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==College career==
==College career==
Goins began her career at [[Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer|Arkansas]] in [[2017 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team|2017]]. She started 21 matches out of the 23 in which she played, and led the team with nine goals scored on the year.<ref name="arkbio" /> She scored her first collegiate goal on August 27, 2017, in a match against [[Abilene Christian Wildcats|Abilene Christian]] in which she scored a total of four times.<ref name="arkbio" /> This made her the 12th Razorback player to total four goals in one game, and the first to achieve the mark since 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goins’ Four Goals Lead Razorbacks To Win |url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/goins-four-goals-lead-razorbacks-to-win/ |website=[[Arkansas Razorbacks]] |publisher=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/ |access-date=5 August 2022 |date=27 August 2017}}</ref>
Goins began her career at [[Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer|Arkansas]] in [[2017 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team|2017]]. She started 21 matches out of the 23 in which she played, and led the team with nine goals scored on the year.<ref name="arkbio" /> She scored her first collegiate goal on August 27, 2017, in a match against [[Abilene Christian Wildcats|Abilene Christian]] in which she scored a total of four times.<ref name="arkbio" /> This made her the 12th Razorback player to total four goals in one game, and the first to achieve the mark since 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goins’ Four Goals Lead Razorbacks To Win |url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/goins-four-goals-lead-razorbacks-to-win/ |website=[[Arkansas Razorbacks]] |access-date=5 August 2022 |date=27 August 2017}}</ref>


==Professional career==
==Professional career==

Revision as of 04:35, 5 August 2022

Parker Goins
Personal information
Full name Kennedy Parker Goins[1]
Date of birth (1998-12-08) December 8, 1998 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Racing Louisville FC
Number 21
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Arkansas Razorbacks 96 (29)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–present Racing Louisville FC 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 4, 2022

Kennedy Parker Goins (/ˈɡ.ɪns/ GO-ins; born December 8, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Racing Louisville FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). A native of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, she is a two-time OSSAA state champion and played college soccer at Arkansas.

Early life and high school career

Goins was born on December 8, 1998,[2] in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and attended Union High School in Tulsa.[3] She played a part in Union's back-to-back undefeated seasons in 2015 and 2016, her sophomore and junior seasons, respectively, as the team won the OSSAA 6A state championship both years.[3] She missed a portion of her junior year playing for the under-18 women's national team, with whom she traveled to Spain.[3] She participated in team camp with the U.S. team prior to the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, one of three high school players to earn such a distinction.[3] Coming out of high school, Goins was rated as a four-star recruit by TopDrawerSoccer.com and was the No. 26 ranked player nationally by IMG Academy.[3] Goins also played club soccer for TSC Hurricanes, whom she led in scoring for three seasons.[3]

In high school and club soccer, Goins played alongside Taylor Malham; she went on to play with Malham at Arkansas and professionally in Louisville.[3]

College career

Goins began her career at Arkansas in 2017. She started 21 matches out of the 23 in which she played, and led the team with nine goals scored on the year.[3] She scored her first collegiate goal on August 27, 2017, in a match against Abilene Christian in which she scored a total of four times.[3] This made her the 12th Razorback player to total four goals in one game, and the first to achieve the mark since 2001.[4]

Professional career

References

  1. ^ "Graduate School: Master of Science in Operations Management" (PDF). University of Arkansas Commencement, Fall 2021. Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas. 2021. p. 18. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Parker Goins". Racing Louisville FC. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Parker Goins - Biography". Arkansas Razorbacks. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  4. ^ "Goins' Four Goals Lead Razorbacks To Win". Arkansas Razorbacks. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2022.