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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Katie Marie Thorlakson[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1985-01-14)January 14, 1985 (age 40) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | New Westminster,British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 95 | (55) | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2009 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 26 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Melbourne Victory | 9 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Canada U-19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Canada | 23 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Katie Marie Thorlakson (born January 14, 1985, inNew Westminster,British Columbia) is a Canadian retiredsoccerforward, who last played forMelbourne Victory FC. Thorlakson won two medals with theCanadian women's national soccer team at thePan American Games in 2003 and 2007. She played collegiately soccer for theUniversity of Notre Dame women's soccer team, where she record 73 assists, second most in school history. In 2004, she won theSoccer America Player of the Year Award, awarded to the best player in collegiate soccer for that year.
Thorlakson was signed byVancouver Whitecaps FC in 2003, but only played handful of games in next two seasons due to commitments to Notre Dame. She would later join the Whitecaps halfway through the 2005 season.[2] In the summer of 2006, she tore herACL,MCL andmeniscus in her right knee.[3]
Thorlakson played in all six matches for the Canada under-19 team at the2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, who lost in the final to theUnited States. At 19 years old, Thorlakson made her debut for the national team on July 30, 2004, againstJapan.[4] She scored her only two goals for Canada in an 11–1 win overJamaica at the2007 Pan American Games. Thorlakson was selected to the national team for the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, playing once in a 4–0 win overGhana.
