Karina LeBlanc

Karina LeBlanc ( born March 30, 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States) is a Canadian football goalkeeper. She plays for the Chicago Red Stars and for the Canadian national team. It is Canada's record keeper. Her father was born in Dominica and her mother in Jamaica.

Career

LeBlanc began playing football at the Nebraska Cornhuskers a team from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln. From 2001, she played for the Boston Breakers, then played in 2004 for the 2004 only playing in the W-League Montreal Xtreme and moved a year later to the New Jersey Wildcats, who also played in the W- League. In 2009, she made ​​the jump to the Women's Professional Soccer and played for the Los Angeles Sol. In 2010 she guarded the gate of the Philadelphia Independence and briefly for the ) Chicago Red Stars.

Her first senior international LeBlanc made ​​with 18 years on 21 July 1998 at 0-4 against China when she was brought on to the second half when the score was 0:3. With the Canadian national soccer team, they finished fourth in their first tournament, the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in 2000. In 2002, she reached the final, where they lost 1:2 with the golden goal against the USA. 1999 and 2003 she took as a substitute goalkeeper in part to the World Cup finals, but came only in 2003 with 1:4 lost against Germany first game to use. Also at the 2004 Olympics and the Football World Cup 2007 she stood as a substitute goalkeeper in the squad, but did not re-used, 2007 due to an injury just before the start of the tournament. In 2008, it was only enough to use one. In the quarterfinals, she lost with 1:2 N.V. against the United States, where she appeared as a substitute in the 19th minute for the injured Erin McLeod. Her greatest success is to win the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in 2010, with which Canada for the FIFA World Cup 2011 qualifying. In four games, they did not concede. With 31 years she has been the oldest player in the current Canadian squad. In the first two World Cup matches, it was not used, only in meaningless for the tournament final game against Nigeria. This game, the Canadians lost.

On 24 March 2012, she made ​​a friendly against Brazil her 100th international game.

For the 2012 Olympics, she was also nominated. But she came only in the second match against South Africa for use.

In the 2013 season she played in the newly established National Women 's Soccer League, the highest American professional league in women's soccer for the Portland Thorns FC and won at the end of the season the championship. In January 2014, it moved to the league rivals Chicago Red Stars.

Achievements

  • CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup: Winner 2010, Second 2002
  • Pan American Games 2007: Bronze Medal
  • Pan American Games 2011: Gold Medal
  • Olympic Games 2012: Bronze Medal
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