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Brittany Baxter
Personal information
Date of birth	5 September 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder / Forward
Team information
Current team	Seattle Sounders Women
Number	17
College career
Years	Team
2003–2006	Nebraska Cornhuskers
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2006	Vancouver Whitecaps
2008–2009	Melbourne Victory
2009	Piteå IF
2010	SG Essen-Schönebeck
2014–	Seattle Sounders Women
International career‡
2002–2004	Canada U-19
2002–	Canada
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing Canada
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 April 2015; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2014

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Brittany Amanda Baxter (née Timko) (born 5 September 1985)^[1] is a Canadian soccer player currently playing for the Seattle Sounders Women of the W-League.

Career

Baxter's first senior club team was Vancouver Whitecaps Women. She also played on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln soccer team from 2003 to 2007, graduating in May 2007. She then signed for Melbourne Victory of Australia's newly formed W-League in October 2008,^[2] linking up with her former coach Matt Shepherd.^[3] In the first half of the 2009–10 season Baxter played in Sweden's Damallsvenskan league for Piteå IF,^[4] and in the second played for SG Essen-Schönebeck.^[5] She left Essen-Schönebeck during the summer of 2010.^[6] Baxter was signed by the Seattle Sounders Women on 2 May 2014^[7]

International career

Baxter has been capped over 100 times^[8] by Canada, scoring four times. However, at the U-19 level where she played more often as a forward, Baxter found significant scoring success. She earned the Adidas Golden Shoe as top scorer at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship with seven goals in four games.

Baxter won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games soccer tournament when Canada defeated Brazil 4–3 in penalty kicks. Baxter was also a member of the Canada women's national soccer team that competed in the 2012 Olympics. She won a bronze medal when Canada defeated France 1–0 on 9 August 2012 in the bronze medal match.

References

^ "Athlete Detail Page – Brittany Baxter". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
^ "Victory Women on track for Westfield W-League debut". Melbourne Victory. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "Victory in Melbourne » melbourne victory".
^ "Sidan kan inte hittas".
^ "Wechselübersicht Frauenfußball Winter 2010".
^ "Wechselbörse – Saison 2010/11".
^ "Sounders Sign Brittany Baxter from Canada National Team – Seattle Sounders Women".
^ Canada Soccer, Baxter makes 100th appearance for Canada Template:Wayback, 7 June 2011.

External links

Template:Canada women football squad 2007 Pan American Games

Template:Canada women football squad 2011 Pan American Games

[Olympic-1] "Athlete Detail Page – Brittany Baxter". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 August 2008.

[2] "Victory Women on track for Westfield W-League debut". Melbourne Victory. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[3] "Victory in Melbourne » melbourne victory".

[4] "Sidan kan inte hittas".

[5] "Wechselübersicht Frauenfußball Winter 2010".

[6] "Wechselbörse – Saison 2010/11".

[7] "Sounders Sign Brittany Baxter from Canada National Team – Seattle Sounders Women".

[8] Canada Soccer, Baxter makes 100th appearance for Canada Template:Wayback, 7 June 2011.

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 ==International career==
-Baxter has been capped over 100 times<ref>[http://www.canadasoccer.com/news/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=4825 Canada Soccer, Baxter makes 100th appearance for Canada], 7 June 2011.</ref> by Canada, scoring four times. However, at the U-19 level where she played more often as a forward, Baxter found significant scoring success. She earned the [[Adidas]] [[Women's World Cup Golden Boot|Golden Shoe]] as top scorer at the [[2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship]] with seven goals in four games.
+Baxter has been capped over 100 times<ref>[http://www.canadasoccer.com/news/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=4825 Canada Soccer, Baxter makes 100th appearance for Canada] {{wayback|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/news/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=4825 |date=20111107132809 |df=y }}, 7 June 2011.</ref> by Canada, scoring four times. However, at the U-19 level where she played more often as a forward, Baxter found significant scoring success. She earned the [[Adidas]] [[Women's World Cup Golden Boot|Golden Shoe]] as top scorer at the [[2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship]] with seven goals in four games.
 Baxter won the gold medal at the [[Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament|2011 Pan American Games soccer tournament]]  when Canada defeated [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]] 4–3 in penalty kicks. Baxter was also a member of the [[Canada women's national soccer team]] that competed in the [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012 Olympics]]. She won a bronze medal when Canada defeated [[France women's national football team|France]] 1–0 on 9 August 2012 in the bronze medal match.
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 ==External links==
-* [http://www.melbournevictory.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_profile&pid=1878&tid=269 Bio at Melbourne Victory]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928191530/http://www.melbournevictory.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_profile&pid=1878&tid=269 Bio at Melbourne Victory]
 * [http://canadasoccer.com/?t=roster&pid=3178 Brittany Baxter] at [[Canadian Soccer Association]]
 * [http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41&SPID=26&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=23158&Q_SEASON=2006 Nebraska player bio]