Karsyn Cherry
American soccer player (born 2003)
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Karsyn Cherry (born 2 November 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Louisville Cardinals, earning second-team All-American honors in 2025.
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Cherry with Angel City in 2026 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | November 2, 2003 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Angel City | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Indiana Fire | |||
| 2018–2021 | Central Catholic Knights | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | Louisville Cardinals | 69 | (12) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Indy Eleven | 14 | (1) |
| 2025 | Lexington SC (USL W) | 3 | (0) |
| 2026– | Angel City | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of May 31, 2026 | |||
Early life
Cherry grew up in Lafayette, Indiana.[1] She attended Lafayette Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School where she was a standout in both soccer and basketball.[1] She tied the school's single-season record with 22 goals as a freshman in 2018.[2] In 2019, she broke the record with 32 goals and added 20 assists as she led Central Catholic to their first IHSAA Class 1A state title game appearance.[3] She was also named the Journal & Courier Small School Player in the Year in basketball after averaging 13 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals per game as a sophomore.[4] After her sophomore year, she committed to play college soccer for the Louisville Cardinals.[3]
Cherry helped lead Central Catholic to their first state championship in her junior year in 2020, scoring 31 goals with 24 assists, and was named the Journal & Courier Player of the Year.[5] She broke her own record with 39 goals in her senior year in 2021, again being named the Journal & Courier Player of the Year, as she established a Tippecanoe County career record with 124 goals.[6] While she mainly played forward for Central Catholic, she played defender for club Indiana Fire Academy.[3] She was named ECNL all-conference multiple times.[7]
College career
Recruited as an outside back, Cherry played out of position at center back for the Louisville Cardinals.[8] Cherry started 14 games and scored 3 goals as a freshman in 2022, ranking second on the team in scoring.[1] She played in all 18 games, starting 17, as a sophomore in 2023.[1] She started all 18 games and scored 6 goals with 1 assist as a junior in 2024, ranking third in minutes played and second in scoring.[1]
In her senior year in 2025, Cherry started 19 games and scored 3 goals with 4 assists.[1] She was team captain as the Cardinals set program scoring records and came one game short of matching their highest win total.[9] Louisville earned their first ACC tournament berth since 2020 and first NCAA tournament berth since 2019.[10] In the NCAA tournament, she converted a penalty in the shootout against Kentucky to reach the second round for the third time in program history, where she had an assist in the loss to Kansas.[10] She was named second-team All-ACC and second-team All-American, the program's first All-American selection since Emina Ekić in 2020.[10]
Club career
Angel City FC announced on January 7, 2026, that they had signed Cherry to her first professional contract on a three-year deal.[11] Six months later, on May 31, she made her professional debut in a 2–1 loss to the North Carolina Courage.[12]
Honors and awards
Individual
- Second-team All-American: 2025
- Second-team All-ACC: 2025
