
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 North Carolina Tar Heels 43 (7)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Chicago Fire U-23 8 (2)
2017 Wilmington Hammerheads 6 (0)
2018–2019 Orlando City 3 (0)
2018 → Saint Louis FC (loan) 1 (0)
2019 → Memphis 901 (loan) 25 (1)
2020 Indy Eleven 12 (0)
2021 San Antonio FC 30 (0)
2022 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 31 (2)
2023– Indy Eleven 33 (1)
International career‡
2013 United States U17 10 (0)
2014–2015 United States U18 15 (0)
2015 United States U20 1 (0)
2019 United States U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 20, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 24, 2019

Career

Youth and college

Lindley grew up in Carmel, Indiana and spent a majority of his youth career with Indiana Fire Juniors, Chicago Fire's youth soccer club.[1] He played high school soccer and basketball at Guerin Catholic High School in Noblesville, Indiana.[2] Following several seasons with the youth club, Lindley spent a season in the Premier Development League with Chicago FC United before attending college.[3] He spent two years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, scoring seven goals in 43 regular season matches.[4]

Professional

On January 18, 2018, Lindley's Homegrown rights were traded from Chicago Fire to Orlando City as Lindley signed a four-year deal with the Central Florida club.[5] He made his professional debut in the season opener, a 1–1 draw at home to DC United. After starting three of the first four games of the season, Lindley failed to make another MLS appearance in 2018 and only made one US Open Cup appearance.

On May 24, 2018, he was loaned to Saint Louis FC and made one start before returning.[6]

On April 12, 2019, he was loaned to USL Championship team Memphis 901 FC and made 26 appearances in all competitions. On November 21, 2019, it was announced Lindley had his contract option for the 2020 season declined by Orlando as part of the end-of-season roster decisions.[7]

After a season with USL Championship side Indy Eleven in 2020, it was announced Lindley would be with San Antonio FC in 2021.[8]

On December 9, 2021, it was announced that Lindley would join USL Championship side Colorado Springs Switchbacks ahead of their 2022 season.[9] During the 2022 season, Lindley was named USL Championship All-League.[10]

On December 1, 2022, Lindley made the move to his former club Indy Eleven ahead of the 2023 season.[11]

International career

Lindley has represented the United States internationally at various youth levels.

On March 19, 2019, Lindley was selected by his former Orlando City head coach Jason Kreis for the United States U23 squad for friendlies against Egypt and the Netherlands ahead of qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[12]

Personal life

Lindley's younger sister, Cassidy, is also a soccer player currently at the University of Florida.[13] His uncle, Tyler McCarroll, was a midfielder at Indiana.

Career statistics

College
School Season NCAA Regular Season
DivisionAppsGoalsAssists
North Carolina Tar Heels 2016 Div. I 2107
2017 22713
NCAA Total 43720

Club
As of October 20, 2019
Club Season League Cup Playoffs Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Orlando City 2018 MLS 3010–40
2019 00000000
Total 30100040
Saint Louis FC (loan) 2018 USL 10000010
Memphis 901 FC (loan) 2019 USLC 2511000261
Career totals 2912000311

Honors

Individual

References
  1. "U.S. National Team Caps". Indiana Fire Juniors. Archived from the original on February 25, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  2. "Guerin Catholic senior Cameron Lindley named youth soccer player of the year". indystar.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  3. "Chicago FC United - 2016 Regular Season". uslpdl.com. SportsEngine. Archived from the original on February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  4. "Cam Lindley Bio". goheels.com. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics. Archived from the original on February 25, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  5. "Orlando City SC Acquires Midfielder Cam Lindley from Chicago Fire as Homegrown Player". orlandocitysc.com. Major League Soccer. January 18, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  6. USLSoccer.com Staff (May 24, 2018). "Da Silva, Lindlay join STLFC on Loan".
  7. "Orlando City SC Announces 2019 End-of-Season Roster Decisions". Orlando City SC. November 21, 2019.
  8. "San Antonio Signs Midfielder Cam Lindley". 18 December 2020.
  9. "Colorado Springs Switchbacks Sign Midfielder Cam Lindley". Archived from the original on 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  10. "Cam Lindley, Hadji Barry Named to USL Championship All League Second Team".
  11. "Cam Lindley Back in Indy via Transfer from Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC".
  12. "Weah, Sargent headline USMNT U-23 squad as Kreis is named head coach | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  13. "Cassidy Lindley - Soccer". Florida Gators.
  14. "USL Championship Announces 2022 All-League Teams". www.uslchampionship.com. Tampa, FL: USL. November 1, 2022. Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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