Lilly Reale

About

Lilly Ann Reale (born August 12, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Boston Legacy FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.
Reale played college soccer for the UCLA Bruins, earning All-American honors three times and winning the national championship in 2022. She was also named the Pac-12 or Big Ten Defender of the Year three times. She started her professional career with Gotham FC in 2025, winning the NWSL Championship in her debut season and being named NWSL Rookie of the Year.
Reale represented the United States at the youth international level, appearing at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, before making her senior debut and being named the U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year in 2025.

Reale was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Melissa and Jeff Reale, and has two younger siblings. Reale was raised in Hingham and started playing soccer at three or four. She played club soccer for South Shore Select alongside Ally Sentnor. She played both forward and center back at Hingham High School, scoring 15 goals as a freshman and 21 as a sophomore before dedicating herself to defense…