Carrie Serwetnyk is a former forward with the Canada women's national soccer team from 1986 to 1991.
12 Facts About Carrie Serwetnyk
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Carrie Serwetnyk was the first woman to be named into the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame upon her 2001 induction and was a torchbearer for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Carrie Serwetnyk was born on July 17,1965 in Hamilton, Ontario.
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Carrie Serwetnyk spent her childhood in Mississauga, Ontario and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between 1985 and 1987.
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Apart from the Tar Heels, Carrie Serwetnyk played on the Canada women's national soccer team from 1986 to 1991 excluding 1989.
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Carrie Serwetnyk scored her only goal with the Canadian national team at a 1990 invitational match in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Carrie Serwetnyk played with Fujita SC Mercury in 1992 and the Yomiuri soccer team from 1993 to 1994.
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Outside of Japan, Carrie Serwetnyk played on a French soccer team in Poissy before ending her athletic career with Canada in 1996 and started painting.
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In 1997 Carrie Serwetnyk played for Boston Renegades of the USL W-League, serving one assist in her four appearances.
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In 2014, Carrie Serwetnyk opened up a Vancouver soccer company for girls attending elementary school.
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Carrie Serwetnyk became the first woman to be inducted into the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame after her 2001 selection.
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Carrie Serwetnyk was chosen as a torchbearer for the 2010 Winter Olympics.