Faasse was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Shelley and Adrian Faasse. She attended Pinnacle High School, where she scored 28 goals with 10 assists as a sophomore in 2019. She was named her conference's offensive player of the year as a senior with 31 goals and 12 assists in 2021.[1][2] She captained her high school team and her SC del Sol club team.[1] She trained with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level and virtually at the under-18 level.[1] She committed to the University of North Carolina in her senior year.[2]
North Carolina Tar Heels
Faasse was used as a substitute during her first two seasons with the North Carolina Tar Heels behind starters like Ally Sentnor and Avery Patterson, scoring 4 goals in 40 appearances.[3] Before her junior season, she was one of only 12 returning players in the program and stepped into a starting position for the 2024 season.[4] She scored her first two goals of the year in the last three minutes of an away 3–2 comeback win against Colorado.[5] She scored 7 goals in 10 games of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season.[6] In the first round of the ACC tournament, she scored her third brace of the year by way of one penalty and one header in a 2–0 win against Virginia Tech.[3] She did the same for her fourth brace in the conference final, helping take a 2–1 lead against Florida State before falling 3–2.[7] She scored four goals in six games of the NCAA tournament, including the golden goal in a 2–1 quarterfinal victory over Penn State, as North Carolina claimed their 23rd national title and first since 2012.[1][4] Faasse finished the 2024 season as NCAA Division I's leading scorer with 20 goals in 27 games (the most by a Tar Heel since Casey Nogueira in 2008). She was named first-team All-ACC, first-team All-American, and the TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Year.[8][9]
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