Diamond Simpson

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Diamond Simpson
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Simpson receives L1O Defender of the Year award in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-04-28) April 28, 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
North Mississauga SC
Dixie SC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2015 Memphis Tigers 77 (6)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2013 K–W United FC
2015–2016 Woodbridge Strikers 12+ (0+)
2017 Toronto Azzurri Blizzard 14 (2)
2018–2019 Woodbridge Strikers 25 (8)
2023 Woodbridge Strikers 4 (2)
International career‡
2008–2010 Canada U-17 13 (1)
2012 Canada U-20 1 (0)
2010–2011 Canada 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of May 10, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals as of April 24, 2022

Diamond Simpson (born April 28, 1993) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a defender. She made four appearances for the Canada national team in 2010 and 2011.

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Early life

She began playing youth soccer at age 8 with North Mississauga SC, later playing with Dixie SC. [1]

College career

From 2012 to 2015, she played college soccer for the Memphis Tigers of the University of Memphis. [2] She scored her first goal on September 6, 2012, scoring the overtime winner against the Vanderbilt Commodores, [3] earning her Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week honours. [4] In 2012, she was named to the NSCAA All-Central Region second team, All-Conference USA second team, and C-USA All-Freshman Team. [2] In her sophomore season, she was named to the American Athletic Conference second team and the NSCAA All-Northeast Third Team. [5] In 2014, she was named to the All-American Athletic Conference First Team and NSCAA All-Region Second Team. [2]

Club career

In 2010, she began playing with Hamilton FC Rage (later became K-W United) in the USL W-League. [6]

In 2015 and 2016, she played with Woodbridge Strikers in League1 Ontario. [7] [8] In 2016, she was named a league First-Team All Star. [9]

In 2017, she played with Toronto Azzurri Blizzard. [10] She was named the league's Defender of the Year as well as a First Team All Star. [11]

In 2018 and 2019, she played for Woodbridge Strikers once again. [12] [13] On July 14, 2018, she scored two goals in two minutes to lead Woodbridge to a 3–1 victory over Durham United FA. [14] In 2018 and 2019, she was once again named against named Defender of the Year, for the second and third times, [15] [16] as well as First Team All Star Selections for the third and fourth consecutive times. [17] [18] In 2020, she was named to the League1 Ontario Women's All-Time Best XI. [19] In 2023, she returned to the team. [20]

International career

Simpson won a bronze medal with the Canada U17 at the 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and also reached the quarter-finals with Canada at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [21] She won a gold medal at the 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, [1] where she scored her first goal on March 13, 2010, in a 2–1 victory over Panama U17. [22] She won a silver medal with Canada at the 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. [1]

She made her debut for the Canada senior team on December 9, 2010, against the Netherlands. [22] She won a gold medal with Canada at the 2011 Pan American Games. [1]

In 2010, she was named the Canadian Women's U-17 Player of the Year. [22]

Honours

Club

International

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Diamond Simpson at Canada Soccer
  2. 1 2 3 "Diamond Simpson Memphis Tigers profile". Memphis Tigers .
  3. ↑ "Tigers' deflection beats VU in 2OT". Vanderbilt Commodores . September 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Sept. 10 Women's Soccer Players of the Week". Conference USA . September 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ "2016 Memphis Tigers Women's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). Memphis Tigers . 2016.
  6. ↑ "K-W United FC battles Toronto to tie". Waterloo Region Record . May 30, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Woodbridge Strikers Women - 2015 Season Preview". League1 Ontario. May 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Diamond Simpson 2016 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  9. ↑ "League1 Ontario Announces 2016 Women's First And Second Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario.
  10. ↑ "Diamond Simpson 2017 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  11. ↑ "Standout Performers Recognized At League1 Ontario 2017 Awards Banquet". League1 Ontario. November 13, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Diamond Simpson 2018 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  13. ↑ "Diamond Simpson 2019 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  14. ↑ Cheng, Jonathan (July 16, 2018). "Diamond Simpson Brace Leads The Way As Woodbridge Down Durham". League1 Ontario.
  15. ↑ "Samuel And Simpson Win 2018 Defender Of The Year Awards". League1 Ontario. November 23, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Alliance's Lioutas, Woodbridge's Simpson, Win 2019 Defender Of The Year Awards". League1 Ontario. October 1, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Top 2018 Performers Recognized At Year-End Awards Gala". League1 Ontario. November 26, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Men's And Women's 2019 First, Second And Third Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario. September 30, 2019.
  19. ↑ Thompson, Marty (May 27, 2020). "Reviewing L1O Women's All-Time Best XI". League1 Ontario.
  20. ↑ "Diamond Simpson 2023 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  21. ↑ Clay, Chris (August 6, 2010). "Soccer stars represent Canada on international stage". Mississauga News .
  22. 1 2 3 "Alderson, Simpson named Canadian U-17 players of the year". Canadian Soccer Association . December 13, 2010.
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