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|position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
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'''Julia Carroll Dorsey''' (born August 8, 2000) is an American professional [[association football|soccer]] [[defender (association football)|defender]] for the [[North Carolina Courage]] of the [[National Women's Soccer League]] (NWSL). A former two-sport athlete, she played soccer and [[lacrosse]] at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]], winning the [[2022 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament|2022 NCAA tournament]] with [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's lacrosse|the lacrosse team]]. She was selected by the Courage in the [[2024 NWSL Draft]].
'''Julia Carroll Dorsey''' (born August 8, 2000) is an American professional [[association football|soccer]] player who plays as a [[defender (association football)|defender]] for [[USL Super League]] club [[Dallas Trinity FC]]. A former two-sport athlete, she played soccer and [[lacrosse]] at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]], winning the [[2022 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament|NCAA championship]] with [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's lacrosse|the lacrosse team]] in 2022. She was selected by the [[North Carolina Courage]] in the [[2024 NWSL Draft]].


==Early life==
==Early life==


Dorsey was born in [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]], to Van and Jessica Dorsey, and has an older sister.<ref name="UNC">{{cite web|url=https://goheels.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/julia-dorsey/24520|title=Julia Dorsey – Women's Soccer|publisher=[[North Carolina Tar Heels|University of North Carolina Athletics]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}<br/>{{cite web|url=https://goheels.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster/julia-dorsey/24041|title=Julia Dorsey – Women's Lacrosse|publisher=University of North Carolina Athletics|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref> She began playing soccer at age five and lacrosse shortly thereafter.<ref name="BS2018"/> Her father, a former college soccer player for the [[Middlebury Panthers men's soccer|Middlebury Panthers]], coached her first club soccer team beginning at age six or seven.<ref name="UNC"/><ref name="TT2018">{{cite news|url=https://eheubeck.com/2018/10/two-sport-wonder/|title=Two-Sport Wonder|date=2018-10-04|work=The Towson Times|last=Heubeck|first=Elizabeth|access-date=2024-01-10}}</ref>
Dorsey was born in [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]], to Van and Jessica Dorsey, and has an older sister.<ref name="UNC">{{cite web|url=https://goheels.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/julia-dorsey/24520|title=Julia Dorsey – Women's Soccer|publisher=[[North Carolina Tar Heels|University of North Carolina Athletics]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}<br/>{{cite web|url=https://goheels.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster/julia-dorsey/24041|title=Julia Dorsey – Women's Lacrosse|publisher=University of North Carolina Athletics|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref> She began playing soccer at age five and lacrosse shortly thereafter.<ref name="BS2018"/> Her father, a former college soccer player for the [[Middlebury Panthers men's soccer|Middlebury Panthers]], coached her first club team when she was six or seven.<ref name="UNC"/><ref name="TT2018">{{cite news|url=https://eheubeck.com/2018/10/two-sport-wonder/|title=Two-Sport Wonder|date=2018-10-04|work=The Towson Times|last=Heubeck|first=Elizabeth|access-date=2024-01-10}}</ref>


