Ashley Cathro

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Ashley Cathro
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Cathro in 2025
Personal information
Full name Ashley Madison Cathro
Date of birth (2000-01-19) January 19, 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 AFC Toronto
Number 19
Youth career
2015–2018 Whitecaps FC Girls Elite
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2023 Illinois Fighting Illini 78 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 TSS FC Rovers
2019 Vancouver Island FC 0 (0)
2022 Racing Louisville FC B 9 (2)
2025– AFC Toronto 7 (0)
International career‡
2016 Canada U17 3 (0)
2019 Canada U18 1 (0)
2018 Canada U20 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of July 15, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of July 9, 2019

Ashley Madison Cathro (born January 19, 2000) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for AFC Toronto in the Northern Super League.

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Early life

Cathro played youth soccer with the Whitecaps FC Girls Elite and was named the 2016 BC Soccer Youth Player of the Year. [1] In 2017, she played for Team British Columbia at the 2017 Canada Summer Games. [2]

College career

In 2018, Cathro began attending the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she played for the women's soccer team. [3] On August 16, 2018, she made her collegiate debut, starting against the North Carolina Tar Heels. [4] At the end of her first season, she was named to the Big Ten Conference All-Freshman Team. [5] She redshirted the 2019 season, extending her eligibility another season. [1] She was a four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection (2019 to 2022) and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar in 2019-20. [1]

Club career

In 2018, Cathro played with TSS FC Rovers in the Women's Premier Soccer League. [6] In 2019, she joined Vancouver Island FC in the WPSL. [7]

In 2022, Cathro played with Racing Louisville FC B in the USL W League. [8]

In January 2025, Cathro signed with Northern Super League club AFC Toronto. [9] [10] She made her debut on May 1, 2025, against Calgary Wild FC. [11]

International career

Cathro represented the Canada U17 and Canada U20 including at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [9] In 2019, she was called up to a friendly series against England U18. [12]

In February 2017 and November 2021, she was called up to a pair of training camps and friendlies with the Canada senior team, but did not make an appearance. [13] [14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ashley Cathro Illinois profile". Illinois Fighting Illini .
  2. ↑ "Eight Whitecaps FC Girls Elite REX players named to Team BC for 2017 Canada Games". Vancouver Whitecaps FC . July 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Signed - Ashley Cathro". Illinois Fighting Illini . February 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Illini Strike First in Season-Opening Loss to No. 6 North Carolina". Illinois Fighting Illini . August 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Six Illini Honored by Big Ten Conference". Illinois Fighting Illini . October 26, 2018.
  6. ↑ McColl, Michael (April 4, 2018). "Canadian National Team players Jordyn Huitema and Julia Grosso headline first TSS Rovers WPSL roster". Away from the Numbers.
  7. ↑ Dheensaw, Cleve (May 17, 2019). "Vancouver Island FC takes first kick at Women's Premier Soccer League". Times Colonist .
  8. ↑ "Ashley Cathro USLWL Stats". USL W League .
  9. 1 2 "Cathro, Barnett sign with AFC Toronto, bringing NSL team roster to 18". Toronto Star . January 30, 2025.
  10. ↑ "AFC Toronto Signs Former Canadian Youth National Team Player Ashley Cathro". AFC Toronto . January 30, 2025.
  11. ↑ Ko, Mathew (May 2, 2025). "Match report: AFC Toronto defeat Calgary Wild FC 2-1 to earn first win of the season". Total Soccer News.
  12. ↑ "Cathro Selected to Canada U-20 Squad". Illinois Fighting Illini . July 8, 2019.
  13. ↑ Dheensaw, Cleve (February 3, 2017). "Victoria's Cathro part of youth movement on Canadian women's soccer team". Times Colonist .
  14. ↑ Dheensaw, Cleve (November 30, 2021). "Victoria's Ashley Cathro on Canadian soccer roster for Mexico games". Times Colonist .
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