Robyn Gayle

Robyn Gayle

Personal information
Full name	Robyn Krista Gayle[1]
Date of birth	(1985-10-31) 31 October 1985
Place of birth	Toronto, Canada
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Washington Spirit
Number	15
Youth career
	Mississauga Dixie Hearts
2004–2007	North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008–2009	Ottawa Fury Women
2010–2012	Vancouver Whitecaps
2013–	Washington Spirit	14	(0)
National team‡
2006–	Canada	73	(2)
Honours Women's Football Competitor for  Canada Summer Olympic Games Bronze 2012 London National team Pan American Games Gold 2011 Guadalajara National team Silver 2003 Santo Domingo National team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 September 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 June 2013

Robyn Krista Gayle (born 31 October 1985) is a Canadian footballer from Toronto. She currently plays for the Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League and is a member of the Canada national women's soccer team.

Early life

University of North Carolina

Gayle attended the University of North Carolina and was team captain for the Tar Heels in 2006. She led the Tar Heels to their 18th National championship, and was named Defensive MVP of the College Cup the same year.^[2]

Playing career

Club career

On 11 January 2013, she joined Washington Spirit in the new National Women's Soccer League.

International

As a member of the Canada national women's soccer team, Gayle represented Canada at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[3]

Gayle was a member of Canada's gold-winning team at the 2011 Pan-American held at Guadalajara, Mexico.

She won a bronze medal as part of Canada's national football team at the 2012 Olympics when Canada defeated France 1–0 in the bronze medal match.^[4][5]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robyn Gayle.

• Robyn Gayle – FIFA competition record
• Canada Soccer player profile
• Washington Spirit player profile
• 2012 Olympics player profile
• Robyn Gayle on Twitter

v t e Canada squad – 2003 Pan American Games 1 Swiatek 2 Labrecque 3 Gousse 4 Haxton 5 Consolante 6 Lincoln 7 Gayle 8 Kiss 9 Iacchelli 10 Robinson 11 Thorlakson 12 Wilkinson 13 Radchuck 14 Belanger 15 Dennis 16 Maranda 17 Johnston 22 Labbe Coach: Bridge

v t e Canada squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 LeBlanc 2 Kiss 3 Booth 4 Gayle 5 Neil 6 Dennis 7 Wilkinson 8 Matheson 9 Chapman 10 Franko 11 Hermus 12 Sinclair 13 Walsh 14 Tancredi 15 Lang 16 Thorlakson 17 Timko 18 McLeod 19 Schmidt 20 Swiatek 21 Robinson Coach: Pellerud

v t e Canada women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 LeBlanc 2 Robinson 3 Zurrer 4 Rustad 5 Gayle 6 Schmidt 7 Wilkinson 8 Matheson 9 Chapman 10 Franko 11 Hermus 12 Sinclair (c) 13 Walsh 14 Tancredi 15 Lang 16 Filigno 17 Timko 18 McLeod Coach: Pellerud

v t e Canada squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 LeBlanc 2 Zurrer 3 Parker 4 Moscato 5 Gayle 6 Kyle 7 Wilkinson 8 Matheson 9 Chapman 10 Robinson 11 Scott 12 Sinclair 13 Schmidt 14 Tancredi 15 Julien 16 Filigno 17 Timko 18 McLeod 19 Stewart 20 Nault 21 Labbé Coach: Morace

v t e Canada women's football squad – 2011 Pan American Games – Gold Medalists 1 Beanlands 2 Booth 3 Chapman 4 Gayle 5 Julien 6 Kyle 7 LeBlanc 8 Legault-Cordisco 9 Matheson 10 Parker 11 Schmidt 12 Scott 13 Sesselmann 14 Simpson 15 Sinclair 16 Timko 17 Wilkinson 18 Woeller Coach: Herdman

v t e Canada women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Bronze Medalists 1 LeBlanc 2 Zurrer 3 Stewart 4 Moscato 5 Gayle 6 Kyle 7 Wilkinson 8 Matheson 9 Chapman 10 Sesselmann 11 Scott 12 Sinclair (c) 13 Schmidt 14 Tancredi 15 Parker 16 Filigno 17 Timko 18 McLeod 19 Booth 20 Nault Coach: Herdman