Dorsey played high school soccer, basketball, and lacrosse at [[McDonogh School]], a private prep school in [[Owings Mills, Maryland]]. The lacrosse team went undefeated to win [[Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland|IAAM]] championships in 2016, 2017, and 2019, while she played at [[midfielder (lacrosse)|midfield]]; she sat out the 2018 season after suffering an [[ACL tear]] in October 2017.<ref name="BS2018">{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2018/09/13/mcdonogh-star-julia-dorsey-poised-for-senior-year-with-soccer-and-lacrosse-ahead-at-north-carolina/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240109031108/https://www.baltimoresun.com/2018/09/13/mcdonogh-star-julia-dorsey-poised-for-senior-year-with-soccer-and-lacrosse-ahead-at-north-carolina/|title=McDonogh star Julia Dorsey poised for senior year with soccer and lacrosse ahead at North Carolina|date=2018-09-13|last=Graham|first=Glenn|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|archive-date=2024-01-09|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="BS2019"/> She won further IAAM titles with the soccer team in 2015, 2017, and 2018, playing as a [[forward (association football)|forward]] in her first three seasons and a [[right back]] in her senior year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2018/12/26/2018-all-metro-girls-soccer-first-and-second-teams/|title=2018 All-Metro girls soccer first and second teams|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240110052923/https://www.baltimoresun.com/2018/12/26/2018-all-metro-girls-soccer-first-and-second-teams/|date=2018-12-26|last=Graham|first=Glenn|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|archive-date=2024-01-10|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaamsports.com/championships/soccer/past_champions|title=Past Champions – Varsity Soccer Champions|publisher=[[Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland]]|access-date=2024-01-10}}</ref> That year, after captaining both teams to undefeated seasons, she received All-American recognition in soccer and lacrosse and was named ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]''{{`s}} High School Female Athlete of the Year.<ref name="BS2019">{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2019/07/02/2018-19-high-school-female-athlete-of-the-year-mcdonogh-three-sport-star-julia-dorsey/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240109031110/https://www.baltimoresun.com/2019/07/02/2018-19-high-school-female-athlete-of-the-year-mcdonogh-three-sport-star-julia-dorsey/|title=2018–19 High School Female Athlete of the Year: McDonogh three-sport star Julia Dorsey|date=2019-07-02|last=Graham|first=Glenn|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|archive-date=2024-01-09|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/united-soccer-coaches-announces-2018-fall-high-school-all-america-teams/|title=United Soccer Coaches Announces 2018 Fall High School All-America Teams|date=2018-12-03|publisher=[[United Soccer Coaches]]|access-date=2024-01-10}}<br/>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2019/05/21/five-more-baltimore-area-players-named-in-final-wave-of-under-armour-lacrosse-all-americans/|title=Five more Baltimore-area players named in final wave of Under Armour lacrosse All-Americans|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240110050028/https://www.baltimoresun.com/2019/05/21/five-more-baltimore-area-players-named-in-final-wave-of-under-armour-lacrosse-all-americans/|date=2019-05-21|last=Graham|first=Glenn|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|archive-date=2024-01-10|url-access=subscription}}<br/>{{cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/high-school-soccer-article/hs-girls:-tds-fall-all-america_aid46479|title=HS Girls: TDS Fall All-America|date=2019-06-24|website=[[TopDrawerSoccer.com]]|access-date=2024-01-10}}</ref> While in high school, she also played club soccer for the Bethesda Soccer Club and club lacrosse for Sky Walkers Lacrosse.<ref name="UNC"/><ref name="TT2018"/>
Dorsey played high school soccer, basketball, and lacrosse at [[McDonogh School]], a private prep school in [[Owings Mills, Maryland]]. Her lacrosse team went undefeated to win [[Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland|IAAM]] championships in 2016, 2017, and 2019, with Dorsey in [[midfielder (lacrosse)|midfield]]; she sat out the 2018 season after suffering an [[ACL tear]].<ref name="BS2018">{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2018/09/13/mcdonogh-star-julia-dorsey-poised-for-senior-year-with-soccer-and-lacrosse-ahead-at-north-carolina/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240109031108/https://www.baltimoresun.com/2018/09/13/mcdonogh-star-julia-dorsey-poised-for-senior-year-with-soccer-and-lacrosse-ahead-at-north-carolina/|title=McDonogh star Julia Dorsey poised for senior year with soccer and lacrosse ahead at North Carolina|date=2018-09-13|last=Graham|first=Glenn|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|archive-date=2024-01-09|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="BS2019"/> She also won three IAAM titles with the soccer team in 2015, 2017, and 2018, playing as a [[forward (association football)|forward]] for her first three seasons and [[right back]] in her senior year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2018/12/26/2018-all-metro-girls-soccer-first-and-second-teams/|title=2018 All-Metro girls soccer first and second teams|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240110052923/https://www.baltimoresun.com/2018/12/26/2018-all-metro-girls-soccer-first-and-second-teams/|date=2018-12-26|last=Graham|first=Glenn|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|archive-date=2024-01-10|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaamsports.com/championships/soccer/past_champions|title=Past Champions – Varsity Soccer Champions|publisher=[[Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland]]|access-date=2024-01-10}}</ref> That year, after captaining both teams to undefeated record, she received All-American honors in both sports and was named ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]''{{'s}} high school female athlete of the year.<ref name="BS2019">{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2019/07/02/2018-19-high-school-female-athlete-of-the-year-mcdonogh-three-sport-star-julia-dorsey/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240109031110/https://www.baltimoresun.com/2019/07/02/2018-19-high-school-female-athlete-of-the-year-mcdonogh-three-sport-star-julia-dorsey/|title=2018–19 High School Female Athlete of the Year: McDonogh three-sport star Julia Dorsey|date=2019-07-02|last=Graham|first=Glenn|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|archive-date=2024-01-09|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/united-soccer-coaches-announces-2018-fall-high-school-all-america-teams/|title=United Soccer Coaches Announces 2018 Fall High School All-America Teams|date=2018-12-03|publisher=[[United Soccer Coaches]]|access-date=2024-01-10}}<br/>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2019/05/21/five-more-baltimore-area-players-named-in-final-wave-of-under-armour-lacrosse-all-americans/|title=Five more Baltimore-area players named in final wave of Under Armour lacrosse All-Americans|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240110050028/https://www.baltimoresun.com/2019/05/21/five-more-baltimore-area-players-named-in-final-wave-of-under-armour-lacrosse-all-americans/|date=2019-05-21|last=Graham|first=Glenn|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|archive-date=2024-01-10|url-access=subscription}}<br/>{{cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/high-school-soccer-article/hs-girls:-tds-fall-all-america_aid46479|title=HS Girls: TDS Fall All-America|date=2019-06-24|website=[[TopDrawerSoccer.com]]|access-date=2024-01-10}}</ref> While in high school, she played club soccer for the Bethesda Soccer Club and club lacrosse for Sky Walkers Lacrosse.<ref name="UNC"/><ref name="TT2018"/>


