Casey Murphy

Casey Grace Murphy (born April 25, 1996) is an American professional soccer goalkeeper for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.

Murphy signed with French club Montpellier HSC after playing collegiately for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. She entered the NWSL with the OL Reign in 2019.

Early life
Murphy is the daughter of Michael and Jill Murphy and has a brother. She started playing soccer at the age of five. At around the age of 10, she started to play only as a goalkeeper. Raised in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, Murphy attended and played soccer and basketball for Bridgewater-Raritan High School. She also trained with the Players Development Academy (PDA) Slammers, part of the Elite Clubs National League, where she won a U17 national championship. TopDrawerSoccer.com rated Murphy as the No. 18 overall youth player in New Jersey and a four-star recruit.

College career
In 2014, Murphy chose to attend Rutgers University, where she played NCAA Division I college soccer for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights until 2017.

She redshirted her final year to compete in the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Murphy earned the Female Big Ten Medal of Honor in May 2018. Throughout her career, she earned several accolades and distinctions, including twice the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year, twice an All-Big Ten First Team selection, and twice an All-Region First Team honoree. Murphy was also named a 2017 MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist. With 45 clean sheets in her college career, Murphy is Rutgers' all-time leader for career shutouts and ranks second in Big Ten history.

Club career
On January 18, 2018, National Women's Soccer League club Sky Blue FC selected Murphy with the 13th overall pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. However, Murphy did not report to Sky Blue or sign a contract with the club.

Montpellier, 2018–2019
In January 2018, Murphy signed a professional contract with Montpellier HSC to play in France's Division 1 Féminine. She was initially expected to return to the NWSL and Sky Blue FC in June, but extended her contract with the team in April 2018. In her first season with Montpellier, Murphy started in 11 games. She also earned the Division 1 Best Keeper Award and was selected by French media as part of the league's Best XI. She also participated in both the Coupe de France Féminine and the UEFA Women's Champions League.

On May 20, 2018, Murphy was selected as goalkeeper of the year in Division 1 Féminine by the French Football Federation.

Reign FC, 2019–2020
On May 15, 2019, Murphy signed for Reign FC, later also known as OL Reign.

North Carolina Courage 2020-present
On October 22, 2020, Murphy was traded to the North Carolina Courage along with $140,000 in allocation money in exchange for Crystal Dunn.

In January 2023, Murphy signed a three-year contract with the Courage.

International career
Murphy has been a United States youth international at the U14, U15, U18, U20, and U23 levels. She represented the United States at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Murphy was a starter for the United States under-20 national team during the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and also started for the United States under-23 team.

Murphy received her first call-up to the senior United States women's national soccer team for a set of friendlies in June 2018 against China PR, but did not play.

Murphy was again called up by United States head coach Vlatko Andonovski for the 2021 SheBelieves Cup, but did not appear in the tournament.

Murphy was part of the senior United States team to travel to Australia for a pair of friendly matches in November 2021. She made her first appearance for the senior team on November 26, 2021, in a 3–0 victory against the Australia women's national soccer team where she recorded a clean sheet and received player of the match honors. In international friendlies from 2022 until April 7, 2023, in preparation for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Murphy and incumbent starter Alyssa Naeher each had 11 starting appearances for the United States.

Murphy was selected to the 18-player roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Personal life
While at Rutgers, she began dating track and field athlete Chris Mirabelli. They became engaged in 2021 and married in December 2023 in Philadelphia.

Honors
United States
 * CONCACAF Women's Championship: 2022
 * SheBelieves Cup: 2021; 2022; 2023, 2024
 * CONCACAF W Gold Cup: 2024

North Carolina Courage
 * NWSL Challenge Cup: 2022, 2023

Individual
 * Big Ten Conference Goalkeeper of the Year: 2015, 2017