24 Facts About Kara Lang

Kara Elise Lang Romero was born on 22 October 1986 and is a former Canadian soccer player and current sports analyst, who represented her country in two FIFA World Cups and the Olympic Games, and played club soccer for Vancouver Whitecaps Women.

Kara Lang 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.

Kara 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.

Kara Lang now has two sons and a daughter with professional baseball player Ricky Romero.

Kara Lang was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame as a player in November 2015.

Kara Lang was born on 22 October 1986 in Calgary, Alberta and raised in Oakville, Ontario.

Kara Lang transitioned to vegetarianism as a teenager and, inspired and mentored by national teammate Amy Walsh, became vegan by the time Amy returned to the Canada squad.

Kara Lang was named as a preseason All-American, which is a notable achievement for a freshman.

Kara Lang started her college career with a splash, scoring a hat-trick in her second game.

Kara Lang finished her first year at UCLA with 17 goals and six assists in 24 games, finishing second in team scoring behind Danesha Adams.

Kara Lang took a medical redshirt in the 2006 season after tearing an ACL during the offseason, and will have three more years of athletic eligibility at UCLA.

Kara Lang is one of the youngest players to score a full international goal.

Kara Lang scored against Wales at the Algarve Cup on 3 March 2002 at age 15 years, 132 days.

Kara Lang's senior debut, two days earlier, was a Canadian record for youngest senior women's cap.

At the 2002 FIFA U-19 World Championships, held in Edmonton, Alberta, as a 15-year-old, Kara Lang scored three goals in six games and added a crucial penalty-kick goal under intense pressure in the semi-finals against Brazil.

At the age of 16, Kara Lang played in all six of Canada's games at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003.

Kara Lang was an integral part of the 2004 CONCACAF U-19 Qualifying tournament in Ottawa, Ontario, where she played as a central defender at the request of head coach Ian Bridge.

Kara Lang participated in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 in China.

Kara Lang went on, along with her teammates, to win the tournament v Mexico in the final on 8 November 2010.

Kara Lang made the official announcement at an Oakville Soccer Club Press Conference on 5 January 2011, in front of young fans, coaches, soccer club affiliates, and press.

Teammates Diana Matheson, Robyn Gayle, Carmelina Moscato and Melanie Booth noted that Kara Lang was one of the most 'enthusiastic, hilarious, courteous and spontaneous people' that they ever knew, and were proud not only to have called her a teammate, but one of their best and lifelong friends.

In 2011, Kara Lang transitioned to the broadcast booth as a television sports analyst for Rogers Sportsnet covering the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Kara Lang left the show in early 2013 to pursue her comeback to the National team and a few months later it was cancelled.

In 2014 Kara Lang joined the MLS on TSN broadcast team covering the Montreal Impact and Toronto FC as a sideline reporter.