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Christine Exeter (born 3 September 1992) is a
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who plays as a forward. Born in Canada, she represented Jamaica at senior international level.


Early life

She began playing youth soccer at age 6 with Pickering SC. She later played youth soccer with Ajax SC. In 2004, at the age of 11, she was a recipient of the Bob Marley Award, which is given out to Jamaican-Canadians whose works have elevated the city of Toronto.


College career

In 2010, she began attending the
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, where she played for the women's soccer team on a soccer scholarship. In 2010, she was named the Big East Rookie of the Year, after she led her team with seven goals. In 2011, she was named an NSCAA Third Team All-American, the Big East Conference Offensive Player of the Year, and a First Team All-Big East, helping the team clinch the program's first ever Big East National Division title. In 2012, she was named to the Third Team All-Big East and was a nominee for the
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.


Club career

In 2010 and 2011, she played for the
Toronto Lady Lynx Toronto Lady Lynx was a Canadian women's soccer team, founded in 2005. The team was a member of the USL W-League, formerly the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Great Lakes Division of the Cent ...
in the USL W-League. She was named to the 2011 W-League All-Star team. In 2022, she played for
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in League1 Ontario. She was named a league Third Team All-Star in 2022.


International career

Born in Canada, Exeter was also eligible to represent St. Vincent & the Grenadines, where her father was born, and Jamaica, where her mother was born. In 2008, she was called up to a Canada U17 camp for the first time. She won a silver medal with the Canada U20 at the 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship and also played at the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. She scored her first international goal at the U20 World Cup on August 27 against North Korea U20. In 2015, she switched to begin representing the
Jamaica women's national football team The Jamaica women's national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", is one of the top women's national football teams in the Caribbean region along with Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti. In 2008, the team was disbanded after it failed to ge ...
. She was named team captain ahead of her third game.


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*
Christine Exeter
at Louisville Cardinals website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Exeter, Christine 1992 births Living people Citizens of Jamaica through descent Jamaican women's footballers Women's association football forwards Louisville Cardinals women's soccer players Jamaica women's international footballers Jamaican people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines descent Jamaican expatriate women's footballers Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Soccer players from Toronto Canadian women's soccer players Black Canadian women's soccer players Canadian people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines descent Canadian sportspeople of Caribbean descent Canadian sportspeople of Jamaican descent Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Pickering FC (women) players Toronto Lady Lynx players Darby FC players League1 Ontario (women) players