Kathryn Harvey (soccer)

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Kathryn Harvey
Personal information
Full name Kathryn Elizabeth Harvey
Date of birth (1997-06-09) June 9, 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne City FC
Number 7
Youth career
New West SC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Trinity Western Spartans 75 (31)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022 Unity FC
2022–2024 AaB 45 (23)
2024 Fatih Vatan S.K. 5 (1)
2024– Melbourne City FC 1 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 3, 2024

Kathryn Elizabeth Harvey (born June 9, 1997) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Australian club Melbourne City FC in the A-League Women.

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Early life

Harvey played youth soccer with New West SC. [1] Harvey attended Dr. Charles Best Secondary School, where she was a four-year starter on the lacrosse and volleyball teams, and also helped the soccer team to the AAA provincial soccer championship in 2015. [1] [2] She also played lacrosse with the British Columbia provincial team, winning the Junior Women's Box Lacrosse National Title in 2015. [2]

University career

In September 2015, Harvey began attending LIU Brooklyn when she played for the women's lacrosse team on a full lacrosse scholarship. [3] [4] In March 2016, she was named the Northeast Conference Lacrosse Rookie of the Month. [5]

In 2017, she transferred to Trinity Western University choosing to switch to soccer and join the women's soccer team. [4] She made her debut on September 8, 2017, against the UBC Thunderbirds. [6] She scored her first goal on September 24, 2017, in a 1–0 victory over the MacEwan Griffins. [7] At the end of the 2017 season, she was named to the Canada West All-Rookie Team. [8] In 2019, she was named to the All-Canada West Second Team and an Academic All-Canadian. [9] [10] In November 2021, Harvey was named the Canada West Athlete of the Week [11] [12] and at the end of the season, she was again named to the All-Canada West Second Team and an Academic All-Canadian. [13] [14]

Club career

In 2022, she played with Unity FC in League1 British Columbia. [15]

In August 2022, she signed her first professional contract with Danish club AaB in the second tier Kvinde 1. division. [16] [17] In August 2023, she extended her contract for another season after helping the club earn promotion to the first tier Kvindeligaen in her debut season. [18]

In July 2024, she signed with Fatih Vatan S.K. of the Turkish Women's Football Super League. [19] In October 2024, she departed the club. [20]

On October 29, 2024, she signed with Australian club Melbourne City FC in the A-League Women. [21] On November 3, 2024, she scored two goals in her club debut, after coming on as a substitute, in a 5–2 victory in the opening match of the season against Perth Glory FC. [22]

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  2. 1 2 "Women's Lacrosse Adds Eight for 2016 Season". LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds . September 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Kathryn Harvey LIU lacrosse profile". LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds .
  4. 1 2 Tsumura, Howard (October 26, 2017). "TWU's Kathryn Harvey makes her move from lacrosse to soccer in dynamic fashion". Varsity Letters.
  5. ↑ "Harvey Named NEC Women's Lacrosse Rookie of the Week". LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds . March 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Spartans fall to Thunderbirds in season-opener". Trinity Western Spartans . September 8, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Harvey and Oliveirio help Spartans to six point road trip". Trinity Western Spartans . September 24, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Kashima, Tidder, Gartke earn All-Star honours, Harvey All-Rookie Team". Trinity Western Spartans . November 3, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Six Spartans honoured by Canada West". Trinity Western Spartans . October 24, 2019.
  10. ↑ "U Sports honours 61 Spartans as Academic All-Canadians". Trinity Western Spartans . December 8, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Harvey wins Canada West Athlete of the Week". Trinity Western Spartans . November 8, 2021.
  12. ↑ "SOC: Champions Harvey, McKay earn weekly honours". Canada West Universities Athletic Association . November 8, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Four Spartans named conference All-Stars". Trinity Western Spartans . October 29, 2021.
  14. ↑ "U Sports honours 85 Spartans as Academic All-Canadians". Trinity Western Spartans . December 13, 2021.
  15. ↑ "League1 BC: Women stay top of the table with 2-1 victory". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. June 30, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Harvey signs first professional deal in Denmark". TWU Spartans . August 15, 2022.
  17. ↑ Jensen, Claus; Hansen, Torben (March 14, 2024). "I Canada sagde de, hun ikke var god nok, men pludselig var hun efterspurgt i Aalborg" [In Canada they said she wasn't good enough, but suddenly she was in demand in Aalborg]. Nordjyske (in Danish).
  18. ↑ "Canadisk bomber fornyer med AaB" [Canadian bomber renews with AaB]. AaB Fodbold (in Danish). August 11, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Done deal: Kat Harvey signs with Fatih Vatan Spor Kulübü". International Sports Consulting. July 29, 2024.
  20. ↑ "Fatih Vatan Spor Kulübü, İki Başarılı Sporcuya Veda Ediyor" [Fatih Vatan Sports Club Says Farewell to Two Successful Athletes]. Haber Çarşı (in Turkish). October 23, 2024.
  21. ↑ "City secure Canadian striker Kathryn Harvey". Melbourne City FC. October 29, 2024.
  22. ↑ "ALW Report: City 5-2 Perth". Melbourne City FC. November 3, 2024.
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