USF’s Katie Kitching Signs with England’s London City Lionesses
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 31, 2022 – Former University of South Florida women's soccer student-athlete
Katie Kitching will continue her soccer career, signing a contract to play for the London City Lionesses, a member of the England's FA Women's Championship.
Kitching, a five-year player for South Florida, wrapped up her career in 2021 having played in the third-most games in program history at 85. The Bedale, England, native scored six goals and tallied eight assists in her time wearing green and gold, also taking 77 shots and scoring two game-winners during her career.
As a member of the team, Kitching helped USF win six conference titles in her five-year collegiate career, along with five berths to the NCAA tournament, including four trips to the second round as well as a third-round appearance in 2019.
London City currently plays in the FA Women's Championship, the second-highest division of women's soccer in England. The team was founded in 2019 and has finished fourth and sixth in its two seasons of competition. The team can earn promotion to the top level of soccer in England, the FA Women's Super League, by finishing in the top place in the Women's Championship.
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The USF women's soccer team has posted ten consecutive seasons of 10-plus wins under head coach Denise Schilte-Brown. The Bulls made their first NCAA tournament appearance in 2010 and returned in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. South Florida has five consecutive seasons with a conference championship, earning the tournament title in 2017, 2019 and 2020 as well as the regular-season title in 2018, 2020 and 2021. The program had its first draft pick and second-highest pick in USF Athletics history with Evelyne Viens being taken with the fifth overall pick in the 2020 NWSL Draft by Sky Blue FC, now Gotham FC.
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