1. Karina LeBlanc played for the Canadian national team and multiple professional women's teams in the United States over her fourteen-year career.
21 Facts About Karina LeBlanc
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Karina LeBlanc grew up in Dominica until age eight when her family moved to Maple Ridge, British Columbia.
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Karina LeBlanc began playing soccer at age 12 and was named one of the top 20 Division I recruits by USA Today in 1997, even though Maple Ridge Secondary School did not have a girls soccer team.
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Karina LeBlanc was an all-provincial basketball player and was voted British Columbia's Most Defensive Player in basketball in 1997.
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Karina LeBlanc attended the University of Nebraska and earned a degree in business administration.
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Karina LeBlanc played goalkeeper for the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1997 to 2000 and became one of the school's most decorated goalkeepers in the history of the program.
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Karina LeBlanc was a finalist for the Hermann Trophy in 2000 and named to the 2001 Umbro Select All-Star Classic Women's Elite College Team.
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Karina LeBlanc was a two-time All-Big 12 selection and was named an All-American.
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Karina LeBlanc played for Boston Breakers in the Women's United Soccer Association, the first women's professional soccer league in the United States.
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Karina LeBlanc started and played in 19 regular-season matches for the team, saving 78 of 93 shots.
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Karina LeBlanc was named to the 2009 WPS All-Star Team Starting XI.
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On January 11,2013, it was announced that Karina LeBlanc was one of two Canadian national team members selected to join the Portland Thorns FC by way of weighted allocation.
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On January 13,2014, Portland Thorns FC announced that Karina LeBlanc had been traded to the Chicago Red Stars in exchange for the 2nd round draft pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft.
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Karina LeBlanc finished her 2014 season with 76 saves and a goal against per game average of 1.0, in 21 matches; just behind league leaders Alyssa Naeher's 106 saves, and Hope Solo's.
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Karina LeBlanc represented Canada at five FIFA Women's World Cups, at the 2008 Olympics and at two Pan American Games, winning the gold medal with the national team at the 2011 Pan Am Games by stopping two penalty shots in the final.
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Karina LeBlanc made her one hundredth appearance for Canada in March 2012 and later that year was part of the Canadian team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Karina LeBlanc served as an assistant coach at Rutgers University from 2005 to 2009.
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Karina LeBlanc has served as a goalkeeper coach with the Canadian under-15 national team, and developed goalkeeping clinics throughout the United States and Canada.
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CONCACAF hired Karina LeBlanc to be the head of women's soccer in July 2018.
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Karina LeBlanc left that position in 2021 to become general manager of the Portland Thorns FC.
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Karina LeBlanc was raised Roman Catholic but later became a Baptist while studying in college.