Julia Grosso  Julia Angela Grosso (born August 29, 2000) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a midfielder. She plays for the Texas Longhorns in the Big 12 Conference. Grosso also plays for the Canada women's national soccer team. Grosso was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to a Portuguese father and a mother of Italian descent. Grosso attended Vancouver Technical Secondary School. Grosso's sister Carli was also a member of the Vancouver Whitecaps system and plays for the Simon Fraser Clan. Grosso would sign with TSS FC Rovers of the Women's Premier Soccer League for the 2018 season. Grosso made her college debut for the Texas Longhorns on August 17, 2018 in a 3–0 win over the Rice Owls. Grosso made her first junior appearance for Canada with the national under-15 team on August 7, 2014 against Puerto Rico in a 5–0 victory at the CONCACAF Girls Under-15 Championship. She played twelve minutes in a substitute appearance. The Canadians would go on to win the inaugural edition of the tournament in a penalty shoot-out over Haiti. Grosso would make five appearances for the under-15 national team in the tournament, the only five U-15 caps of her career. Grosso's debut for the under-17 team came on March 3, 2016 at the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship in a 3–0 win against Guatemala. Canada would finish in third place at the tournament and Grosso was named to the Best XI, en route to qualification for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Grosso proceeded to play in the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan. There, she played 90 minutes in all three group games, recording an assist in the first game, a 3–2 win over Cameroon. Canada would draw and lose their next games against Germany and Venezuela, respectively, resulting in a third place finish in the group and failure to proceed from the group stage. The game against Venezuela was Grosso's last for the under-17 team. Grosso made her debut for the under-20 team on January 18, 2018 in a 3–1 victory over Costa Rica in the opening match of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. Canada would lose the semi-finals on penalties to Mexico after a 1–1 draw after extra time. Canada needed to defeat Haiti in the third place match in order to qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, but lost the game 1–0 and did not qualify for the U-20 World Cup.