Amanda Allen

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Amanda Allen
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Allen with the Orlando Pride in 2024
Personal information
Full name Amanda Marie Allen [1]
Date of birth (2005-02-21) February 21, 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Lexington SC
(on loan from Orlando Pride)
Youth career
North Mississauga SC
Woodbridge Strikers
NDC Ontario
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022 NDC Ontario 14 (10)
2023– Orlando Pride 11 (0)
2024– → Lexington SC (loan) 7 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Canada U17 11 (4)
2023– Canada U20 10 (4)
2022– Canada 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 2, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 11, 2024

Amanda Marie Allen (born February 21, 2005) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Lexington SC of the USL Super League on loan from Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Canada national team.

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Early life

Allen was born in Mississauga, Ontario, to mother Nicola and father Mark, both of whom were born in Kingston, Jamaica. She grew up participating in figure skating, gymnastics and track and field. Allen began playing soccer at age four with North Mississauga SC. [2] She later joined the youth ranks at Woodbridge Strikers before moving to the Canada Soccer NDC Ontario program. [3] She also played for the Team Ontario provincial team. [4] In 2022, she represented Ontario at the 2022 Canada Summer Games. [5]

Club career

In 2022, Allen played with NDC Ontario in the team's inaugural League1 Ontario season. [6] She made 14 regular season appearances and scored 10 goals as NDC Ontario finished runners-up behind Vaughan Azzurri. She made a further two appearances in the playoffs as the team beat Alliance United FC 3–1 in the final to win the championship title. [7] Allen was named a league Third Team All-Star and U18 All-Star. [8] [9]

In November 2022, Allen signed a National Letter of Intent, committing to play college soccer for Syracuse Orange at Syracuse University beginning in August 2023. [10]

In March 2023, Allen began training with the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League during her high school spring break. [11] In April 2023, she signed a three-year contract with the club, choosing to forgo her NCAA eligibility to turn professional instead. [12] [13] She began the team's youngest ever signing and also the youngest debutant, making her first league appearance on May 6, 2023, against Racing Louisville FC at the age of 18 years, two months and 15 days. [14] In September 2024, Allen was loaned to Lexington SC of the USL Super League through May 2025. [15] [16]

International career

Youth

Allen's first international involvement with the Canada Soccer program was in December 2021 when she was invited to an under-17 camp under coach Emma Humphries. The camp included a friendly with Mexico under-17s in which she debuted as a half time substitute. [2] [17] In May 2022, Allen was selected to the roster for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship. She appeared in all seven games, including five starts, and scored four goals: two in the opening group stage match as Canada beat Dominican Republic 10–0, another in a 4–1 round of 16 win against Honduras and her fourth in a 3–0 third place playoff victory over Panama as Canada claimed the bronze medal. [2] [18] The result also qualified the team for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. She was named to the roster and started all three group stage games. She scored a penalty in the final match, a 1–1 draw with Tanzania, but Canada were eliminated after finishing third in the group behind Japan and Tanzania. [19]

Senior

After her performance at the U17 World Cup, Allen was called up to the Canada senior team for the first time, at age 17, for a double header of friendlies against Brazil in November 2022. [20] [21] She made her senior debut on November 11, coming on as a 71st-minute substitute in a 2–1 victory against Brazil. [22]

Career statistics

Club

[23]

ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffsLeague Cup [lower-alpha 1] Other [lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NDC Ontario 2022 [24] League1 Ontario 141020——1610
Orlando Pride 2023 NWSL 3000300060
2024 80000030110
Total110003030170
Lexington SC (loan) 2024–25 USL Super League 7000000070
Career total32102030304010

International

[2]

Canada
YearAppsGoals
202210
Total10

Honours

NDC Ontario

Orlando Pride

International

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  14. ↑ "Orlando Pride loans forward Amanda Allen to Lexington Sporting Club". Orlando Pride . September 5, 2024.
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