Stephanie Labbé

Stephanie Labbé

Personal information
Full name	Stephanie Lynn Marie Labbé[1]
Date of birth	October 10, 1986
Place of birth	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Washington Spirit
Number	1
Youth career
2005–2008	Connecticut Huskies
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2009–2011	Piteå IF	37	(0)
2012–2014	KIF Örebro	61	(0)
2016–	Washington Spirit	3	(0)
National team^‡
2003–2006	Canada U20	18	(0)
2008–	Canada	23	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 1, 2016. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:42, May 31, 2015 (UTC)

Stephanie Lynn Marie Labbé (born October 10, 1986) is a Canadian soccer goalkeeper who plays internationally for the Canada women's national soccer team, and with the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League.

Career

College career

Labbé joined the University of Connecticut and the women's soccer team in the second semester of 2004. In 2005, she played in all 22 games of the season, starting in nine. Labbé emerged as the top keeper in 2005 and played every minute of the last three games of the season. She posted a 1.15 goals against average and a 4–3 record, made a total of 65 saves, played in 12 conference games, allowing only seven goals and stopping 32 shots.

In 2006, Labbé played in all 21 season games, and made the start in 20 of those. She finished the season with a 10–7–4 record and a 0.96 goals against average. Some of her other highlights: made 73 saves and allowed only 20 goals in just over 1879 minutes logged, collected four individual shutouts and was part of a Husky team that recorded five straight blankings, posted a scoreless streak of 461:63 consecutive minutes over a six-game span, and was named Big East Goalkeeper of the Week on October 16.

In 2007, Labbé played all 22 games in her junior year, and played every minute in goal that season. She finished with a 14–6–2 record, and a career best 0.61 goals against average. Some of her highlights include: making 71 saves and allowing only 14 goals in 2058 minutes of action, collected 11 shutouts over the course of the year, recorded first career assist on game-winning goal against Providence, and earned three shutouts in the NCAA tournament against first round foe Boston College, in the second round against Wake Forest and against third round opponent Stanford.^[2]

In 2008, Labbe was named Big East Goalkeeper of the Year.

Labbe took and made penalty kicks for the Huskies to help them advance in the 2007 NCAA Tournament over Boston College and the 2008 Big East Tournament over West Virginia.

Club career

Piteå IF is a Swedish football club located in Piteå, currently playing in the country's highest league, Damallsvenskan. The team played in the highest league for the first time in the season of 2009, in which Labbé joined the team. After the club was relegated to Division 1, Labbé was one of three foreign players that stayed with the club and managed to rise up again to Damallsvenskan in the season of 2010. In 2011, Piteå and Labbé once again played in the highest league.

With Örebro in 2014

After three years in Piteå, Labbé moved to KIF Örebro for the 2012 season. In the 2014 season she picked up a silver medal with her KIF Örebro team when they finished 2nd in the Swedish top division, and will play in next years Champions League if she stays with the club. She is also nominated as one of three goalkeepers for the Swedish football awards 2014.

Washington Spirit

On February 8, 2016, it was announced that Labbé would play for the Washington Spirit for the 2016 season of the National Women's Soccer League via the NWSL Player Allocation^[3]

International career

Labbé made her first senior international appearance as a second-half substitute for Canada in an 8–0 win over Singapore on July 27, 2008.^[4]

References

1. "List of Players – Canada" (PDF). FIFA. July 28, 2014. p. 3. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
2. "UCONNHUSKIES.COM  :: University of Connecticut Huskies Official Athletic Site  :: Women's Soccer".
3. "National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Canadian Players for 2016 Season". Retrieved February 8, 2016.
4. "Canada Routs Singapore in Soccer Tuneup". TSN. July 27, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2013.

External links

• Stephanie Labbé profile at the Canadian Soccer Association
• Stephanie Labbé – FIFA competition record
• Her website.