Katie Cappelletti

Katie Cappelletti
Cappelletti in 2025
Personal information
Full name Katherine Cappelletti[1]
Date of birth (2002-09-12) September 12, 2002
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Kansas City Current
Number 33
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Saint Joseph's Hawks 85 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 Rochester Lady Lancers – (–)
2025 North Carolina Courage 0 (0)
2026– Kansas City Current 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Katherine Cappelletti (born September 12, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Saint Joseph's Hawks, setting the program record for clean sheets.

Early life

Cappelletti grew up in Fayetteville, New York, and attended Jamesville-DeWitt High School.[2] She began playing in goal when she was six.[3] She played club soccer for Syracuse Development Academy.[2]

College career

Cappeletti won the starting job for the Saint Joseph's Hawks during her freshman season in the spring of 2021,[4] the season having been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.[5] She posted 7 clean sheets in 20 starts as both a sophomore in 2021 and junior in 2022,[2] helping the Hawks to appearances in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament semifinals both seasons.[6] During her senior year in 2023, she became Saint Joseph's career leader in clean sheets, passing the record previously shared by Grace Bendon and Colleen Corcoran.[7] She returned for her fifth and final season as a graduate student in 2024, helping the Hawks to their third A-10 tournament semifinal in four years.[8] She led the A-10 in saves, posted 8 clean sheets (7 solo) in 20 games, and was named first-team All-A-10 and the A-10 Goalkeeper of the Year.[2] During college, she also played for the Rochester Lady Lancers and was named the United Women's Soccer East Conference Goalkeeper of the Year in 2022.[9]

Club career

Cappelletti joined the North Carolina Courage as a non-roster invitee in the 2025 preseason.[10] In May, after the retirement of third-string keeper Hensley Hancuff,[11] she signed her first professional contract with the Courage for the remainder of the season.[12] She was unused as the third-stringer behind starter Casey Murphy and backup Marisa Jordan.[13]

Cappelletti joined the Kansas City Current as a non-roster invitee in the 2026 preseason,[14] in March signing a short-term contract through May.[15]

Honors and awards

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Saint Joseph's University Undergraduate Commencement" (PDF). Saint Joseph's University. p. 7. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "Katie Cappelletti". Saint Joseph's Hawks. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  3. ^ Lewis, Michael (July 8, 2022). "She's Very Hands On: Cappelletti backstops Lady Lancers' surge". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  4. ^ "2020 Women's Soccer Cumulative Statistics". Saint Joseph's Hawks. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  5. ^ Messina, Mia (September 25, 2024). "These St. Joe's women's soccer players are back for their fifth and final year together as 'a little family'". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  6. ^ "Women's Soccer's Memorable Season Comes To A Close In A-10 Semifinals". Saint Joseph's Hawks. November 5, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
    "Women's Soccer's Memorable Season Comes To A Close Versus #10 Saint Louis In A-10 Semifinals". Saint Joseph's Hawks. November 2, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  7. ^ "Cappelletti Sets Hawks' Shutout Record As Women's Soccer Plays To 0-0 Draw With Rhode Island". Saint Joseph's Hawks. September 14, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  8. ^ "Women's Soccer Falls At Top Seed Saint Louis In A-10 Championship Semifinals". Saint Joseph's Hawks. November 6, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  9. ^ Lewis, Michael (August 29, 2022). "The Best: Lady Lancers' Cappelletti named UWS East Conference GK of the year". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  10. ^ "NC Courage Announces Preseason Roster". North Carolina Courage. January 27, 2025. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  11. ^ "Hensley Hancuff Announces Retirement from Professional Soccer". North Carolina Courage. May 14, 2025. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  12. ^ "Courage Sign Goalkeeper Katie Cappelletti". North Carolina Courage. May 22, 2025. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  13. ^ "2025 North Carolina Courage Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  14. ^ "Kansas City Current Provides Roster Update for 2026 Preseason". Kansas City Current. January 14, 2026. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
  15. ^ "Kansas City Current Signs Goalkeeper Katie Cappelletti to Short-Term Contract". Kansas City Current. March 4, 2026. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
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