==College career==
==College career==


Dorsey started going to the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]] in June 2019, having chosen a school where she could play both soccer and lacrosse (on a lacrosse scholarship).<ref name="BS2019"/><ref name="UNC2022">{{cite news|url=https://goheels.com/news/2022/11/10/womens-soccer-dorsey-looking-to-make-dual-sport-history|title=Dorsey Looking To Make Dual Sport History|last=Jones|first=Jody|date=2022-11-10|publisher=[[North Carolina Tar Heels|University of North Carolina Athletics]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref> She joined [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer|the soccer team]]'s starting lineup in mid-October 2019, helping the team to win the [[2019 ACC women's soccer tournament|2019 ACC tournament]] and reach the [[2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game|NCAA championship game]].<ref name="LAX2020">{{cite news|url=https://usalaxmagazine.com/college/women/beast-mode-north-carolinas-julia-dorsey-is-a-soccer-lacrosse-standout|title=Beast Mode: North Carolina's Julia Dorsey is a Soccer–Lacrosse Standout|magazine=USA Lacrosse Magazine|date=2020-03-05|last=DaSilva|first=Matt|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://goheels.com/sports/womens-soccer/schedule/2019|title=2019 Women's Soccer Schedule|publisher=[[North Carolina Tar Heels|University of North Carolina Athletics]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref> She was recognized by ''[[TopDrawerSoccer.com]]'' with Freshman Best XI and second-team Best XI honors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chapelboro.com/sports/unc-sports/top-drawer-soccer-places-five-tar-heels-on-womens-best-xi-teams|title=Top Drawer Soccer Places Five Tar Heels on Women's Best XI Teams|date=2019-12-16|last=Trendel|first=Avery|website=[[Chapelboro.com]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref> In the spring of 2020, on her debut for [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's lacrosse|the lacrosse team]], she became the sixth person in school history to play for both programs.<ref name="UNC"/> As a sophomore, she started for the soccer team throughout the fall of 2020, then helped the lacrosse team go undefeated on the way to the [[2021 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament|2021 NCAA semifinals]].<ref name="UNC"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://goheels.com/news/2021/5/28/bc-ends-uncs-womens-lacrosse-season-11-10-in-ncaa-semis|title=BC Ends Women's Lacrosse Season, 11–10, In NCAA Semis|date=2021-05-28|publisher=University of North Carolina Athletics|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref>
Dorsey chose the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]] as a school where she could play both soccer and lacrosse (on a lacrosse scholarship).<ref name="BS2019"/><ref name="UNC2022">{{cite news|url=https://goheels.com/news/2022/11/10/womens-soccer-dorsey-looking-to-make-dual-sport-history|title=Dorsey Looking To Make Dual Sport History|last=Jones|first=Jody|date=2022-11-10|publisher=[[North Carolina Tar Heels|University of North Carolina Athletics]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref> She joined [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer|the soccer team]]'s starting lineup during the 2019 season, helping the team to win the [[2019 ACC women's soccer tournament|ACC tournament]] and reach the [[2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game|NCAA championship game]].<ref name="LAX2020">{{cite news|url=https://usalaxmagazine.com/college/women/beast-mode-north-carolinas-julia-dorsey-is-a-soccer-lacrosse-standout|title=Beast Mode: North Carolina's Julia Dorsey is a Soccer–Lacrosse Standout|magazine=USA Lacrosse Magazine|date=2020-03-05|last=DaSilva|first=Matt|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://goheels.com/sports/womens-soccer/schedule/2019|title=2019 Women's Soccer Schedule|publisher=[[North Carolina Tar Heels|University of North Carolina Athletics]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref> She was recognized by ''[[TopDrawerSoccer.com]]'' with Freshman Best XI and second-team Best XI honors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chapelboro.com/sports/unc-sports/top-drawer-soccer-places-five-tar-heels-on-womens-best-xi-teams|title=Top Drawer Soccer Places Five Tar Heels on Women's Best XI Teams|date=2019-12-16|last=Trendel|first=Avery|website=[[Chapelboro.com]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref> She became the sixth person in school history to play for both programs after debuting for [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's lacrosse|the lacrosse team]] in the spring of 2020.<ref name="UNC"/> As a sophomore, she started for the soccer team throughout the fall of 2020, then helped the lacrosse team go undefeated on the way to the [[2021 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament|2021 NCAA semifinals]].<ref name="UNC"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://goheels.com/news/2021/5/28/bc-ends-uncs-womens-lacrosse-season-11-10-in-ncaa-semis|title=BC Ends Women's Lacrosse Season, 11–10, In NCAA Semis|date=2021-05-28|publisher=University of North Carolina Athletics|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref>


