Brittany Amanda Baxter (née Timko) (born September 5, 1985) is a Canadian retired

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player who played professionally for five different clubs and earned 132 caps with the Canadian National Team.

Club career

Baxter's first senior club team was

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. She also played on the

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soccer team from 2003 to 2007, graduating in May 2007. She then signed for

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of Australia's newly formed W-League in October 2008, linking up with her former coach Matt Shepherd. In the first half of the 2009–10 season Baxter played in Sweden's

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league for Piteå IF, and in the second played for SG Essen-Schönebeck. She left Essen-Schönebeck during the summer of 2010. Baxter was signed by the

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in the W-League on May 2, 2014.

International career

Baxter enjoyed international success at the youth level, where she played mostly as a forward. She earned the

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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

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4–3 in penalty kicks. Baxter was a member of the two Olympic Teams for Canada, in

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and

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

. She won a bronze medal in

, when

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defeated

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1–0 in the bronze medal match. Baxter played in the

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2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

. Baxter retired from professional soccer following the 2014 season. She finished her international career with 132 caps and 5 goals. She was honoured by Canada Soccer in a halftime ceremony during a

vs.

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friendly on November 9, 2017, alongside teammates

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and

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Coaching

Since retiring from professional soccer, Baxter has moved into coaching. She is the Technical Director at the Port Moody Soccer Club in

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Honours

* 2022:

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Personal life

Baxter and her husband Sean, have two children, a son, Johnny and a daughter Zoe.

References

External links

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Bio at Melbourne Victory

Nebraska player bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baxter, Brittany 1985 births Living people Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Canadian women's soccer players Canada women's international soccer players Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Women's association football midfielders Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia Women's association football forwards Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for Canada Nebraska Cornhuskers women's soccer players Soccer players from Vancouver Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women) players Melbourne Victory FC (women) players SGS Essen players Frauen-Bundesliga players Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden FIFA Women's Century Club 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Olympic medalists in football Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Seattle Sounders Women players Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists in football Pan American Games bronze medalists in football 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Damallsvenskan players Piteå IF (women) players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian sportswomen