20 Facts About Kassey Kallman

Kassey Lee Kallman was born on May 6,1992 and is an American professional soccer defender.

Kassey Kallman helped her team to Minnesota state titles as a freshman and junior, third place in state as a sophomore, and second place as a senior.

Kassey Kallman played U-9 through U-19 for Woodbury Inferno, helping them win the state title from 2005 to 2011 and win the regional championship in 2011.

Kassey Kallman burst onto the ACC women's soccer scene, leading the Seminoles her freshman year in minutes played and was the only true freshman to start every game while being named Second-Team All-ACC, to the All-ACC Freshman Team and was a Soccer America First-Team Freshman All-American.

That year, Kassey Kallman scored her first collegiate goal against in-state rival the Florida Gators in the 89th minute to send that game into overtime.

Kassey Kallman followed that up as a sophomore by playing every minute of all 26 games for Florida State while helping the Seminoles to their first ACC Championship and fifth NCAA College Cup appearance.

Kassey Kallman was then named captain for her junior year, leading The Seminole defense that blanked their first eight ACC opponents en route to claiming the ACC regular season title for the second time in school history, and continued her senior when she was a Hermann Trophy Semifinalist and Honda Award finalist.

Kassey Kallman was the first player from Florida State to be named ACC Defensive Player of the Year and even from the backline, Kallman had two important game winning goals in a senior campaign that came just short of a national championship, losing to UCLA in the final.

Kassey Kallman tallied 94 career starts in four seasons at Florida State with 27 points on 10 goals and seven assists, tying her for the seventh most starts in school history.

Kassey Kallman was a fixture in the Seminole backline her entire four years in college and led Florida State to three straight College Cup appearances, two ACC titles and a conference regular season championship in 2012.

In 2013, Kassey Kallman was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year, garnered Most Valuable Player honors at the ACC Tournament, and earned a spot on the All-ACC first team and All-Tournament team.

Kassey Kallman was a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award.

Kassey Kallman adjusted to the role well, particularly against the high-powered attacks of the Portland Thorns and Seattle Reign during the playoffs, helping the Blues win the 2014 NWSL Championship.

On October 27,2014, Kassey Kallman was traded to the Boston Breakers for Heather O'Reilly, along with Morgan Marlborough.

In November 2016, Kassey Kallman was traded to the Washington Spirit along with Kristie Mewis for Megan Oyster.

Kassey Kallman became an important member of the U-20 US national team that won the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Japan in 2012.

Kassey Kallman started and played all 450 minutes of the qualifying games, leading the squad in minutes and served as team captain in the final pool play match against Panama.

In February 2014, Kassey Kallman was among six players recently drafted into the NWSL and five members of the US team that won the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup that were called up by Steven Swanson to represent the US in La Manga, Spain, for the 2014 Six Nations Tournament.

The USA won the tournament, defeating the U-23 sides of Japan, Sweden, and Norway as Kassey Kallman went the full 90 against Japan and Norway.

Kassey Kallman has been in a relationship with Eric Miller since 2009.