Dorsey sat out the start of her junior soccer season due to injury but returned later in the year and recorded her first career goal, a tap-in to force overtime against [[Boston College Eagles women's soccer|Boston College]] in October 2021.<ref name="UNC2022"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://chapelboro.com/sports/maggie-pierces-match-winner-clinches-dramatic-victory-for-unc-womens-soccer|title=Maggie Pierce's Match-Winner Clinches Dramatic Victory for UNC Women's Soccer|date=2021-10-10|last=Koh|first=Michael|website=[[Chapelboro.com]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref> In the spring of 2022, as she switched from midfield to defense, she helped the lacrosse team go undefeated to win the [[2022 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament|2022 NCAA lacrosse championship]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://goheels.com/news/2022/5/29/womens-lacrosse-unc-boston-college-recap|title=Perfection! Tar Heels Cap Undefeated Season With NCAA Title|date=2022-05-29|publisher=[[North Carolina Tar Heels|University of North Carolina Athletics]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref> Later that year, she helped the soccer team reach the final of the [[2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament|2022 NCAA soccer tournament]], anchoring a conference-best back line and scoring the third goal in a 3–2 win over [[Florida State Seminoles women's soccer|Florida State]] in the NCAA semifinals, but they finished runners-up in the [[2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game|title game]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chapelboro.com/sports/unc-womens-soccer-advances-to-national-championship-with-3-2-win-over-fsu|title=UNC Women's Soccer Advances to National Championship With 3–2 Win Over FSU|date=2022-12-02|last=Koh|first=Michael|website=[[Chapelboro.com]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref><ref name="DTH2023"/> She suffered an ACL tear ending her senior lacrosse season in the spring of 2023.<ref name="UNC"/><ref name="DTH2023">{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2023/10/sports-unc-womens-soccer-julia-dorsey-oct-2023-anson-dorrance-jenny-levy|title=Dual-sport athlete Julia Dorsey mentors UNC women's soccer, aims for national title|last=Singleton|first=Erin|date=2023-10-12|newspaper=[[The Daily Tar Heel]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref>
Dorsey sat out the start of her junior soccer season due to injury but returned later in the year and recorded her first career goal, a tap-in to force overtime against [[Boston College Eagles women's soccer|Boston College]] in October 2021.<ref name="UNC2022"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://chapelboro.com/sports/maggie-pierces-match-winner-clinches-dramatic-victory-for-unc-womens-soccer|title=Maggie Pierce's Match-Winner Clinches Dramatic Victory for UNC Women's Soccer|date=2021-10-10|last=Koh|first=Michael|website=[[Chapelboro.com]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref> In the spring of 2022, as she switched from midfield to defense, she helped the lacrosse team go undefeated to win the [[2022 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament|NCAA championship]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://goheels.com/news/2022/5/29/womens-lacrosse-unc-boston-college-recap|title=Perfection! Tar Heels Cap Undefeated Season With NCAA Title|date=2022-05-29|publisher=[[North Carolina Tar Heels|University of North Carolina Athletics]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref> Later that year, she helped the soccer team reach the final of the [[2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament|NCAA tournament]], anchoring a conference-best back line and scoring the third goal in a 3–2 win over [[Florida State Seminoles women's soccer|Florida State]] in the NCAA semifinals, but they finished runners-up in the [[2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game|title game]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chapelboro.com/sports/unc-womens-soccer-advances-to-national-championship-with-3-2-win-over-fsu|title=UNC Women's Soccer Advances to National Championship With 3–2 Win Over FSU|date=2022-12-02|last=Koh|first=Michael|website=[[Chapelboro.com]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref><ref name="DTH2023"/> She suffered an ACL tear ending her senior lacrosse season in the spring of 2023.<ref name="UNC"/><ref name="DTH2023">{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2023/10/sports-unc-womens-soccer-julia-dorsey-oct-2023-anson-dorrance-jenny-levy|title=Dual-sport athlete Julia Dorsey mentors UNC women's soccer, aims for national title|last=Singleton|first=Erin|date=2023-10-12|newspaper=[[The Daily Tar Heel]]|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref>


