Gabrielle Carle

Defender • Age 28 • #14

Gabrielle Carle is a Canadian professional football player who plays as a defender or midfielder for National Women's Soccer League club Washington Spirit and the Canadian national team.

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She speaks French, English and Spanish.

She grew up participating in football, figure skating, basketball, karate and swimming.

She was five years old when she started playing football.

She was only 16 years old when she made her debut for Canada senior national team.

She grew up as an ice hockey fan, rooting for the Pittsburgh Penguins and admiring players like Sidney Crosby and Carey Price.

In football, she was inspired by players like Zinédine Zidane, Lionel Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo, and Canadian icon Christine Sinclair.

Her favorite teams growing up were Manchester United and Barcelona.

Her most-used app is Spotify as she enjoys music while cooking or cleaning and podcasts in the car.

Her first football memory is of a game at age five, where she stood in one spot, unsure of what was happening, but told her father she enjoyed it despite not loving it at first.

Winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics and singing the Canadian National Anthem atop the podium is her proudest career moment.

Istanbul is next on her travel bucket list.

Olives are always in her fridge, despite their questionable nutritional value, because she loves them.

She has recently wanted to learn crochet, and teammate Paige Metayer has offered to teach her.

Her go-to coffee order is an iced lavender latte.

Her first concert was One Republic at age 16, on a school night, which led to a late bedtime and poor performance on a science test.

Her ideal day off involves a coffee shop visit followed by time with a book or TV show.

She unintentionally collects hotel room keys, often forgetting them in her pockets and bags.

She has a cat named Mr. Klaws (MK), who dislikes car rides, sheds a lot, climbs doorframes, but whom she loves a lot.

The best advice she’s received is to focus on the process rather than the outcome, finding joy in daily growth to achieve goals.

Her nickname is Gabby.

Her biggest influence was her father who got her involved in football.

She has a degree in Exercise Physiology from Florida State University.

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Gabrielle's Team: Washington Spirit