2025

Wearing the captain’s armband, Wright appeared in 22 matches. The defender scored her first goal in lavender in the club’s 2-0 victory over the Orlando Pride in June. She also provided a pair of assists. 

2024

In her first season with Racing, the Kentucky native appeared in 22 matches, starting 21 of them at either center and outside back. Wright ranked highly across the world’s top nine women’s soccer competitions in successful take-ons and interceptions.

Before Racing

Wright, née Gilliland, comes to Louisville after an eventful eight years with the Chicago Red Stars, where she twice earned first or second Best XI honors and was a 2016 Defender of the Year finalist. She was part of seven Chicago playoff teams, making two trips to the NWSL Championship, including starting in the 2021 final at Lynn Family Stadium.

In all, Wright tallied three goals and 13 assists in 164 appearances across all competitions, leaving Chicago as the club’s all-time leader in games started, with 143.

Wright played for her hometown school, becoming one of the most decorated players in University of Kentucky women’s soccer history. She’s third all-time in both career assists and games played at UK and fourth in goals – and the program’s leader in game-winning scores. While there, Wright led Kentucky to its first Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.

In four years with the Cats, Wright was a four-time All-SEC selection, two-time MAC Hermann Trophy finalist and a two-time All-American, ultimately becoming the first Kentucky player to ever be selected in a professional women’s soccer draft.