Maycee Bell
Maycee Bell
Maycee Nicole Bell is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
She was selected 14th overall in the first round of the 2024 NWSL Draft by NJ/NY Gotham FC.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
She captained her ECNL club, Sporting Blue Valley, from 2014 to 2017.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
She was born in Wichita, Kansas, and has five younger siblings. Three of her brothers were adopted by her family.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
Her parents, Brett and Kristy Bell, were both college basketball players.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
She began her soccer career as a forward but switched to center back at her first U.S. youth national team camp in 2014.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
She realized she loved stopping goals more than scoring them.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
She modeled her game after U.S. national team defender Becky Sauerbrunn.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
She played with the Courage first team during her college off-seasons.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
She tore her meniscus in the first game of the 2022 college season and had to sit out the entire year.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
She majored in Exercise and Sports Science at the University of North Carolina.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
She learned to play soccer in a neglected field in south Wichita, where the grass was tall, and she often had to remove stickers from her socks.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
As a child, she always told people she wanted to be a professional soccer player when she grew up.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
She takes pride in being from Wichita and hopes to inspire young girls from her hometown to chase their dreams.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
Growing up, she often played up two age groups, and when that wasn’t challenging enough, she switched to playing with an all-boys team.
Maycee Bell
North Carolina Courage
Pre-game ritual includes listening to rap music, particularly Future and DaBaby, to get hyped before matches.
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