Position: Defender
Birthdate: Sept. 15, 1993
Hometown: Orange Park, Florida
Height: 5-foot-8
Pronunciation: Carson Pickett
Previous Team: North Carolina Courage (NWSL)
2024: She made 16 appearances, all starts, while numbering a goal and an assist before joining the Orlando Pride in an August trade.
2023: Pickett appeared in 26 matches at outside back across all competitions for Louisville in 2023, starting 24 of them. She continued as one of the league’s most attacking-minded defenders in her first season with the club, ranking near the top of the NWSL in penalty area entries (2nd), crosses (2nd) and passes into the final third (4th),
Before Racing Louisville FC: Pickett, a left back who was the fourth pick in the 2016 NWSL Draft, is a back-to-back Best XI selection over the past two seasons and won a national championship in 2014 with Florida State. The Florida native led the NWSL in assists this past season with six, a year after tying for second in the league with five.
In all, Pickett has one goal and 16 assists in 130 NWSL appearances with the Courage, OL Reign and Orlando Pride and has regularly ranked among the league leaders in chances created and interceptions, among other areas.
International: She made her U.S. Women’s National Team debut in June 2022, appearing in two matches.