Chandler McDaniel

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Chandler McDaniel
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McDaniel in 2022
Personal information
Full name Chandler Blue Isip McDaniel [1]
Date of birth (1998-02-04) February 4, 1998 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth Orange, California, U.S.
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward, midfielder [2]
Team information
Current team
Stallion Laguna
Youth career
–2016 Norco High School
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Virginia Tech Hokies 34 (4)
2018–2019 Milwaukee Panthers 37 (2)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
FC Golden State
2023 Stallion Laguna 1 (0)
2023–2024 Pinzgau Saalfelden 0 (0)
2024 Dimas Escazú  [ es ] 0 (0)
2024– Stallion Laguna 0 (0)
International career
2021– Philippines 21 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 1, 2023

Chandler Blue Isip McDaniel (born February 4, 1998) is a footballer who plays as a forward for PFF Women's League club Stallion Laguna. Born in the United States, she represents the Philippines at international level.

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Early life

McDaniel was born in Orange, California to Lindy, a Filipino who has connections to Pampanga and Davao City, and Clint who works as a football (soccer) coach. [3] [4] She played for the women's team of Norco High School. [5]

College career

In college, McDaniel played for the Virginia Tech Hokies and later with the Milwaukee Panthers. She entered Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 2016 as a freshman, playing for the Hokies until her sophomore year in 2017. She later transferred to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee making 37 appearances and two goals for the Milwaukee Panthers in her junior and senior years (2018–19). [6] [2]

Club career

Stallion Laguna

After her stint in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, she and her sister Olivia joined Stallion Laguna of the PFF Women's League. [7] [8] The siblings played only one match for the club; they lost 4–0 to collegiate side De La Salle University in their debut game. [9]

Dimas Escazú

In January 2024, she signed with Costa Rican club Dimas Escazú  [ es ] after her stint with Austrian club FC Pinzgau Saalfelden. [10] She parted ways with the club in July 2024. [11]

Return to Stallion Laguna

She and her sister Olivia rejoined Stallion Laguna for the 2024 PFF Women's Cup. Chandler McDaniel scored the winning goal in the final which won Stallion Laguna the title. [12]

International career

McDaniel's first cap for the Philippines women's national team was at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in the Philippines' 2–1 win over Nepal on September 18, 2021. McDaniel provided the assist which contributed to the goals of teammates Tahnai Annis and Camille Wilson which overturned the one-goal lead of Nepal in the last minutes of the game. [13] She scored her first goal in the Philippines 2–1 win against Hong Kong on September 24, 2021, which secured her country's qualification for the Asian Cup. [14]

McDaniel was called up to represent the Philippines earlier at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup but was not part of the final squad. [15] [16] She also participated in the Philippine national tryouts for the 2016 AFF Women's Championship. [17] She featured in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup where she helped qualify her team for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup but sustained a major injury in the process. [18]

McDaniel would recover from her injury, making her return to the national team in the opening match of the 2024 AFC Women's Olympic qualifiers against Pakistan in April 2023. [19]

International goals

Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.September 24, 2021 JAR Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
2–1
2–1
2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
2.January 21, 2022 DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai, India Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
1–0
1–0
2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
3.April 5, 2023Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
4–0
4–0
2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
4.April 8, 2023Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
7–0
8–0
5.
8–0
6.October 26, 2023 Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth, Australia Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 4–14–1

Personal life

Chandler's siblings are also football players. Her older sister Olivia is a goalkeeper for the Philippine women's national team, while her younger brother Griffin plays for the men's national team. Meanwhile, their dad Clint is the assistant coach for Finn's club, Stallion Laguna.

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