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American soccer player (born 2004) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kate Louis Faasse (born June 4, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward or midfielder for the North Carolina Tar Heels. In her junior season, she led the nation with 20 goals as the Tar Heels won the 2024 national championship. She was awarded the Hermann Trophy as the best player in college soccer.
.jpg) Faasse with North Carolina in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kate Louis Faasse[1] | ||
| Date of birth | June 4, 2004[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | North Carolina Tar Heels | 67 | (24) |
Faasse was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Shelley and Adrian Faasse. She attended Pinnacle High School, where she scored 28 goals with 10 assists as a sophomore in 2019. She was named her conference's offensive player of the year as a senior with 31 goals and 12 assists in 2021.[1][2] She captained her high school team and her SC del Sol club team.[1] She committed to the University of North Carolina in her senior year.[2]
Faasse was used as a substitute during her first two seasons with the North Carolina Tar Heels behind starters like Ally Sentnor and Avery Patterson, scoring 4 goals in 40 appearances.[3] Before her junior season, she was one of only 12 returning players in the program and stepped into a starting position for the 2024 season.[4] She scored her first two goals of the year in the last three minutes of an away 3–2 comeback win against Colorado.[5] She scored 7 goals in 10 games of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season.[6] In the first round of the ACC tournament, she scored her third brace of the year by way of one penalty and one header in a 2–0 win against Virginia Tech.[3] She did the same for her fourth brace in the conference final, helping take a 2–1 lead against Florida State before falling 3–2.[7] She scored four goals in six games of the NCAA tournament, including the golden goal in a 2–1 quarterfinal victory over Penn State, as North Carolina claimed their 23rd national title and first since 2012.[1][4] Faasse finished the 2024 season as NCAA Division I's leading scorer with 20 goals in 27 games (the most by a Tar Heel since Casey Nogueira in 2008). She was named first-team All-ACC, first-team All-American, and the TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Year, and awarded the Hermann Trophy.[8]
Faasse trained with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level and virtually at the under-18 level.[1] She was called up by Emma Hayes into Futures Camp, practicing alongside the senior national team, in January 2025.[9]
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