Cloe Lacasse was a major offensive threat during her soccer career at Iowa, but it seems she was just getting started. The professional soccer star is making a name for herself in Iceland.
By Jess Westendorf
In 2014, Iowa soccer saw one of its top offensive stars graduate and leave the program, and she continued her success into the professional arena.
Cloe Lacasse played soccer from 2011-14 at Iowa and is now playing professional soccer in Iceland in the Urvalsdeild League for IBV.
Lacasse, a forward from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, is certainly making a name for herself. She joined the league in 2015 and since then has become even more of a powerhouse than she was at Iowa.
Lacasse is second in the league with 9 goals in 11 matches, with 29 total professional career goals.
“I have built on my successes from the previous season,” Lacasse said in a release. “As a player, I have grown so much with IBV in my three years. In the past, I was all about speed and one-on-one dribbling, but now I am capable of holding the ball and bouncing it off to teammates.”
The forward was a four-year starter for Iowa and played her way into the record book, becoming one of the top offensive players in program history. During her four seasons, she led in points each season while also snaring MVP each season. At the end of her college career, she was tied for first in career points with 112 and was first in shots and second in goals.
She is on the same path with IBV.
On June 16, she was scored 4 of the 5 goals in IBV’s 5-0 victory against Flykir. Then, on June 27, she followed that by scoring the only 2 goals for IBV in its shutout over URW.
IBV is in third place in the league with an 8-1-2 record this season. The team’s goal is to get back to 2016, when Lacasse and her mates won the League Cup.
“I am so much more acclimated to the league now,” Lacasse said in a release. “I know what to expect as far as the skills and abilities. This has allowed me to build my confidence going into each game.”