Victoria Pickett

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Victoria Pickett
Personal information
Full name Victoria Serena Pickett[1]
Date of birth (1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Kansas City Current
Number 99
Youth career
2000–2008 Barrie SC
2008–2015 Glen Shields SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 Wisconsin Badgers 57 (5)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Aurora FC 8 (2)
2021– Kansas City Current 19 (1)
National team‡
2012 Canada U17 3 (0)
2013–2016 Canada U20 9 (0)
2015 Canada U23 2 (0)
2021– Canada 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 31, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 27, 2021

Victoria Serena Pickett (born August 12, 1996) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Kansas City Current in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Canada national team. A former Canada youth international, Pickett participated in the 2015 Pan American Games.[2][3]

Early life[]

Pickett was born on August 12, 1996, in Newmarket, Ontario. She is the daughter of Vanda and Vincent Pickett.[2]

Pickett started playing soccer when she was four years old. Her family moved to Barrie when she was five years old, and played with the Barrie SC for eight years. When she was 13, Pickett joined the Glen Shields FC in Concord, Ontario.[4]

College career[]

She played college soccer for the Wisconsin Badgers. In 2018, Pickett made the women's semifinalist list for the Hermann Trophy, an annual award for college soccer players.[5] Despite a knee injury in 2019, Pickett appeared in 57 games across her college career, scoring 5 goals and providing 11 assists.[6]

Club career[]

Early career[]

In 2017, she played for Aurora FC in League1 Ontario, scoring in her debut against West Ottawa SC.[7] She finished the season with two goals in eight appearances.[8]

Kansas City[]

Pickett was drafted by Kansas City in the 2021 NWSL Draft.[9]

International career[]

When Pickett was 15 years old, she entered the Canadian youth program. She participated in the Women's Under 17 Championships at the 2012 Confederation of North, Central America, and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), where she helped Canada win a silver medal.[10]

In 2015, Pickett scored the deciding goal for Canada during the CONCACAF U-20 championship.[11]

Pickett played as a defender for Canada in the 2015 Pan Am Games.[12][13]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 – List of Players: Canada" (PDF). FIFA. August 4, 2014. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 9, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Victoria Pickett". Canadian Olympic Team Official Website. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  3. ^ "Official athlete list: Team Canada at TO2015 Pan Am Games". Canadian Olympic Team Official Website. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  4. ^ Ramsey, Janis. "Barrie teen hits world centre stage". Simcoe.com. Barrie Advance. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  5. ^ "3 Canadians among semifinalists for U.S. college soccer award". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  6. ^ "Victoria Pickett | Women's Soccer". Wisconsin Badgers. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  7. ^ "Match Recap: Aurora FC 1 - 3 West Ottawa Soccer Club". League1 Ontario. May 22, 2017.
  8. ^ "Victoria Pickett 2017 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  9. ^ Yang, Stephanie (January 13, 2021). "All the picks from the 2021 NWSL College Draft". All For XI. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  10. ^ "Victoria Pickett - 2015 - Athlete of the Year". Barrie Sports Hall of Fame Society. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  11. ^ "CONCACAF U-20 women's championship: Canada clinches World Cup berth". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  12. ^ Faris, Nick. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games will be a preview of what the future holds for Canadian women's soccer". National Post. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  13. ^ Prusina, Sandra. "Pan Am soccer offers glimpse of Canada's future". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved December 7, 2019.

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