Gabrielle Carle

Biography

Initially named to the team as an alternate, Gabrielle Carle made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, coming on as a substitute in Canada’s  group stage match against Great Britain. Canada went on to capture the gold medal.  

In early 2020, Carle helped Canada to a second-place finish at the Concacaf Olympic Qualifier to earn the team’s spot at Tokyo 2020. In September 2023, she helped Canada win its playoff against Jamaica to secure their sport for Paris 2024.      

Carle made her first international appearance with Canada at the 2014 U17 World Cup when she was just 15. She earned her first senior cap at the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games, where she played all 90 minutes of Canada’s last two games, including the loss to Mexico in the bronze medal match.      

Carle scored her first senior international goal in Canada’s 10-0 win over Guatemala at the Concacaf Olympic Qualifier in 2016 where the team finished second to earn a spot at in Rio. She was selected as an alternate for the Rio 2016 Olympic roster.      

In late 2016, she represented Canada at the FIFA U20 World Cup. In 2018 she served as captain of the U20 Concacaf Championship team that made the bronze medal match. Later that year she helped the senior team book a spot for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup by finishing second inConcacaf Qualifying. She was named to the 2019 World Cup roster but did not feature. She competed with Canada at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. 

Other international tournaments at which Carle has represented Canada include the 2016 and 2017 Algarve Cup (winning the former) and 2021, 2023 and 2024 SheBelieves Cup.

Carle won two NCAA Championships with Florida State University in 2018 and 2021, being named to the All-Tournament Team at the former. During her time at FSU, the Seminoles won the AAC Tournament three times and the regular season title once. Carle was named to the AAC Second Team as a senior in 2021.

Carle turned pro in 2022 and spent one season in Sweden before returning to North America and joining the Washington Spirit of the NWSL      

A Little More About Gabrielle

Getting into the Sport: Started playing soccer at age 5, introduced to it by her father… Grew up participating in soccer, figure skating, basketball, karate and swimming… Outside Interests: Enjoys reading, television, hanging out with friends and family… Studied exercise physiology at Florida State University… Odds and Ends: Favourite motto: “Believe in your dreams”… Biggest influence has been her father who got her involved in soccer… Nickname: Gabby…