Kristen Hamilton

Kristen Hamilton
Hamilton with the Kansas City Current in 2024
Personal information
Full name Kristen Marie Hamilton
Date of birth (1992-04-17) April 17, 1992
Place of birth Littleton, Colorado, United States
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Denver Pioneers 88 (51)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Colorado Rapids Women 20 (12)
2014–2016 Western New York Flash 25 (0)
2017–2021 North Carolina Courage 67 (15)
2019–2020Western Sydney Wanderers (loan) 12 (7)
2021–2025 Kansas City Current 53 (10)
Total 177 (44)
International career
2019 United States 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of February 23, 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of February 29, 2020

Kristen Marie Hamilton (born April 17, 1992) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Hamilton played college soccer for the Denver Pioneers in her home state of Colorado, where she set multiple program records. She was selected with the last pick of the 2014 NWSL College Draft by the Western New York Flash (which later became the North Carolina Courage). During her stint with the Flash / Courage, the team won three NWSL Championships and three NWSL Shields.

In the NWSL offseason in 2019–20, Hamilton played for the Western Sydney Wanderers of the W-League in Australia and received the Julie Dolan Medal as the league's best player. She was traded to the Kansas City Current in 2021, where she played the remaining five seasons of her professional career and won her fourth NWSL Shield in 2025. Hamilton has also made one appearance for the United States national team.