Cloé Lacasse

About

Cloé Zoé Eyja Lacasse (born July 7, 1993) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) club Utah Royals and the Canada national team.

Lacasse began playing soccer at age five with the Sudbury Canadians before moving on to Brampton Brams United in 2010. She attended École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier, where she helped her team with the provincial OFSAA championship twice in 2010 and 2011. In her youth, she made the national team for taekwondo, where she is a black belt, before deciding to focus solely on soccer at age 12.

Lacasse attended the University of Iowa, where she played for the women’s soccer team on a scholarship. In her freshman season in 2011, she led the team in scoring with 12 goals, appearing in all 20 of the team’s games, also being named Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice, and was named the team’s Most Valuable Offensive Player and to the Big Ten All Freshman Team. In 2012, she was named to the NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region second team and was the co-winner of Iowa’s Most Valuable Player award and was named team’s Offensive Player of the Year again. In 2013, she was a Second…