Delanie Sheehan

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Delanie Sheehan
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Sheehan with Gotham FC in 2023
Personal information
Full name Delanie Breann Sheehan [1]
Date of birth (1999-01-13) January 13, 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) [1]
Position(s) Forward / midfielder
Team information
Current team
 NJ/NY Gotham FC
Number 17
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 UCLA Bruins 86 (15)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–present NJ/NY Gotham FC 35 (1)
2021 → Paris FC (loan) 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 5, 2023

Delanie Breann Sheehan (born January 13, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward and midfielder for NJ/NY Gotham FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the UCLA Bruins.

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Early life and youth career

Sheehan was born in Walnut Creek, California, on January 13, 1999. [1] [2] She started playing soccer at age four. [3] She played high school soccer at Liberty High School in Brentwood, California, and graduated in 2017. [4] She also played softball and basketball in high school. [3] She was a Gatorade State Player of the Year finalist, a three-time North Coast Section (NCS) first-team selection, and a two-time Bay Valley Athletic League (BVAL) MVP in 2015 and 2016. [1] [4] In her senior year, she scored the tying goal in a 3–2 victory over Carondelet in the 2017 NCS Division I championship match. [5]

College career

Sheehan played college soccer at the University of California, Los Angeles, from 2017 to 2021. [1] As a freshman, she was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team and scored the tying goal in a 2–3 loss to Stanford in the 2017 NCAA Division I tournament final. [1] [6] In her sophomore year, she switched positions to play as a defender and was named to the All-Pac-12 third team. [1] She was selected as the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week in October 2018 and September 2019. [7] [8] She began playing as a midfielder again in her senior year and was the team's vice captain. [1] [9] Helping UCLA win their first Pac-12 Championship in six years, she was named to the All-Pac-12 first team and was the Pac-12 Midfielder of the Year, a Hermann Trophy semifinalist, and a Senior CLASS Award candidate. [9] [10] [11] Over four seasons in college, she tallied 15 goals and 18 assists in 86 appearances. [1]

Club career

Sheehan playing for Gotham in the first round of the 2023 playoffs NC Courage vs Gotham FC (Oct 2023) 117 (cropped).jpg
Sheehan playing for Gotham in the first round of the 2023 playoffs

NJ/NY Gotham FC (then known as Sky Blue FC) selected Sheehan 33rd overall in the fourth round of the 2021 NWSL Draft, which took place online on her 21st birthday. [3] [12] She signed a national team replacement (NTR) contract with Gotham in July 2021. [13] She made five appearances for Gotham before she was loaned in September to the Division 1 Féminine club Paris FC for the rest of the year, a move that she said she eagerly accepted for the opportunity to improve her tactical skills. [3] [14] She made nine appearances for Gotham in 2022. [3]

Sheehan signed a two-year contract with Gotham in January 2023. [15] That season, she had a regular starting spot in Gotham's lineup, her position varying between forward and attacking midfielder. [3] She scored her first professional goal on October 22, 2023, in the first round of the NWSL playoffs against the North Carolina Courage, notching Gotham's first NWSL postseason goal and helping the team to their first NWSL playoff win. [16] [17] [18]

International career

Sheehan was a member of youth national teams at the under-18, under-19, and under-20 levels. [1] She represented the United States under-20 team at the 2018 Sud Ladies Cup. [19]

Career statistics

As of November 5, 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] Playoffs [lower-alpha 2] TotalRef.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NJ/NY Gotham FC 2021 NWSL 60000060 [20]
2022 9010—100 [21]
2023 1805021251 [22]
Paris FC (loan) 2021–22 D1F 6000—60 [23]
Career total3906021471

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  2. ↑ "#17 | Delanie Sheehan". NJ/NY Gotham FC . Retrieved November 8, 2023.
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  8. ↑ "Sheehan, Micah Earn Pac-12 Weekly Honors". UCLA Athletics. September 3, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Sheehan Selected as Senior CLASS Award Candidate". UCLA Athletics. March 24, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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  11. ↑ "Sheehan Selected as Semifinalist for MAC Hermann Trophy". UCLA Athletics. May 4, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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  14. ↑ "NJ/NY Gotham FC Loans Forward Delanie Sheehan to Paris FC". NJ/NY Gotham FC. September 21, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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  21. ↑ "Delanie Sheehan – 2022". National Women's Soccer League . Retrieved November 6, 2023.
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