Julia Grosso

Early career

Grosso signed with TSS FC Rovers of the Women's Premier Soccer League for the 2018 season.

Juventus

In December 2021, Grosso returned to her ancestral country Italy and joined Juventus on an initial one-year contract. She debuted for Juventus on January 16, 2022, in a 5–0 win against Pomigliano. In her first season with Juventus, the team completed the domestic treble with victories in Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana. In a 2022 profile with DARBY, Grosso said that, despite the attention surrounding her Olympic penalty and move to Juventus, she did not feel additional pressure, explaining that she wanted to "keep working hard" and maintain the same mindset as she settled in at the club, and she also said that she was impressed by Juventus' history and immersive soccer culture. In the same profile, Grosso said that Cristiano Ronaldo was the player she most tried to emulate growing up and that it felt surreal to join the same club and use the same facilities he had used at Juventus. Grosso's second season with the team saw her appear in 20 matches and score three goals. She also won her second Coppa Italia and was named the Serie A midfielder of the season. After missing part of the 2023–24 season due to injury, she returned to the roster in time to participate in her second Supercoppa victory. Following the conclusion of the season, Grosso announced that her tenure at Juventus had come to an end.

Chicago Stars

On…

Youth

On August 7, 2014, Grosso made her first junior appearance for Canada with the national under-15 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. On January 18, 2018, Grosso made her debut for the under-20 team 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…

Grosso is a left-footed midfielder who has creativity and technique as well as intensity and contrast and can also play as left-back.

Grosso was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is of Portuguese descent through her father, and Italian through her mother. She attended Burnaby Central Secondary where she played with the Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Rex. Future national teammate Jordyn Huitema attended the same school and program, and the two became close friends during this time. Her sister Carli was also a member of the Vancouver Whitecaps system. Grosso made her college debut for the Texas Longhorns on August 17, 2018, in a 3–0 win over the Rice Owls.