Catherine Barry

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Catherine Barry
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Barry with South Carolina in 2024
Personal information
Full name Catherine Noelle Barry [1]
Date of birth (2001-12-16) December 16, 2001 (age 23)
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2024 South Carolina Gamecocks 101 (51)
International career‡
2019 United States U-20 2 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 13, 2019

Catherine Noelle Barry (born December 16, 2001) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward. She played college soccer for the South Carolina Gamecocks, for which she is the all-time top scorer.

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Early life and college career

Barry was raised in Hingham, Massachusetts, one of four children born to Lauren and Christopher Barry. [2] She played multiple sports during high school at Tabor Academy, lettering in four years of soccer, three years of lacrosse, and two years of basketball. In her junior year, her high school basketball team lost the NEPSAC championship game to the Worcester team led by future South Carolina basketball star Aliyah Boston. [3] She became the all-time top scorer for her high school soccer team with 88 goals, leading Tabor to the NEPSAC Class B championship in 2018. She was twice named both NEPSAC Player of the Year and the Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year. [4] [5] she played DA club soccer for NEFC and Boston Breakers Academy. [4] [6] Rated a four-star prospect by TopDrawerSoccer , she committed to South Carolina as a sophomore. [2] [7]

South Carolina Gamecocks

Barry's freshman season with the South Carolina Gamecocks was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She started from her debut and finished the 2020 season as the team's top scorer with 6 goals and 4 assists (a distinction she would earn all five years in South Carolina). [2] [8] She scored 8 goals with 3 assists in her sophomore season, including one goal and one assist during South Carolina's run to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. In her junior season in 2022, she set then career highs with 10 goals and 7 assists, earning first-team All-SEC honors. [2] She helped lead South Carolina to the program's third SEC tournament title, scoring two goals during the tournament and assisting in the 1–0 victory over Alabama in the final. [9] She scored three times at the NCAA tournament to help the Gamecocks reach the third round. [2]

Barry became one of South Carolina's team captains as a senior in the 2023 season. She scored 9 goals with 5 assists and was named first-team All-SEC and third-team All-American by United Soccer Coaches. [2] [10] She chose to use her fifth year of eligibility granted to college athletes because of the pandemic. She broke the program single-season and career scoring records during the 2024 season, scoring 18 times (once more than Savannah McCaskill in 2017) and finishing her career with 51 goals (one more than Jennie Ondo Lloyd) in 101 appearances. [2] [11] She also had 8 assists and repeated her first-team All-SEC and third-team All-American selections. [12]

Club career

Barry was invited to train as a non-roster player with Chicago Stars FC in the 2025 preseason. [13]

International career

Barry appeared in two friendlies for the United States national under-20 team at the end of 2019. [8]

Honors and awards

South Carolina Gamecocks

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "University of South Carolina Commencement Exercises" (PDF). University of South Carolina. December 16, 2024. p. 23. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Catherine Barry". South Carolina Gamecocks.
  3. ↑ Titus, Payton (August 9, 2023). "For USC soccer star, 3 sports are better than 1, especially with clash vs. Aliyah Boston" . The State . Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Sigal, Jonathan (November 24, 2020). "Cat Barry makes early impression at South Carolina: 'She has the potential'". New England Soccer Journal . Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  5. ↑ Donnelly, Patrick (September 12, 2024). "Prospect Watch: Why Catherine Barry has gained national recognition". New England Soccer Journal . Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  6. ↑ "USSF announces Girls DA 2017–18 awards". United States Soccer Federation. July 10, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  7. ↑ "Recruiting Roundup: September 11–17". TopDrawerSoccer . September 13, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  8. 1 2 Doherty, Matt (December 30, 2020). "Hingham's Catherine Barry makes an impressive debut for South Carolina women's soccer" . The Boston Globe . Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  9. ↑ Holloway, Jeremiah (November 7, 2022). "SEC champs! South Carolina women's soccer wins tournament title". The State . Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  10. ↑ Goodwyn, Griffin. "South Carolina women's soccer fifth years return with big goals: 'We're not done'". The Daily Gamecock . Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  11. ↑ Goodwyn, Griffin (November 22, 2024). "'That's an amazing accomplishment': Catherine Barry becomes South Carolina women's soccer's all-time leading goalscorer". On3.com . Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Catherine Barry named United Soccer Coaches All-American". South Carolina Gamecocks. December 9, 2024. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Chicago Stars FC Release Preseason Roster". Chicago Stars FC. January 27, 2025. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
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