Kara Lang
Lang with UCLA
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Kara Elise Lang | ||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | UCLA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2006 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 22 | (13) |
| 2009 | Pali Blues | 3 | (1) |
| 2010 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 8 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002 | Canada U-19 | ||
| 2002–2011 | Canada | 92 | (34) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 April 2013 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 April 2013 (UTC).
Kara Elise Lang (born 22 October 1986) is a Canadian soccer player and sports analyst, who represented her country in two FIFA World Cups and the Olympic Games, and played club soccer for Vancouver Whitecaps Women. She is the youngest woman to be named to Canada National Women's Team, making her National Team debut on 1 March 2002 at the Algarve Cup in Portugal at age 15. Lang retired on 5 January 2011 at the age of 24 due to recurring knee and ACL injuries. Lang began a comeback in 2013, with her ambition being to help Canada in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, but suffered a third ACL injury in February 2014, effectively ending her comeback. She is now expecting a baby with professional baseball player Ricky Romero in late 2015. She was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame as a player in November 2015.
As of 2015, she was engaged to baseball player Ricky Romero.
Lang was born in Calgary, Alberta and raised in Oakville, Ontario. Her mother is originally from Manchester, England.
Lang transitioned to vegetarianism as a teenager and, inspired and mentored by national team mate Amy Walsh, became vegan by the time Amy returned to the Canada squad.
Lang was ranked as the #1 recruit in the 2005 recruiting class, and chose UCLA. Lang was named as a preseason All-American, which is a notable achievement for a freshman. The UCLA Bruins, under head coach Jill Ellis, compiled an overall record of 22–2–2 in the 2005–2006 season, was ranked 4th nationally, and won the Pac-10 title on the strength of excellent team defence.
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