Hali Long


Hali Moriah Candido Long is an American-born Filipino footballer who plays as a defender for the Philippines women's national team.

Early life and education

Hali Long was born in Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau, Missouri on January 21, 1995 to Lilie Candido and David Long. She studied at the Francis Howell North High School lettering in all four years in her secondary education and at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She was named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's list for maintaning a GPA of 3.0 or better for the 2013–14 and 2014-15 school years.

Career

Youth and college

Long played for the under-18 team of Lou Fusz-Wipk helping the youth club win three state championships. She played for the Little Rock Trojans women's soccer team from 2013 to 2016. She made her first career assist in 2014 against Southern and her first career goal in 2016 against Memphis. In 2015 she played the most minutes among players of the Little Rock Trojans women's soccer team.

International

On June 2016, Long joined a training camp by the Philippines women's national football team. She was then selected to be part of the Philippine squad to participate at the 2016 AFF Women's Championship in Myanmar. She also played at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers on April 2017 scoring a hat-trick in the match against Tajikistan. The team managed to secure qualification for the final tournament in Jordan.
She was also part of the Philippine roster for the 2017 Southeast Asian Games and the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
;International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.April 5, 2017Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe
2–0
4–0
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
2.April 7, 2017Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe
3–0
8–0
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
3.April 7, 2017Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe
5–0
8–0
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
4.April 7, 2017Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe
6–0
8–0
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
5.August 24, 2017UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam
1–3
1–3
2017 Southeast Asian Games