Personal information | |||
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Full name | Karl William Ouimette | ||
Date of birth | June 18, 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Repentigny, Quebec, Canada | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2010 | Trois-Rivières Attak | ||
2010–2012 | Montreal Impact | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009 | Trois-Rivières Attak | 22 | (1) |
2012–2014 | Montreal Impact | 20 | (1) |
2015–2016 | New York Red Bulls II | 6 | (0) |
2015–2016 | New York Red Bulls | 18 | (0) |
2016 | → Jacksonville Armada (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2017 | San Francisco Deltas | 23 | (0) |
2018–2022 | Indy Eleven | 100 | (7) |
2022 | → Detroit City (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2023 | Atlético Ottawa | 25 | (0) |
Total | 214+ | (8+) | |
International career‡ | |||
2009 | Canada U17 | 3 | (0) |
2011 | Canada U20 | 2 | (0) |
2013–2016 | Canada | 18 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 7, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 11, 2016 |
Karl William Ouimette (born June 18, 1992) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a defender.
Ouimette played in Quebec's top amateur circuit in 2008 with the Conquerants de Laval and would receive the league's top defender award. [1]
In the following season, he secured a contract with the Trois-Rivières Attak, an affiliate of the Montreal Impact, in the Canadian Soccer League. [2] [3] [4] In his debut season in the inter-provincial league, he helped the club secure their second divisional title. [5] Trois-Rivières opponents in the first round of the playoffs were Portugal FC where in the opening match Ouimette contributed a goal. [6] The Attak would advance to the next round after defeating the Toronto-based club in a two-game series. [7] The club would reach the championship finals after defeating the Italia Shooters in the next round. [8] Ouimette would start in the championship final match against the Serbian White Eagles where Trois-Rivières defeated the reigning champions in a penalty shootout. [9] [10] Throughout the 2009 season, he made 22 appearances and recorded 1 goal. [11]
In 2010, he joined Montreal Impact's academy in the league's first division. [12] Ouimette would receive the captaincy for the 2011 season. [13] He would assist the club in securing a playoff berth and they were eliminated in the quarterfinal round of the postseason by Capital City. [14] His final term with the academy occurred during the 2012 season, as he saw action with both the senior team and the academy throughout the campaign. [15] The academy side clinched a playoff berth by finishing second in the division. [16] He would also make his second championship appearance where Toronto Croatia defeated Montreal for the title. [17]
On July 5, 2012, Ouimette signed a professional contract with the Montreal Impact, making him the first Academy player to sign with the senior squad. [18] A couple of weeks after being signed, Ouimette made his professional soccer debut in a league match against the Houston Dynamo. Ouimette came on as a substitute for Zarek Valentin in the 26th minute. Montreal went on to lose the match 3–0. [19]
On October 19, 2013, Karl Ouimette scored his first MLS goal and game winner in a comeback 2–1 victory over the Philadelphia Union. The goal proved to be decisive to allow the Montreal Impact enter the MLS Cup playoffs for the first time in the team history. [20] Ouimette also started both legs of the 2014 Canadian Championship helping the club to its second straight Canadian title. On February 6, 2015, Ouimette was waived by Montreal, effectively ending his time with the Impact. [21]
After an extended trial with MLS side New York Red Bulls, Ouimette was signed to a deal on March 4, 2015. [22] [23] The move reunited him with former Impact coach, Jesse Marsch. Ouimette's debut for the Red Bulls first team came against the New England Revolution on May 2, 2015.
Ouimette was loaned to affiliate side New York Red Bulls II during the 2015 season and made his debut for the side as part of the starting eleven on April 4, 2015, in a 4–1 victory over Toronto FC II, the first victory in club history. [24] On June 23, 2015, Ouimette was selected to the USL Team of the Week for his performance for NYRBII in a 2–0 victory over Louisville City FC. [25] On September 26, 2015, Ouimette scored two goals in extra time to help New York Red Bulls II to a 4–2 victory over Pittsburgh Riverhounds, advancing New York in the 2015 USL Playoffs.
Ouimette was released by the Red Bulls at the end of the 2016 season. [26]
On June 24, 2016, Ouimette joined Jacksonville Armada on loan until the end of the 2016 season. [27]
In January 2017, Ouimette signed with San Francisco Deltas of the NASL [28] Ouimette would win the 2017 Soccer Bowl with the Deltas in their inaugural season. [29] The Deltas would cease operations three days after winning the Soccer Bowl, leaving Ouimette to look for a new club. [30]
On February 2, 2018, Ouimette signed with USL side Indy Eleven for the 2018 season. [31] In 2018, Ouimette would make 32 starts for the club, playing the most minutes with 2842, and would score three goal. [32] In 2019, he would make 29 starts for the club in 2019, and score three goals, including a playoff goal against New York Red Bulls II. He would re-sign for a third season with the club in 2020, and for a fourth season with the club in 2021. [33] [34] Ouimette would be named vice-captain for the 2021 season, and would play in his 100th game with the club during the season. In November 2021, it was announced Ouimette would return for a fifth season with Indy Eleven. [35] On March 19, 2022, Ouimette became the first player in Indy Eleven history to earn 100 starts with his selection in a 2-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rowdies. [36] He was released by Indy Eleven on November 30, 2022, following the conclusion of the 2022 season. [37]
On May 2, 2022, Detroit City FC announced its acquisition of Ouimette on loan from Indy Eleven for the remainder of the 2022 USL Championship season. [38]
On January 31, 2023, Atlético Ottawa announced Ouimette had signed a two-year contract with the club ahead of the 2023 Canadian Premier League season. [39] Ahead of the 2024 season, he announced his retirement, mutually terminating the final year of his contract and joined the club's executive staff as a Business Development Executive. [40]
On November 8, 2013, Ouimette received his first call up to the Canada national team by head coach Benito Floro for two friendlies against Czech Republic on November 15 and Slovenia on November 19, 2013. He received his first cap as a substitute against Slovenia. [41] He was substituted into Canada's September 9, 2014 match against Jamaica in the 88th minute. The match was dedicated to his sister, Julie, who died a few days earlier after a 12-year battle with Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia. [42]
Club | Season | League | Playoffs [lower-alpha 1] | Cup [lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Montreal Impact | 2012 | MLS | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
2013 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
2014 | 11 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
Total | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
New York Red Bulls II | 2015 | USL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | |
2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
New York Red Bulls | 2015 | MLS | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |
2016 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
Jacksonville Armada (loan) | 2016 | NASL | 7 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
San Francisco Deltas | 2017 | NASL | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 26 | 0 | |
Indy Eleven | 2018 | USL | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 33 | 3 | |
2019 | USL Championship | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 32 | 3 | ||
2020 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |||
2021 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 2 | |||
2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 100 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 8 | ||
Detroit City FC (loan) | 2022 | USL Championship | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Atlético Ottawa | 2023 | Canadian Premier League | 25 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | ||
Career total | 214 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 234 | 11 |
Canada | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2013 | 1 | 0 |
2014 | 3 | 0 |
2015 | 10 | 0 |
2016 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 18 | 0 |
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