1. Emily Jane Zurrer was born on July 12,1987 and is a Canadian soccer player who played for Swedish club Jitex BK in the Damallsvenskan and the Canada women's national soccer team.
17 Facts About Emily Zurrer
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Emily Zurrer previously played for Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League, Dalsjofors GoIF in the Damallsvenskan, and the Vancouver Whitecaps in the W-League.
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Emily Zurrer was the first three-time All-American in program history and earned first-team All-Big Ten honours three years in a row.
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Additionally, Emily Zurrer was named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Year during her sophomore campaign.
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Emily Zurrer has lofty goals and goes after them with intent and purpose.
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Emily Zurrer was awarded the Big Ten Medal of Honor her senior year in 2009.
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Emily Zurrer played for the Vancouver Whitecaps off and on for multiple seasons starting in 2004, in between Canadian national team duty and attending university.
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Emily Zurrer started in all nine games in which she played.
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On January 11,2013, as part of the NWSL Player Allocation, Emily Zurrer joined the Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League.
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Emily Zurrer played in seven games for the Reign, tallying 583 minutes.
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In December 2013, Emily Zurrer signed with Jitex BK for the 2014 Damallsvenskan.
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Emily Zurrer has played for the Canadian national women's team, most notably at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, FIFA Women's World Cup 2011, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.
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Emily Zurrer started playing for Canada at age 15 as a forward, and burst onto Canadian soccer radar when she scored 3 goals as a defender and was named MVP of the U-19 World Cup Qualifying tournament in 2004 at age 16.
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Emily Zurrer received her first senior national team cap that year, when she played 90 minutes against the United States in Nashville, Tennessee, as one of the youngest capped players in Canadian soccer history.
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Less than a week later, Emily Zurrer scored the winning goal in extra time of the Cyprus Cup final against the Netherlands.
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Emily Zurrer was a member of the national soccer team that competed in the 2012 Olympics.
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In 2012, Emily Zurrer launched a frozen yogurt food truck business with her Canadian teammate Selenia Iacchelli.