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Full name | Robyn Krista Gayle [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 31 October 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississauga Dixie Hearts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2007 | North Carolina Tar Heels | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2002 | Oakville SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | Toronto Inferno | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004-2006 | Ottawa Fury Women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | FC Indiana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Vancouver Whitecaps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Washington Spirit | 31 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2004 | Canada U-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2015 | Canada | 81 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2015 |
Robyn Krista Gayle (born 31 October 1985) is a former Canadian soccer player who was both a Concacaf champion and Olympic Bronze Medal winner. She played her club career in Canada and the United States, including two years with the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League. She is an honoured member of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as part of the Class in 2024. [2]
Gayle attended the University of North Carolina and was team captain for the Tar Heels in 2006. She led the Tar Heels to their 18th National championship, and was named Defensive MVP of the College Cup the same year. [3]
Robyn Gayle was a teenager when she won Canada Soccer's 2002 National Championships with Oakville SC. During her college career, she played in the USL W-League with the Toronto Inferno, Ottawa Fury, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. She reached the USL W-League Championship twice with Ottawa (2005, 2006) and once with Vancouver (2010).
On 11 January 2013, she joined Washington Spirit in the new National Women's Soccer League. She helped Washington reach the NWSL Semi-Finals in 2014.
Gayle represented Canada at the 2007, 2011, and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, as well as the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. [4] She was a member of Canada's gold-winning team at the 2011 Pan-American held at Guadalajara, Mexico.
She won a bronze medal as part of Canada's national soccer team at the 2012 Olympics when Canada defeated France 1–0 in the bronze medal match. [5] [6]
Oakville SC
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FC Indiana
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