==Professional career==
==Club career==
Dorsey was selected 40th overall by the [[North Carolina Courage]] in the third round of the [[2024 NWSL Draft]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chapelboro.com/sports/sentnor-picked-1st-overall-4-other-unc-womens-soccer-players-selected-in-nwsl-draft|title=Sentnor Picked 1st Overall; 5 Other UNC Women's Soccer Players Selected in NWSL Draft|last=Koh|first=Michael|date=2024-01-12|website=[[Chapelboro.com]]|access-date=2024-01-13}}</ref> She was signed to a three-year contract.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nccourage.com/news/courage-signs-2024-draft-class/|title=Courage signs 2024 Draft Class|date=2024-03-12|publisher=[[North Carolina Courage]]|access-date=2024-03-12}}</ref> On August 9, 2024, ahead of the inaugural [[2024–25 USL Super League season]], Dorsey was loaned to [[Dallas Trinity FC]] for the rest of the NWSL season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nccourage.com/news/courage-loans-defender-julia-dorsey-to-dallas-trinity-fc/|title=Courage loans defender Julia Dorsey to Dallas Trinity FC|date=2024-08-09|publisher=[[North Carolina Courage]]|access-date=2024-08-09}}</ref> She appeared in the starting lineup of Trinity's first-ever game on August 18, which they drew 1–1 to [[Tampa Bay Sun FC]], and marked Dorsey's first game since her ACL injury in 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.uslsuperleague.com/tampabaysunfc-dallastrinityfc-2441107/|title=Tampa Bay Sun FC 1–1 Dallas Trinity FC|date=2024-08-18|publisher=[[USL Super League]]|access-date=2024-08-18}}</ref> She was waived by the Courage on December 9, 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nccourage.com/news/courage-to-waive-julia-dorsey-and-landy-mertz/|title=Courage to waive Julia Dorsey and Landy Mertz|date=2024-12-09|publisher=[[North Carolina Courage]]|access-date=2024-12-10}}</ref>

The [[North Carolina Courage]] selected Dorsey with the 40th overall pick in the third round of the [[2024 NWSL Draft]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chapelboro.com/sports/sentnor-picked-1st-overall-4-other-unc-womens-soccer-players-selected-in-nwsl-draft|title=Sentnor Picked 1st Overall; 5 Other UNC Women's Soccer Players Selected in NWSL Draft|last=Koh|first=Michael|date=2024-01-12|website=[[Chapelboro.com]]|access-date=2024-01-13}}</ref> She signed a three-year contract with the team in March 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nccourage.com/news/courage-signs-2024-draft-class/|title=Courage signs 2024 Draft Class|date=2024-03-12|publisher=[[North Carolina Courage]]|access-date=2024-03-12}}</ref>


