| Intro | Canadian soccer player |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | Canada |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 5 September 1985, Vancouver, Canada |
| Age: | 34 years |
| Star sign | Virgo |
Brittany Amanda Baxter (née Timko) (born 5 September 1985) is a retired Canadian soccer player who last played for the Seattle Sounders Women of the W-League and earned 132 caps with the Canadian National Team.
Club career
Baxter’s first senior club team was Vancouver Whitecaps Women. She also played on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln soccer team from 2003 to 2007, graduating in May 2007. She then signed for Melbourne Victory of Australia’s newly formed W-League in October 2008, linking up with her former coach Matt Shepherd.
In the first half of the 2009–10 season Baxter played in Sweden’s Damallsvenskan league for Piteå IF, and in the second played for SG Essen-Schönebeck. She left Essen-Schönebeck during the summer of 2010.
Baxter was signed by the Seattle Sounders Women in the W-League on 2 May 2014
International career
Baxter enjoyed international success at the youth level, where she played mostly as a forward. She earned the Adidas Golden Shoe as top scorer at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship with seven goals in four games.
Baxter won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games soccer tournament when Canada defeated Brazil 4–3 in penalty kicks.
Baxter was a member of the two Olympic Teams for Canada, in 2008 and 2012. She won a bronze medal in 2012, when Canada defeated France 1–0 in the bronze medal match.
Baxter played in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2007 and 2011.
Baxter retired from professional soccer following the 2014 season. She finished her international career with 132 caps and 5 goals. She was honoured by Canada Soccer in a halftime ceremony during a Canada vs. United States friendly on 9 November 2017 alongside teammates Chelsea Stewart and Kelly Parker.
Coaching
Since retiring from professional soccer, Baxter has moved into coaching. She is the head girls’ soccer coach at the Port Moody Soccer Association in British Columbia.
Personal life
Baxter and her husband Sean, have two children, a son, Johnny and a daughter Zoe.