Julie O'Toole King (born October 21, 1989) is an American

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player who plays as a defender. She played college soccer at

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and professionally for the

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and

Orlando Pride The Orlando Pride are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Orlando, Florida, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The Pride began play in the 2016 National Women's Soccer League season, 2016 ...

Early life and education

King's parents are Kevin and Julie; her siblings are model RJ King, model and former ''

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'' contestant Caitlin King, and

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personality Meghan King Edmonds. King's older sister Caitlin played soccer with her at Auburn for two seasons. King attended and played for Nerinx Hall High School in

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, where she was an Honor Roll Student. She was a wing-midfielder for St. Louis Scott Gallagher Club Soccer and helped her club team advance to the Region II regional Finals five out of the six years they competed, winning in 2003 and 2005, including winning the National Championship in 2005. King was a 2005 All-Metro honorable mention, 2006 Second Team All-Metro, 2007 All-Midwest honorable mention, a 2007 First Team All-Metro, First Team All-Conference and First Team All-State, 2007 All-Midwest honorable mention, 2008 First Team All-State, All-Metro and All-Conference. She was a second team All-Conference selection in basketball in 2008 and 2007.

Auburn University

King attended and played for

, where she majored in interdisciplinary studies. Following her four years of soccer with the Auburn Tigers, King also played a single season of basketball with the school.

Auburn statistics

Source

Club career

Boston Breakers 2012–2017

Following the folding of the

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(WPS) league, King signed on to play with the

in the

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(WPSL Elite), where she played 14 times for the Breakers, starting nine times. Prior to the start of the inaugural 2013

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season, King again signed with the Boston Breakers as a discovery player in March 2013. In 2013, King started all 21 games she appeared in and logged 1,862 minutes. In 2014, King started all 17 games she appeared in and logged 1,530 minutes, third highest on the team, despite missing 6 games due to injury. She tallied one goal and one assist. Her goal, the first of her professional career, came on April 27, 2014, in a 3–2 win at home over Sky Blue FC. She also registered an assist in the match.

North Carolina Courage 2018–2019

King was selected by the

as the number 9 draft pick in the Breakers Dispersal Draft on January 30, 2018. King would not play for the Courage in 2018 or 2019 as she was recovering from two ankle operations, and she was released by the Courage on July 18, 2019, without making an appearance for the team.

Orlando Pride, 2019–2020

On August 8, 2019, King was signed by the

. She made her debut for the team two days later at home to

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. Orlando lost 1–0 with King receiving a

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in the 61st minute. She was waived at the end of the 2020 season and made available on the re-entry wire but was not picked up.

References

External links

Auburn University player profile

NWSL profile
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