Julia Grosso

Julia Angela Grosso (born August 29, 2000) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a midfielder. She plays for the Texas Longhorns in the Big 12 Conference. Grosso also plays for the Canada women's national soccer team.

Julia Grosso
Personal information
Full name Julia Angela Grosso
Date of birth (2000-08-29) August 29, 2000
Place of birth Vancouver, British Columbia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Texas Longhorns
Number 7
Youth career
Years Team
– 2014 Mountain United FC
2014–2018 Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Texas Longhorns 17 (8)
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Canada U15 5 (0)
2016 Canada U17 8 (0)
2018– Canada U20 5 (0)
2017– Canada 16 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 8, 2019

Personal life

Grosso was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to a Portuguese father and a mother of Italian descent.[1] Grosso attended Vancouver Technical Secondary School.[2] Grosso's sister Carli was also a member of the Vancouver Whitecaps system and plays for the Simon Fraser Clan.[3]

Playing career

Club

Grosso would sign with TSS FC Rovers of the Women's Premier Soccer League for the 2018 season.[4]

College

Grosso made her college debut for the Texas Longhorns on August 17, 2018 in a 3–0 win over the Rice Owls.[5]

Under-15

Grosso made her first junior appearance for Canada with the national under-15 team on August 7, 2014 against Puerto Rico in a 5–0 victory at the CONCACAF Girls Under-15 Championship.[6] She played twelve minutes in a substitute appearance.[1] The Canadians would go on to win the inaugural edition of the tournament in a penalty shoot-out over Haiti.[7] Grosso would make five appearances for the under-15 national team in the tournament, the only five U-15 caps of her career.

Under-17

Grosso's debut for the under-17 team came on March 3, 2016 at the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship in a 3–0 win against Guatemala.[8] Canada would finish in third place at the tournament and Grosso was named to the Best XI, en route to qualification for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[9][10] Grosso proceeded to play in the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan.[11] There, she played 90 minutes in all three group games, recording an assist in the first game, a 3–2 win over Cameroon.[12] Canada would draw and lose their next games against Germany and Venezuela, respectively, resulting in a third-place finish in the group and failure to proceed from the group stage.[13] The game against Venezuela was Grosso's last for the under-17 team.[1]

Under-20

Grosso made her debut for the under-20 team on January 18, 2018 in a 3–1 victory over Costa Rica in the opening match of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[1] Canada would lose the semi-finals on penalties to Mexico after a 1–1 draw after extra time.[14] Canada needed to defeat Haiti in the third place match in order to qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, but lost the game 1–0 and did not qualify for the U-20 World Cup.[15] Grosso played every minute of the five game campaign.[1]

Senior team

Grosso received her first call-up to the senior team under coach John Herdman for a home and home series against the United States on November 9 and 12, 2017.[1] While Grosso did not feature in the first match, she came on as a ninetieth minute substitute for Janine Beckie in a 3–1 loss at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, California.[16] Grosso was also a part of Canada's squad for the 2018 Algarve Cup where the team finished fifth.[17][18] On May 25, 2019 she was named to the roster for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[19]

Career statistics

International
As of April 8, 2019
Canada national team
YearCapsGoals
201710
201880
201960
Total150

Honours

Canada U15

Individual
  • 2016 U17 Concacaf Women's Championships Best IX[20]
  • 2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Showcase All-Star[21]
  • 2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Most Promising Player[22]
  • 2017 Canada Games All-Star[23]
  • 2018 BC Soccer Youth Player of the Year Female[24]

References
  1. "Julia Grosso (CAN)". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  2. Olson, Dan (May 24, 2016). "A soccer veteran at 15, Vancouver's Grosso next in line for Canada". Vancouver Courier. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  3. "Carli Grosso – 2016 – Simon Fraser University". athletics.sfu.ca. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  4. McColl, Michael (April 4, 2018). "Canadian National Team players Jordyn Huitema and Julia Grosso headline first TSS Rovers WPSL roster". aftn.ca. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  5. "Julia Grosso – 2018 Soccer Roster – Texas Athletics". texassports.com. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  6. "2014-08-07 – Canada vs Puerto Rico". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  7. "Canada W15 wins inaugural CONCACAF Girls' Under-15 Championship | Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. August 18, 2014. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  8. "2016-03-03 – Canada vs Guatemala". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  9. "TSG reveals CU17W Best XI, Awards". concacaf.com. March 14, 2016. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  10. Prest, Andy (March 23, 2016). "North Vancouver teen living World Cup dream". North Shore News. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  11. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016 List of Players" (PDF). September 9, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  12. September 30, 2016. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016 – Matches – Cameroon-Canada". FIFA.com. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  13. "Canada eliminated from U17 women's World Cup". TSN. October 7, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  14. "Canadians ' final chance to qualify comes Sunday against Haiti with bronze-medal game". CBC Sports. January 26, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
  15. "Canada upset by Haiti, fails to qualify for the U-20 Women's World Cup". The Globe and Mail. January 28, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
  16. Prusina, Sandra (November 12, 2017). "Canada vs. USA takeaways: Quinn an emerging star for the Reds". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  17. Molinaro, John (February 15, 2018). "Christine Sinclair highlights Canada's Algarve Cup roster". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  18. "Canada defeats Japan to finish 5th at women soccer's Algarve Cup". CBC. March 7, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  19. "Together We Rise: Canada Soccer announces squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  20. "TSG reveals CU17W Best XI, Awards". concacaf.com. March 14, 2016. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  21. "2016 Whitecaps FC Showcase All-Stars" (PDF). vancouver-mp7static.mlsdigital.net. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  22. Harrigan, Scott (October 19, 2016). "2016 Whitecaps FC Player Awards, Presented by BMO". ISN. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  23. "Canada Games Women's Soccer Tournament All-Stars". www.canadasoccer.com. August 6, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  24. "BC Soccer Announces 2017–2018 Award Winners". www.bcsoccer.net. June 12, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
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