Katie Thorlakson

Katie Thorlakson
Personal information
Date of birth	January 14, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward
College career
Years	Team
2002–2005	University of Notre Dame
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2009	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2009–2010	Melbourne Victory FC
International career
2002	Canada U-19
2004–2007	Canada
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing Canada
Pan American Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Katie Thorlakson (born January 14, 1985, in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired soccer forward, who last played for Melbourne Victory FC. Thorlakson won two medals with the Canadian women's national soccer team at the Pan American Games in 2003 and 2007. She played collegiately soccer for the University of Notre Dame women's soccer team, where she record 73 assists, second most in school history. In 2004, she won the Soccer America Player of the Year Award, awarded to the best player in collegiate soccer for that year.

Playing career

Club career

Thorlakson was signed by Vancouver 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.^[1] In the summer of 2006, she tore her ACL, MCL and meniscus in her right knee.^[2]

International career

Thorlakson played in all six matches for the Canada under-19 team at the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, who lost in the final to the United States. At 19 years old, Thorlakson made her debut for the national team on July 30, 2004, against Japan.^[3] She scored her only two goals for Canada in an 11–1 win over Jamaica at the 2007 Pan American Games. Thorlakson was selected to the national team for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, playing once in a 4–0 win over Ghana.