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Life as a professional soccer player can be unpredictable, but fortunately Kaitlyn Parcell is comfortable with change. After two seasons with MSV Duisburg in the German Bundesliga, the Palisades High alum wanted to explore other opportunities and signed with Fortuna Hjorring in the Danish Women’s League (Kvindeliga) last year, playing in all but one game and making 12 starts on defense. She reported back to the squad last week for the preseason and league play begins in early August. Parcell, who turns 27 in September, is looking forward to a successful sophomore campaign in Denmark for Fortuna Hjorring, saying she has really enjoyed her new club and teammates and adding the Danish people are generally super nice and kind.
Parcell grew up in the El Medio Bluffs, excelled in cross country and track at Corpus Christi School and is the only player in the history of the Pali High girls soccer program to tally 50+ goals and 50+ assists in her career. She won the Palisadian-Post Cup Award in 2016 as the school’s outstanding senior athlete and played collegiately at Santa Clara and Georgetown.
Two of Parcell’s teammates at Georgetown had played for Fortuna in previous years and spoke highly of the club and the league. Also, one of her best friends on the German team hails from Denmark and had played in the league previously as well, telling her it is a strong league and that she would like it. Parcell took her advice.
Kaitlyn’s younger brother Max played sweeper on the Pali High team that captured the program’s only City Section boys title in 2016.
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