Katie Schoepfer
Kathryn Theresa Schoepfer is an American soccer coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the [United States women's national under-17 Association football|soccer team|United States women's national under-17 team]. She spent most of her professional career with the Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and the National Women's Soccer League. She played college soccer for the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Early life
While playing high school soccer at Waterford High School, Schoepfer broke the Connecticut high school state record for goals in a career, finishing with 157. She also ranked second in career assists, totaling 47 in her career. Schoepfer earned Gatorade Connecticut player of the year honors and NSCAA high school All American honors during her career with the Lancers. Schoepfer played the 2006 USL W-League season with the Western Mass Lady Pioneers, recording 14 goals in 12 appearances. She was named the league's U-19 Player of the Year.Penn State Nittany Lions
Schoepfer played collegiate soccer for the Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer team, scoring 48 goals on 92 appearances while helping the team win 4 consecutive Big Ten championships. While at Penn State, Schoepfer was a four-time all Big Ten performer and a two-time NSCAA All-American, earning second team honors in 2007 and third team honors in 2009. Additionally in 2009, Schoepfer was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, a first team NSCAA Scholar All-American, was a nominee for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. and semifinalist for the 2009 Hermann Trophy.Playing career
Club
On January 15, 2010, Schoepfer was selected in the third round of the 2010 WPS Draft by Sky Blue FC. Schoepfer made five appearances for Sky Blue during the 2010 season. Before the 2011 season, Schoepfer signed a contract with the Boston Breakers and made her first start against the Atlanta Beat on April 9, 2011. Schoepfer scored her first professional goal and 2011 #5 goal of the year for the WPS in just her third career start during the June 5 game against MagicJack (WPS). Schoepfer netted again against the Atlanta Beat (WPS) on July 10, 2011.On October 25, 2011, the Breakers announced that they had resigned Schoepfer for the 2012 season. New Breakers head coach Lisa Cole said of the signing, "Shoep is another young player who has a ton of potential...She was able to score important goals for us in limited minutes last season. We're looking for her to have breakout season as well," Cole said. "She can score lot of goals for us this year, something that we were missing last year."
Schoepfer scored in the first ever WPSL Elite match against the ASA Chesapeake Charge on May 10, 2012, scoring the second goal in the 3–0 victory for the Breakers. Schoepfer finished the season with 7 goals and 6 assists. On February 7, 2013 the Breakers drafted Schoepfer with their second pick, the eleventh overall, in the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft. On February 18, the Breakers announced Schoepfer had officially signed with the team.