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Victoria Serena Pickett... she/her... speaks English... her father was born in Cebu City, PHI while her mother was born in Toronto, ON... while she was born at a hospital in Newmarket, her family was already living in neighbouring Aurora; she was then four years old when her family moved from Aurora to Barrie... she was also four years old when she started playing soccer for Barrie SC house league... grew up participating in soccer, basketball, volleyball and hockey... enjoys reading, shopping, mountain biking, camping, haning out with friends and family... growing up, favourites included Christine Sinclair, Candace Chapman, Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Wayne Rooney, Thierry Henry, Xavi Hernandez, FC Barcelona, Vancouver Whitecaps, Chelsea FC, Real Madrid, Toronto FC... other favourites included Roger Federer, Kobe Bryant, Serena Williams, Los Angeles Lakers, Pittsburgh Penguins...
represented Canada at three FIFA youth tournaments (U-17 at Azerbaijan 2012; U-20 at Canada 2014 and Papua New Guinea 2016)... won two Concacaf youth medals with Canada (2012 silver U-17 and 2015 silver U-20)…
with NC Courage, an NWSL Challenge Cup winner (2023)...
part of the Canada Soccer team that met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Langford ahead of their international match on 8 April 2022 (a surprise visit by the Prime Minister at the team hotel)...
after being selected to Canada’s squad for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014, she wrote via Twitter and Instagram: “so excited to officially be part of the U-20 National Team, pumped to be with the girls for the World Cup at home”...
she was 15 years old when she made her debut in the Canadian youth program in 2012 with coach Bryan Rosenfeld... won a silver medal at the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship in Guatemala (Canada qualified for Azerbaijan 2012)... represented Canada at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Azerbaijan 2012 (she did not feature)... finished sixth with Canada at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014... finished fourth with Canada at the Pan American Games Toronto 2015... won a silver medal with Canada at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship in Honduras (Canada qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016)... represented Canada at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016...
she was 25 years old when she made her debut for Canada on 27 November 2021...