Position: Goalkeeper
Birthdate: Nov. 27, 1996
Hometown: Plano, Texas
Height: 6-foot-1
Pronunciation: Katie Lund
Previous Team: Washington Spirit (NWSL)
2024: Lund started all 26 regular season matches, earning her third-consecutive ironwoman season. She numbered 75 saves and five clean sheets. She earned NWSL Save of the Week for the final week of the season. She was Racing Louisville’s nominee for the Lauren Holiday Impact Award thanks to her extensive charitable work with Norton Children’s.
2023: Starting every regular season and Challenge Cup match for Racing, Lund ranked near the top of NWSL goalkeepers in several categories, including saves (2nd), saves from inside box (3rd), saves from outside box (1st) and save percentage (3rd) while registering nine clean sheets across all competitions. She was recognized on the UKG NWSL Challenge Cup All-Tournament Team and awarded NWSL Save of the Week on May 10.
2022: Lund started all 22 regular-season matches en route to breaking the NWSL single-season save record with 112 saves. The goalkeeper kept six clean sheets, boasting a 76% save percentage. She also tied the single-game saves record of 12 in Racing’s 1-1 draw with OL Reign in August.
2021: Lund made her professional debut off the bench, becoming the hero of Racing’s win over FC Bayern Munich in The Women’s Cup final. Lund made four penalty kick stops and scored the trophy-winning kick in a dramatic shootout. She went on to make her first NWSL start Oct. 6 against the North Carolina Courage and took over the starting job between the posts toward the end of the season, tallying 16 saves as her side went 1-1-2.
Before Racing Louisville FC: Lund spent her first three seasons at Texas Christian University before transferring to Arkansas for her senior year. In her final season, she started all 23 matches for the Razorbacks and posted 11 shutouts. She led the SEC in save percentage (0.871) and was named 2019 All SEC-Second Team and All-Southeast Region Second Team. Lund signed with the Washington Spirit in February of 2020.
