.jpg) Hill withBay FC in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rachel Morgan Hill[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-04-17)April 17, 1995 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Rollinsford, New Hampshire, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Racing Louisville | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2012 | Seacoast United | ||
| 2012–2013 | Seacoast United Phantoms | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | UConn Huskies | 89 | (61) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Orlando Pride | 60 | (11) |
| 2017–2019 | →Perth Glory (loan) | 26 | (15) |
| 2020–2022 | Chicago Red Stars | 47 | (5) |
| 2020 | →Linköpings FC (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 2023 | San Diego Wave FC | 18 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Bay FC | 41 | (3) |
| 2026– | Racing Louisville | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | United States U20 | 6 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | United States U23 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of November 8, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of June 29, 2017 | |||
Rachel Morgan Hill (born April 17, 1995) is an American professionalsoccer player who plays as aforward forRacing Louisville FC of theNational Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Hill playedcollege soccer for theUConn Huskies, earningfirst-team All-American honors in 2015. She was drafted in the second round of the2017 NWSL College Draft and immediately had her rights traded to theOrlando Pride, where she played three seasons. She went on loan toPerth Glory twice and was named in theW-League PFA Team of the Season both seasons. She was traded to theChicago Red Stars in 2020, scoring the lone goal for the club in their loss in the2021 NWSL Championship. In 2023, she signed with theSan Diego Wave and won theNWSL Shield in her only season with the club. She was then selected byBay FC with the fifth overall pick in the2024 NWSL Expansion Draft.
She represented the United States on theunder-20 andunder-23 teams, appearing at the2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Hill has two brothers, Zach and Jake, and played indoor soccer with them on a team coached by her father, Mike.[2][3] Hill played youth soccer from age 4 until U14 with ROSO S.C. (Rollinsford Somersworth Soccer Club). She started in the town recreation program at age 4 and at age 11 started playing travel soccer with the ROSO U13 Girls travel team in 2005 and played with ROSO until 2008.[citation needed] She played youth soccer for Seacoast United U-14 through U-18, winningSuper Y-League national championships in 2009 (U-14) and 2011 (U-16) and playing for theWPSL Seacoast United Phantoms in 2012 and 2013.[4]
Hill was a two-time semi-finalist for theMAC Hermann Trophy as a forward for theUniversity of Connecticut Huskies, in 2015 and 2016.[5] Hill was a 1st Team NSCAA All-American in 2015 and a 2nd team All-American in 2016. She scored 61 goals in 89 collegiate appearances, ranking second all-time in career goals and 4th all time in points with 140 among University of Connecticut women's soccer players.[6][3] She was the American Athletic Conference (AAC) midfielder of the year in 2016, Offensive player of the year in 2015 & 2014 and Rookie of the year in 2013.[citation needed]
Portland Thorns FC selected Hill with the 14th pick in the2017 NWSL College Draft[7] and subsequently traded her to theOrlando Pride in exchange for first- and fourth-round picks in the2018 NWSL College Draft.[5] The Pride signed Hill in May 2017 after her college graduation,[6][8][9] and she earned her first start on June 3.[10]
Hill scored her first professional goal on June 28, 2017, a game-winner againstSky Blue FC.[11] She finished her rookie season with three goals, one assist from only 14 games, 8 of which were starts. After her contract option exercised for 2018, Hill went on to play 21 games in 2018, but a nagging injury lead to her starting only seven of them. She scored four goals tyingMarta as third best for the Pride. Hill had a new contract offer given at the end of the 2018 season.[12][13]
On October 19, 2017, Hill joined Australian clubPerth Glory on loan for the2017–18 W-League season.[14] During her first season at Perth she finished with 9 goals, the third-most goals in the league and 6 assists, the most assists in the league.[citation needed]
She re-signed a loan agreement for2018–2019 and ended the season with a further 6 goals as the team finished runners up in the Grand Final.[14]
On January 16, 2020, Orlando traded Hill to theChicago Red Stars during the2020 NWSL College Draft along with a third-round pick, Orlando's natural first-round selection in the2021 NWSL College Draft and an undisclosed amount of allocation money in exchange for the No. 3 overall selection and a third-round pick in the 2020 draft.[15] With the season disrupted by theCOVID-19 pandemic, Hill eventually made her Red Stars debut during the2020 NWSL Challenge Cup. Hill scored the lone goal for Chicago in the 2021 NWSL Championship Match losing to the Washington Spirit 2-1. Hill completed her time with the team in 2022.[citation needed]
In August 2020, Hill joined SwedishDamallsvenskan clubLinköpings FC on loan.[16]
On December 2, 2022, Hill was signed in free agency bySan Diego Wave FC. The Wave signed Hill to a two-year contract running through the2024 season.[17] Hill made her first appearance for the club on April 15, 2023, playing in a 0-1 defeat to theOL Reign. Hill entered the match as a substitute forJaedyn Shaw, coming on in the 87th minute of the game. She also earned a yellow card in her debut.[18][19] Hill ended up playing in 18 regular season matches for the Wave and the team won the 2023 NWSL Shield with the best regular season record.[20]
Hill was selected byBay FC with the 5th overall pick in the2024 NWSL expansion draft.[21][22][23] She made her debut for the Californian club in Bay FC's first-ever game, a 1-0 victory overAngel City FC.[24]
On December 23, 2025, Hill was announced to have signed a two-year contract withRacing Louisville FC.[25]
Hill appeared for theUnited States U-20 national team in five2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship matches in 2014, starting in four matches, scoring one goal, and leading the team with five assists as an attackingmidfielder.[26][27][28] Hill appeared for the U-20s at the2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as a substitute againstBrazil in group play.[3]
US Soccer called Hill up to theU-23 national team in 2016 U-23 Women's Nordic Tournament in June 2016 againstEngland,Norway, andSweden, a tournament that the United States won.[29]
As of match played 10 November 2024[30]
| Club | League | Season | League | Cup[a] | Playoffs[b] | Other[c] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Orlando Pride | NWSL | 2017 | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||
| 2018 | 21 | 4 | — | — | — | 21 | 4 | |||||
| 2019 | 23 | 4 | — | — | — | 23 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 60 | 11 | — | — | — | 60 | 11 | |||||
| Perth Glory (loan) | W-League | 2017–18 | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | 12 | 9 | |||
| 2018–19 | 12 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 14 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 15 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 26 | 15 | ||||
| Chicago Red Stars | NWSL | 2020 | —[d] | 7 | 1 | —[d] | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 32 | 5 | |||
| 2022 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | |||
| Total | 47 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 61 | 7 | |||
| Linköpings FC (loan) | Damallsvenskan | 2020 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | |||
| San Diego Wave FC | NWSL | 2023 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |
| Bay FC | 2024 | 19 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 168 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 191 | 35 | ||
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