Lysianne Proulx

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Lysianne Proulx
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-17) April 17, 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Bay FC
Number 44
Youth career
2004–2009 CS Boucherville
2009–2013 CS Roussillon
2014–2015 FC St-Léonard
2016–2017 AS Varennes
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Syracuse Orange 52 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Laval Comets
2022 FC Laval 4 (0)
2022–2023 Torreense 17 (0)
2023–2024 Melbourne City 14 (0)
2024– Bay FC 0 (0)
International career
2014 Canada U15 5 (0)
2016 Canada U17 6 (0)
2015–2018 Canada U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 4, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 20, 2018

Lysianne Proulx (born April 17, 1999) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for American club Bay FC in the NWSL and the Canada national team.

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Early life

Proulx began playing youth soccer in 2004, at age four with CS Boucherville, playing there until the U10 level. [1] [2] She began playing goalkeeper at age 7. [3] From 2009 to 2013, she played with CS Roussillon, later joining FC St-Léonard in 2014. [4] [5] [2] She also represented the Rive-Sud regional district team and the Québec provincial team. [3] In 2014, she was named the ARS Young Player of Excellence. [6] In 2016, she was named the FSQ Female Youth Player of Excellence. [1]

College career

In January 2017, she committed to attend Syracuse University in the fall, where she would play for the women's soccer team. [7] She made her debut on August 31, 2017 against the Cornell Big Red. [8] In her junior season in 2019, she became the team's starter, starting all 16 games and led the ACC in saves with 96. [9] In 2020, she ranked third in the NCAA in saves per game with 9.12. [10] On October 2, 2021, she made a career-high 15 saves against the Duke Blue Devils. [11] Over her five seasons, she appeared in 52 games, earning eight shutouts. [10] [12]

Club career

In 2014, she spent some time with the Laval Comets in the USL W-League. [6]

In 2022, she played with FC Laval in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. [13]

In July 2022, she signed with Portuguese club Torreense in the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino. [14] [15] In her first season, she played in 18 games, across all competitions. [16]

In August 2023, she joined Australian club Melbourne City in the A-League Women. [17] [18] She made her club debut on October 14, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory over Wellington Phoenix FC. [19]

In February 2024, Proulx joined NWSL expansion side Bay FC for a record-breaking transfer fee. [20]

International career

In September 2013, she made her debut in the Canadian youth program, attending a Canada U17 identification camp. under coach Bev Priestman (who would later become the senior national team coach). [1] [21] She was then subsequently named to the Canada U17 roster for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Later that year she played with the Canada U15 at the 2014 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship, where she was named to the tournament Best XI and won the Golden Glove as the tournament's best goalkeeper. [22] [23] The following year, she was called up to the Canada U20 for the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. At the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, she was named the Player of the Match against Germany U17. [24] She continued to represent the youth squads, being named to the teams for the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, and 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. [25]

In June 2022, she was called up by the Canada senior team for the first time for a training camp. [26] She was then named to the matchday squad for the first time ahead of a friendly against South Korea, [27] before being named to the final squad for the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship. [28] In July 2023, she was named to the squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. [29] [30]

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