_13_(cropped).jpg) Faasse withNorth Carolina in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kate Louis Faasse[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2004-06-04)June 4, 2004 (age 21)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Houston Dash | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SC del Sol | |||
| Phoenix Rising | |||
| 2019–2022 | Pinnacle Pioneers | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 88 | (35) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2026– | Houston Dash | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kate Louis Faasse (born June 4, 2004) is an American professionalsoccer player who plays as aforward for theHouston Dash of theNational Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She playedcollege soccer for theNorth Carolina Tar Heels, winning theHermann Trophy as a junior afterleading the nation in goals and winning the2024 national championship.
Faasse was born inPhoenix, Arizona, the daughter of Shelley and Adrian Faasse.[1] She played high school soccer atPinnacle High School in Phoenix, scoring 28 goals with 10 assists as a sophomore.[1][2] After missing her junior year due to injury, she captained Pinnacle in her senior year and led the team with 31 goals and 12 assists, earning the conference offensive player of the year award.[1][2] She committed to playcollege soccer forNorth Carolina as a freshman.[3] She played club soccer for SC del Sol before moving toECNL club Phoenix Rising.[4][5]
After two years sitting behind players likeAlly Sentnor andAvery Patterson, scoring 4 goals in 40 appearances, Faasse stepped into a starting role for theNorth Carolina Tar Heels in her junior year in 2024.[6] In the second game of the season, she scored twice in the final three minutes to pull off a 3–2 come-from-behind win againstColorado.[7] She scored 7 goals in 10 games during theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season.[8] In theACC tournament first round, she scored her thirdbrace of the season by way of onepenalty and oneheader as the Tar Heels won 2–0 againstVirginia Tech.[6] She did the same thing in the ACC tournament final, giving the Tar Heels a 2–1 lead overFlorida State before losing 3–2.[9] She scored four goals in theNCAA tournament, including agolden goal in the 2–1 quarterfinal win againstPenn State and a penalty in the 3–0 semifinal win againstDuke.[10] North Carolina defeatedWake Forest 1–0 inthe final, winning its 23rd national title and first since2012.[11]
Faasse finished her junior season asNCAA Division I's leading scorer with 20 goals in 27 games, the most by a Tar Heel sinceCasey Nogueira in 2008.[10] Her eight game-winning goals also led the nation.[1] She was named first-team All-ACC andfirst-team All-American; won theTopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Year award, theHermann Trophy (the first Tar Heel winner sinceCrystal Dunn in 2012), and theHonda Sports Award for soccer; and was nominated for theBest Female College Athlete ESPY Award.[10][12]
Faasse scored 11 goals in 21 games in her senior year in 2025, ranking second on the team in scoring while leading the Tar Heels in minutes played.[13] Unseeded in theNCAA tournament, she scored twice in a 3–1 win overTennessee in the first round.[14] The team lost toTCU in the third round on penalties, with Faasse missing hers.[15] She was named third-team All-ACC after the season.[1]
TheHouston Dash announced on January 14, 2026, that they had signed Faasse to her first professional contract on a three-year deal.[16]
Faasse was called into training camp with the United Statesunder-14 team in 2018 and virtual training with theunder-18 team in 2021.[4][17] She was called up byEmma Hayes into Futures Camp, training concurrently with thesenior national team, in January 2025.[18]
North Carolina Tar Heels
Individual
