Kaitlin Fregulia

Kaitlin Danielle Fregulia (born June 18, 1998) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender. She played college soccer for the Long Beach State Beach before being selected in the first round of the 2022 NWSL Draft by the North Carolina Courage. She also previously played for Mexican Liga MX Femenil club Tijuana.

Early life Fregulia grew up in Torrance, California. She played seven years of club soccer for Beach FC, where she led the team to a US Soccer youth national title in 2014 and two regional championship titles. where she scored a goal in her high school debut. She went on to lead the program to four straight league titles and one Southern CIF title. In her junior year, she was named first-team all-CIF and the league offensive MVP.

College career As a member of Beach FC, Fregulia played for Long Beach State assistant coach Jeff Joyner and often practiced on the Cal State Long Beach campus with her teammates. In 2016, she joined the university's team after graduating from high school. She entered the program as a forward or outside back, but was converted to center back by Long Beach State coach Mauricio Ingrassia. Fregulia initially struggled with the position change, but eventually gained confidence and earned both a spot on the Big West all-freshman team and an all-Big West honorable mention at the end of her freshman season. She had recorded two goals (both of which were game-winners) and two assists in that timeframe. Despite missing the end of the season, she was named the Big West Defensive Player of the Year. She became the third player from the Big West conference to be drafted into the NWSL (after Mexican internationals Christina Burkenroad and Kiana Palacios) and first-ever from Cal State Long Beach. On February 7, 2022, the Courage announced that they had signed Fregulia to her first professional contract, a one-year deal with an option for 2023. Fregulia spent North Carolina's preseason and 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup campaign sidelined by an injury. On April 28, she was waived one day before the Courage's regular season opener against Angel City FC.

In February 2023, Fregulia signed for Mexican side Club Tijuana near the end of the Liga MX Femenil transfer window. She earned her first professional minutes for Tijuana, including in the team's 1–0 victory over Guadalajara in May 2023 to round out the Clausura phase of Tijuana's season.

On August 18, 2023, Fregulia announced her retirement from professional soccer due to health concerns.

Personal life In November 2023, Fregulia got engaged to Portland Timbers and Canada men's national team player Zac McGraw. The couple welcomed their first child, a son, on January 29, 2025.

Honors and awards Long Beach State Beach

Big West Conference: 2018 Big West Conference women's soccer tournament: 2016, 2018

Individual

First-team All-Big West: 2021 Second-team All-Big West: 2019 Big West all-freshman team: 2016 Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Year: 2017, 2021