==International career==
==International career==


Dorsey, who played in the [[Olympic Development Program]] in middle school, was called up to the [[United States women's national under-20 soccer team|United States national under-20 soccer team]] for friendlies in December 2019.<ref name="TT2018"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2019/12/thirty-four-players-called-to-us-under-20-womens-national-team-at-2019-nike-international-friendlies|title=Thirty-Four Players Called to Represent U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team at 2019 Nike International Friendlies|date=2019-12-04|publisher=[[United States Soccer Federation]]|access-date=2024-01-10}}</ref>
Dorsey, who played in the [[Olympic Development Program]] in middle school, was called up to the United States [[United States women's national under-20 soccer team|national under-20 team]] for friendlies at the end of 2019.<ref name="TT2018"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2019/12/thirty-four-players-called-to-us-under-20-womens-national-team-at-2019-nike-international-friendlies|title=Thirty-Four Players Called to Represent U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team at 2019 Nike International Friendlies|date=2019-12-04|publisher=[[United States Soccer Federation]]|access-date=2024-01-10}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==
=== Club ===
{{updated|15 December 2024}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Club
! rowspan="2" |Season
! colspan="3" |League
! colspan="2" |Domestic Cup
! colspan="2" |Other
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|[[North Carolina Courage]]
|[[2024 North Carolina Courage season|2024]]
|[[National Women's Soccer League|NWSL]]
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
|[[Dallas Trinity FC]] ''(loan)''
|[[2024–25 Dallas Trinity FC season|2024–25]]
|[[USL Super League]]
|13
|0
|0
|0
|1
|0
|14
|0
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!13
!0
!0
!0
!1
!0
!14
!0
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Soccerway|647611}}
* {{sports links}}
*[https://www.nccourage.com/roster/julia-dorsey/ Julia Dorsey] at the [[North Carolina Courage]]


{{Dallas Trinity FC squad}}
{{North Carolina Courage squad}}
{{North Carolina Courage squad}}


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Julia Dorsey
Dorsey with the North Carolina Courage in 2024
Personal information
Full name Julia Carroll Dorsey[1]
Date of birth (2000-08-08) August 8, 2000 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Dallas Trinity
(on loan from the North Carolina Courage)
Number 5
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 North Carolina (soccer) 69 (2)
2020–2023 North Carolina (lacrosse) 56 (3)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024 North Carolina Courage 0 (0)
2024– → Dallas Trinity (loan) 13 (0)
International career
2019 United States U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 15, 2024

Julia Carroll Dorsey (born August 8, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for USL Super League club Dallas Trinity FC. A former two-sport athlete, she played soccer and lacrosse at the University of North Carolina, winning the NCAA championship with the lacrosse team in 2022. She was selected by the North Carolina Courage in the 2024 NWSL Draft.

Early life

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Dorsey was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Van and Jessica Dorsey, and has an older sister.[1] She began playing soccer at age five and lacrosse shortly thereafter.[2] Her father, a former college soccer player for the Middlebury Panthers, coached her first club team when she was six or seven.[1][3]

Dorsey played high school soccer, basketball, and lacrosse at McDonogh School, a private prep school in Owings Mills, Maryland. Her lacrosse team went undefeated to win IAAM championships in 2016, 2017, and 2019, with Dorsey in midfield; she sat out the 2018 season after suffering an ACL tear.[2][4] She also won three IAAM titles with the soccer team in 2015, 2017, and 2018, playing as a forward for her first three seasons and right back in her senior year.[5][6] That year, after captaining both teams to undefeated record, she received All-American honors in both sports and was named The Baltimore Sun's high school female athlete of the year.[4][7] While in high school, she played club soccer for the Bethesda Soccer Club and club lacrosse for Sky Walkers Lacrosse.[1][3]

College career

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Dorsey chose the University of North Carolina as a school where she could play both soccer and lacrosse (on a lacrosse scholarship).[4][8] She joined the soccer team's starting lineup during the 2019 season, helping the team to win the ACC tournament and reach the NCAA championship game.[9][10] She was recognized by TopDrawerSoccer.com with Freshman Best XI and second-team Best XI honors.[11] She became the sixth person in school history to play for both programs after debuting for the lacrosse team in the spring of 2020.[1] As a sophomore, she started for the soccer team throughout the fall of 2020, then helped the lacrosse team go undefeated on the way to the 2021 NCAA semifinals.[1][12]

