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{{Short description|Canadian soccer player (born 1985)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| fullname = Brittany Amanda Baxter
| name                = Brittany Baxter
| image               = Brittany Timko in 2011.JPG
| image_size          = 
| caption             = Baxter with [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]] in 2011
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1985|9|5}}
| birth_place         = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
| height              = 1.73 m
| position            = [[Midfielder]] / [[Striker (association football)|forward]]
| currentclub         = 
| clubnumber          = 
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| collegeyears1 = 2003–2006 | college1 = [[Nebraska Cornhuskers]] | collegecaps1 = 71 | collegegoals1 = 41
| years1 = 2004–2006
| clubs1 = [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women)|Vancouver Whitecaps]] 
| caps1 = 17
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2008–2009
| clubs2 = [[Melbourne Victory FC (W-League)|Melbourne Victory]] 
| caps2 = 9
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2009
| clubs3 = [[Piteå IF]]
| caps3 = 7
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2010
| clubs4 = [[SGS Essen|SG Essen-Schönebeck]]
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0 
| years5 = 2014
| clubs5 = [[Seattle Sounders Women]]
| caps5 = 3
| goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2004
| nationalteam1 = [[Canada women's national under-20 soccer team|Canada U-19]]
| nationalcaps1 = 32  
| nationalgoals1 = 16 
| nationalyears2 = 2002–2014
| nationalteam2 = [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]]
| nationalcaps2 = 132
| nationalgoals2 = 5 
| medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[association football|soccer]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{CAN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Football at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Football at the 2007 Pan American Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2011 Pan American Games|2011 Guadalajara]]|[[Football at the 2011 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
| pcupdate            = April 26, 2015
| ntupdate            = November 26, 2014
}}
'''Brittany Amanda Baxter (née Timko)''' (born September 5, 1985)<ref name="Olympic">{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.ca/Beijing2008/EN/501/Athletes.htm|title=Athlete Detail Page – Brittany Baxter|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=August 21, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820054533/http://www.olympic.ca/Beijing2008/EN/501/Athletes.htm|archive-date=August 20, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a Canadian retired [[association football|soccer]] player who played professionally for five different clubs and earned 132 caps with the [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canadian National Team]].

==Club career==
Baxter's first senior club team was [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women)|Vancouver Whitecaps Women]]. She also played on the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] soccer team from 2003 to 2007, graduating in May 2007. She then signed for [[Melbourne Victory FC (W-League)|Melbourne Victory]] of Australia's newly formed [[W-League (Australia)|W-League]] in October 2008,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.melbournevictory.com.au/article/victory-women-on-track-for-westfield-w-league-debut/8tufpf7y55wb15dsotjac9xcr |title=Victory Women on track for Westfield W-League debut |date=October 14, 2008 |publisher=Melbourne Victory |access-date=August 12, 2016 |archive-date=April 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419220053/http://www.melbournevictory.com.au/article/victory-women-on-track-for-westfield-w-league-debut/8tufpf7y55wb15dsotjac9xcr |url-status=dead }}</ref> linking up with her former coach Matt Shepherd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.victoryinmelbourne.com/category/melbourne-victory/page/2/|title=Victory in Melbourne » melbourne victory|access-date=April 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106130006/http://www.victoryinmelbourne.com/category/melbourne-victory/page/2/|archive-date=January 6, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the first half of the 2009–10 season Baxter played in Sweden's [[Damallsvenskan]] league for [[Piteå IF]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.piteaif.se/fotboll/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=258|title=Sidan kan inte hittas|access-date=January 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061548/http://www.piteaif.se/fotboll/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=258|archive-date=October 23, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in the second played for [[SGS Essen|SG Essen-Schönebeck]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fansoccer.de/ersteliga/archiv/wechsel10/wechsel10.htm|title=Wechselübersicht Frauenfußball Winter 2010|access-date=March 8, 2010|archive-date=September 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928075438/http://www.fansoccer.de/ersteliga/archiv/wechsel10/wechsel10.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> She left Essen-Schönebeck during the summer of 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.framba.de/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1265:wechselboerse-saison-201011&catid=46:transfers&Itemid=70|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719025906/http://www.framba.de/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1265:wechselboerse-saison-201011&catid=46:transfers&Itemid=70|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 19, 2011|title=Wechselbörse – Saison 2010/11}}</ref>

Baxter was signed by the [[Seattle Sounders Women]] in the [[USL W-League (1995–2015)|W-League]] on May 2, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sounderswomen.com/home/806174.html|title=Sounders Sign Brittany Baxter from Canada National Team – Seattle Sounders Women|access-date=July 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512231941/http://www.sounderswomen.com/home/806174.html|archive-date=May 12, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==International career==
Baxter enjoyed international success at the youth level, where she played mostly as a forward. She earned the [[Adidas]] [[Women's World Cup Golden Boot|Golden Shoe]] as top scorer at the [[2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship]] with seven goals in four games.

Baxter won the gold medal at the [[Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament|2011 Pan American Games soccer tournament]]  when Canada defeated [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]] 4–3 in penalty kicks.

Baxter was a member of the two Olympic Teams for Canada, in [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] and [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]. She won a bronze medal in [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012]], when [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]] defeated [[France women's national football team|France]] 1–0 in the bronze medal match.

Baxter played in the [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] in [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007]] and [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|2011]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ca.soccerway.com/players/brittany-timko/19529/|title=B.BAXTER|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>

Baxter retired from professional soccer following the 2014 season. She finished her international career with 132 caps and 5 goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canadasoccer.com/?pid=3178&t=profile&|title=Brittany Timko Baxter (CAN)|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref> She was honoured by Canada Soccer in a halftime ceremony during a [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]] vs. [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] friendly on November 9, 2017, alongside teammates [[Chelsea Stewart]] and [[Kelly Parker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.portmoodysoccer.com/Club-Chat/csa-to-honour-brittany-baxter-during-can-v-usa-match|title=CSA to honour Brittany Baxter during Can v USA match Nov 9th|access-date=August 15, 2019|archive-date=August 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816002759/https://www.portmoodysoccer.com/Club-Chat/csa-to-honour-brittany-baxter-during-can-v-usa-match|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Coaching==
Since retiring from professional soccer, Baxter has moved into coaching. She is the Technical Director at the Port Moody Soccer Club in [[British Columbia]].<ref name="brit"/>

== Honours ==
* 2022: [[Canada Soccer Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davidson |first1=Neil |title=Karina LeBlanc, Brittany Timko Baxter named to Canada Soccer Hall of Fame |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/karina-leblanc-brittany-timko-canada-soccer-hof-1.5453359 |access-date=31 August 2022 |work=[[cbc.ca]] |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |date=February 5, 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Baxter and her husband Sean, have two children, a son, Johnny and a daughter Zoe.<ref name="brit">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/brittany-timko-womens-soccer-good-place/|title=Brittany Timko: Women's soccer is in such a good place|access-date=August 16, 2019|date=November 15, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Canada Soccer player|id=3178}} / [[Canada Soccer Hall of Fame]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928191530/http://www.melbournevictory.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_profile&pid=1878&tid=269 Bio at Melbourne Victory]
* [http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41&SPID=26&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=23158&Q_SEASON=2006 Nebraska player bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712233824/http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=41&SPID=26&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=23158&Q_SEASON=2006 |date=July 12, 2011 }}

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