Victoria Haugen

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Victoria Haugen
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Haugen in 2024
Personal information
Full name Victoria Thorp Haugen [1]
Date of birth (2002-05-01) May 1, 2002 (age 22) [1]
Place of birth Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [1]
Position(s) Center back [2]
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Courage
Number 28
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Virginia Tech Hokies 70 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– North Carolina Courage 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Norway U17 6 (0)
2020 Norway U18 1 (0)
2020–2022 Norway U19 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 28, 2020

Victoria Thorp "Dori" Haugen (born May 1, 2002) is a professional soccer player who plays as a defender for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Born in the United States, she has represented Norway at the youth international level.

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Early life and college career

Haugen was born in Fairfax, Virginia, to Nils and Micki Haugen, and has two younger siblings. Her father played semiprofessional soccer in Norway, where he was born, and moved to the United States at age 21. Her mother, born in the United States, played college field hockey at Radford. Raised in Bristow, Virginia, Haugen visited Norway with her family most summers growing up. She attended Patriot High School and captained her DA club soccer team, FC Virginia. [1] [3]

Virginia Tech Hokies, 2020–2023

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Haugen (left) playing against North Carolina in 2023

Haugen was a four-year starter for the Virginia Tech Hokies from 2020 to 2023. In the 2021 season, she recorded a career-high four assists, including one to help the Hokies win their first round against Ohio State in the NCAA tournament for the team's first national tournament win in four years. She led the team in minutes played during her junior and senior seasons. [1]

Club career

North Carolina Courage, 2024–

Haugen began training with the North Carolina Courage as a non-roster invitee in the 2024 preseason. [4] In June 2024, she represented the club at the first women's The Soccer Tournament, starting every game and scoring one winning goal as the Courage team reached the final. [5] Haugen was signed by the Courage first team on July 16, 2024, on a national team replacement contract while players were away for the Paris Olympics. [4]

International career

Haugen has United States and Norwegian citizenship. She began representing Norway in youth international matches at the under-16 level. [3] [6] In October 2019, she was invited to train with the United States under-18 team, but chose instead to play for the Norway under-19 team in 2020 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification. She appeared in all three matches and helped hold all three opponents scoreless as Norway topped its qualification group, but the subsequent elite round of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [3] She captained the Norway under-18 team in a friendly tournament in the United States in January 2020. [7] She started in friendly matches for the Norway under-23 team in October 2021. [2] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Victoria Haugen". Virginia Tech Hokies . Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Victoria Haugen debuts for Norwegian U-23 National Team". Virginia Tech Hokies. October 26, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Rist, Hugh (April 13, 2020). "Patriot senior Victoria Haugen raises profile playing for Norway's youth national soccer teams". InsideNoVa.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Courage sign Victoria Haugen to National Team Replacement contract". North Carolina Courage. July 16, 2024. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Haugen impresses during The Soccer Tournament". Virginia Tech Hokies. June 13, 2024. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  6. ↑ Berg Ould-Saada, Arilas (June 14, 2021). "Victoria Haugen: Stjernen som ble kuppet fra USA" . Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  7. ↑ Meisingset Solheim, Håkon (January 29, 2020). "J18-landslaget tapte for USA: - Det er brutalt, men mye god læring" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation . Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  8. ↑ Berge, Andreas Kristoffer (December 10, 2021). "Victoria Haugen: Amerikaneren på Norge" . Sportskollektivet (in Norwegian). Retrieved July 16, 2024.
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