Dorsey sat out the start of her junior soccer season due to injury but returned later in the year and recorded her first career goal, a tap-in to force overtime against Boston College in October 2021.[8][13] In the spring of 2022, as she switched from midfield to defense, she helped the lacrosse team go undefeated to win the NCAA championship.[14] Later that year, she helped the soccer team reach the final of the NCAA tournament, anchoring a conference-best back line and scoring the third goal in a 3–2 win over Florida State in the NCAA semifinals, but they finished runners-up in the title game.[15][16] She suffered an ACL tear ending her senior lacrosse season in the spring of 2023.[1][16]

Club career

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Dorsey was selected 40th overall by the North Carolina Courage in the third round of the 2024 NWSL Draft.[17] She was signed to a three-year contract.[18] On August 9, 2024, ahead of the inaugural 2024–25 USL Super League season, Dorsey was loaned to Dallas Trinity FC for the rest of the NWSL season.[19] She appeared in the starting lineup of Trinity's first-ever game on August 18, which they drew 1–1 to Tampa Bay Sun FC, and marked Dorsey's first game since her ACL injury in 2023.[20] She was waived by the Courage on December 9, 2024.[21]

International career

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Dorsey, who played in the Olympic Development Program in middle school, was called up to the United States national under-20 team for friendlies at the end of 2019.[3][22]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 15 December 2024
Club Season League Domestic Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
North Carolina Courage 2024 NWSL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dallas Trinity FC (loan) 2024–25 USL Super League 13 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
Career total 13 0 0 0 1 0 14 0

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Julia Dorsey – Women's Soccer". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
    "Julia Dorsey – Women's Lacrosse". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Graham, Glenn (September 13, 2018). "McDonogh star Julia Dorsey poised for senior year with soccer and lacrosse ahead at North Carolina". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on January 9, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Heubeck, Elizabeth (October 4, 2018). "Two-Sport Wonder". The Towson Times. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Graham, Glenn (July 2, 2019). "2018–19 High School Female Athlete of the Year: McDonogh three-sport star Julia Dorsey". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on January 9, 2024.
  5. ^ Graham, Glenn (December 26, 2018). "2018 All-Metro girls soccer first and second teams". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "Past Champions – Varsity Soccer Champions". Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  7. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Announces 2018 Fall High School All-America Teams". United Soccer Coaches. December 3, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
    Graham, Glenn (May 21, 2019). "Five more Baltimore-area players named in final wave of Under Armour lacrosse All-Americans". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024.
    "HS Girls: TDS Fall All-America". TopDrawerSoccer.com. June 24, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Jones, Jody (November 10, 2022). "Dorsey Looking To Make Dual Sport History". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  9. ^ DaSilva, Matt (March 5, 2020). "Beast Mode: North Carolina's Julia Dorsey is a Soccer–Lacrosse Standout". USA Lacrosse Magazine. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  10. ^ "2019 Women's Soccer Schedule". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  11. ^ Trendel, Avery (December 16, 2019). "Top Drawer Soccer Places Five Tar Heels on Women's Best XI Teams". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  12. ^ "BC Ends Women's Lacrosse Season, 11–10, In NCAA Semis". University of North Carolina Athletics. May 28, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  13. ^ Koh, Michael (October 10, 2021). "Maggie Pierce's Match-Winner Clinches Dramatic Victory for UNC Women's Soccer". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  14. ^ "Perfection! Tar Heels Cap Undefeated Season With NCAA Title". University of North Carolina Athletics. May 29, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  15. ^ Koh, Michael (December 2, 2022). "UNC Women's Soccer Advances to National Championship With 3–2 Win Over FSU". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  16. ^ a b Singleton, Erin (October 12, 2023). "Dual-sport athlete Julia Dorsey mentors UNC women's soccer, aims for national title". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  17. ^ Koh, Michael (January 12, 2024). "Sentnor Picked 1st Overall; 5 Other UNC Women's Soccer Players Selected in NWSL Draft". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  18. ^ "Courage signs 2024 Draft Class". North Carolina Courage. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  19. ^ "Courage loans defender Julia Dorsey to Dallas Trinity FC". North Carolina Courage. August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  20. ^ "Tampa Bay Sun FC 1–1 Dallas Trinity FC". USL Super League. August 18, 2024. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  21. ^ "Courage to waive Julia Dorsey and Landy Mertz". North Carolina Courage. December 9, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  22. ^ "Thirty-Four Players Called to Represent U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team at 2019 Nike International Friendlies". United States Soccer Federation. December 4, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
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