35 Facts About Kyra Carusa

Kyra Taylor Carusa is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League.

Kyra Carusa played collegiately in the United States for the Stanford Cardinal and the Georgetown Hoyas.

Kyra Carusa was born and raised in the North County area of San Diego, California, alongside her mother Nicole, father Richard, and siblings Scott, Kelley, and Jordan.

Kyra Carusa attended Oak Valley Middle School and Del Norte High School, where she scored 58 goals and notched 50 assists over 3 seasons of varsity soccer.

Kyra Carusa began her college soccer career on the Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team.

Shortly before her freshman season, Kyra Carusa tore her ACL and was forced to redshirt for the year.

Kyra Carusa recovered in time for the 2015 season, where she played as a Redshirt freshman.

Kyra Carusa appeared in every match that the Cardinals played, starting in all but one.

Kyra Carusa scored several game-winning goals for her team and was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team and the All-Pac-12 second team.

Kyra Carusa ended her first collegiate soccer season with 23 matches under her belt, 5 goals, and 6 assists.

Kyra Carusa ended the year with 5 goals and 10 assists, being named to the NSCAA All-Pacific Region third team and the All-Pac-12 second team.

Kyra Carusa scored a goal and made an assist in the Cardinals' NCAA quarterfinal against Penn State.

Kyra Carusa completed her final season at Stanford with 25 appearances and an inclusion in the All-Pac-12 second team for the third consecutive year.

In total, Kyra Carusa finished her Stanford career with 69 games, 68 starts, and 25 goals.

Kyra Carusa appeared 25 times and scored 10 goals in her year at Georgetown.

Sky Blue FC chose to waive Kyra Carusa, who was then picked up on the NWSL waiver wire by the Utah Royals.

Ultimately, Kyra Carusa did not sign with the Royals and elected to go overseas.

Kyra Carusa played three matches, scoring four goals for the club.

Kyra Carusa scored 4 goals on her debut against AaB on 9 August 2020 and quickly helped the team gain promotion to the Elitedivisionen.

In February 2023, Kyra Carusa joined English club London City Lionesses.

Kyra Carusa made her league debut against Sunderland on 5 February 2023.

Kyra Carusa scored her first league goal against Lewes on 12 February 2023, scoring in the 38th minute.

Kyra Carusa left London City Lionesses with 1 goal in 11 total appearances.

Kyra Carusa ended her first season with the San Diego Wave with 2 goals scored and 8 regular season appearances.

Kyra Carusa missed several months of active play before making her return to the field on September 14,2024.

Ahead of 2025, Kyra Carusa exercised her player contract option with the Wave, keeping her in San Diego for another year.

Eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland through her Irish grandparents, Kyra Carusa began the process of applying for Irish citizenship as a graduate student at Georgetown.

In February 2020, Kyra Carusa was cleared by FIFA to play for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team.

Kyra Carusa received her first call-up shortly after, for two UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying games against Greece and Montenegro.

Kyra Carusa made her debut for Ireland on March 11,2020, entering the match versus Montenegro as a second-half substitute for Clare Shine.

Kyra Carusa scored her first international goal on November 30,2023, in a FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match against Georgia.

Kyra Carusa started all three matches, including a full 90 minutes in Ireland's final group stage game versus Nigeria.

In Ireland's match against Canada, it was Kyra Carusa who created the corner kick opportunity in the 4th minute that teammate Katie McCabe scored from.

Kyra Carusa scored her third international goal in front of a record-setting 35,944 fans at Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Kyra Carusa scored in her first game back, climbing to eighth place in Ireland's all-time goalscoring leaderboard.