Cameron Lindley

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Cam Lindley
Personal information
Full name Cameron Lindley
Date of birth (1997-07-18) July 18, 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Carmel, Indiana, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Indy Eleven
Number 6
Youth career
2010–2016 Indiana Fire Juniors
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 North Carolina Tar Heels 43 (7)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Chicago Fire U-23 8 (2)
2017 Wilmington Hammerheads 6 (0)
2018–2019 Orlando City 3 (0)
2018 → Saint Louis FC (loan) 1 (0)
2019 → Memphis 901 (loan) 25 (1)
2020 Indy Eleven 12 (0)
2021 San Antonio FC 31 (0)
2022 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 31 (2)
2023– Indy Eleven 88 (2)
International career‡
2013 United States U17 10 (0)
2014–2015 United States U18 15 (0)
2015 United States U20 1 (0)
2019 United States U23 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 25, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of March 24, 2019

Cameron Lindley (born July 18, 1997) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Indy Eleven in the USL Championship. Having played college soccer for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he joined Orlando City in 2018 after his Homegrown rights were traded from Chicago Fire.

Youth and college career

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Lindley grew up in Carmel, Indiana and spent a majority of his youth career with Indiana Fire Juniors, Chicago Fire's youth soccer club.[1] He played high school soccer and basketball at Guerin Catholic High School in Noblesville, Indiana.[2] Following several seasons with the youth club, Lindley spent a season in the Premier Development League with Chicago FC United before attending college.[3] He spent two years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, scoring seven goals in 43 regular season matches.[4]

Professional career

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Orlando City (2018 – 2019)

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On January 18, 2018, Lindley's Homegrown rights were traded from Chicago Fire to Orlando City as Lindley signed a four-year deal with the Central Florida club.[5] He made his professional debut in the season opener, a 1–1 draw at home to DC United. After starting three of the first four games of the season, Lindley failed to make another Major League Soccer (MLS) appearance in 2018 and only made one US Open Cup appearance.

St Louis FC (Loan, 2018)

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On May 24, 2018, he was loaned to Saint Louis FC and made one start before returning.[6]

Memphis 901 FC (Loan, 2019)

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On April 12, 2019, he was loaned to USL Championship team Memphis 901 FC and made 26 appearances in all competitions. On November 21, 2019, it was announced Lindley had his contract option for the 2020 season declined by Orlando as part of the end-of-season roster decisions.[7]

Indy Eleven (2020)

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Lindley joined USL Championship side Indy Eleven on February 18, 2020.[8] Over the course of the shortened 2020 USL Championship season, Lindley made 12 total appearances, 9 of which were starts, for the club. Lindley made his first appearance for the club in a 2–1 home victory over Sporting Kansas City II on July 18, 2020.[9]

San Antonio FC (2021)

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After a season with USL Championship side Indy Eleven in 2020, it was announced Lindley would sign with San Antonio FC ahead of the 2021 USL Championship season.[10] Lindley played the majority of games for San Antonio that season, making 31 total league appearances including 23 starts.[11]

Colorado Springs Switchbacks (2022)

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On December 9, 2021, it was announced that Lindley would join USL Championship side Colorado Springs Switchbacks ahead of their 2022 season.[12] Lindley played 34 games for Colorado Springs, scoring 2 goals as he assisted the team to the Western Conference final in the USL Championship Playoffs, where they lost 2–0 to San Antonio, Lindley's former club.[13] San Antonio would go on to win the Playoffs by defeating Louisville City 3–1 in the final.[14] Lindley was named to the USL Championship All-League team at the end of the 2022 season.[15]

Return to Indy Eleven (2023 – present)

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On December 1, 2022, Lindley made the move back to his former club Indy Eleven ahead of the 2023 season.[16] Lindley made 36 total appearances in his return season to Indianapolis, including 33 USL Championship appearances, two US Open Cup appearances, and playing all 90 minutes of Indy Eleven's 5–0 loss to Charleston Battery in the 2023 USL Championship Playoffs.[17]

Indy Eleven announced that Lindley would remain with the team for the 2024 season on November 17, 2023.[18] He ended the season with 32 total league and cup appearances for the team, helping the Eleven reach the semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup for the first time in the club's history, defeating MLS side Atlanta United FC in the process.[19] Indy Eleven announced on November 20, 2024, that Lindley would remain with the club for a third consecutive season.[20]

Lindley scored his second goal for Indy on June 4, 2025, in a 1–0 victory over Birmingham Legion FC.[21] The game also marked his 80th league appearance for the club across his two stints.[22] Lindley made his 100th career appearance for Indy on August 2, 2025, in a 1–3 loss to Tampa Bay Rowdies, becoming the fifth player in the team's history to make 100 or more appearances.[23]

International career

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Lindley has represented the United States internationally at various youth levels.

On March 19, 2019, Lindley was selected by his former Orlando City head coach Jason Kreis for the United States U23 squad for friendlies against Egypt and the Netherlands ahead of qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[24]

Personal life

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Lindley's younger sister, Cassidy, is also a soccer player who played for the University of Florida, Clemson University, and the Indy Eleven W League team.[25] His uncle, Tyler McCarroll, was a midfielder at Indiana.[26]

Career statistics

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College

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School Season NCAA Regular Season
Division Apps Goals Assists
North Carolina Tar Heels 2016 Div. I 21 0 7
2017 22 7 13
NCAA Total 43 7 20

Club

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As of match played August 2, 2025.[27]
Club Season League League Cup Open Cup Playoffs Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Orlando City 2018 Major League Soccer 3 0 – 1 0 – 4 0
2019 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Saint Louis FC (loan) 2018 USL 1 0 – 0 0 0 0 1 0
Memphis 901 FC (loan) 2019 USL Championship 25 1 – 1 0 0 0 26 1
Indy Eleven 2020 USL Championship 12 0 – – 0 0 12 0
San Antonio FC 2021 USL Championship 30 0 – – 1 0 31 0
Colorado Springs Switchbacks 2022 USL Championship 31 2 – 0 0 3 0 34 2
Indy Eleven 2023 USL Championship 33 1 – 2 0 1 0 36 1
2024 USL Championship 29 0 – 4 0 0 0 33 0
2025 USL Championship 13 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 19 1
Total 75 2 4 0 8 0 1 0 88 2
Career totals 173 5 4 0 10 0 5 0 196 5

Honors

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Individual

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References

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