Mele French

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Mele French
Personal information
Full name Melelina Soline French [1]
Date of birth (1984-06-15) June 15, 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Mililani, Hawaii, United States
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1998–2003 Honolulu Bulls
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 Oregon Ducks 47 (8)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008 Pali Blues 11 (2)
2008 Ajax America
2009 Sky Blue FC 1 (0)
2010 SC Freiburg 10 (2)
2010–2011 Western New York Flash 12 (7)
2012 Vancouver Whitecaps Women
2013 Pali Blues
2014 LA Blues (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:21, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:21, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Melelina Soline "Mele" French (born June 15, 1984) is an American soccer forward who played for the NWSL's Seattle Reign FC and W-League's Seattle Sounders Women in 2015. French was named the W-League's Most Valuable Player for the 2014 season while playing for the LA Blues, also known as the Pali Blues. [2] She is currently the Director of Coaching at the Los Angeles Bulls Soccer Club, a youth soccer organization she co-founded with fellow soccer player Kelly Parker (formerly of the Canadian national team). [3]

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Career

Prior to joining Santa Clarita Blue Heat [4] in 2016, French played for both Seattle Reign FC [5] and Seattle Sounders Women in 2015, [6] [7] Pali Blues in 2013, helping the Blues win the W-League Western Conference on July 21 and the Championship on July 28, [8] [9] LA Blues in 2014 where she helped the team win the W-League Western Conference and the Championship on July 27 and was selected as the W-League MVP for the season, [10] Vancouver Whitecaps Women [11] after being signed for the Whitecaps’ 2012 season on March 29, 2012, Western New York Flash [11] during their 2010 Championship season and 2011 season, German club SC Freiburg, [12] Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer [13] after being drafted 60th overall in the WPS 2009 draft, Ajax America, [14] [15] and Pali Blues [16] in 2008, [17] scoring two goals and two assists to help the team win their first W-League Championship on August 2, 2008, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.

College

In college French played for the Oregon Ducks [18] for four years, scoring eight goals and three assists.

Coaching

French founded the Force Football Academy that develops youth soccer players in the Los Angeles region. [19] She also created and is the Director of Coaching at Chelsea Soccer Club LA, which is currently known as the Los Angeles Bulls Soccer Club, after it officially became its own organization in 2018. [20] [21]

Personal life

French graduated from the University of Oregon in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in general business. [22] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Two Kauaians among 49 University of Oregon grads from Hawaiʻi". The Garden Island . June 13, 2006. Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  2. ↑ 2014 W-League Awards Winners Archived August 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "LA Bulls Staff". labulls.org/our-staff.
  4. ↑ "Santa Clarita signs 10 stars to 2016 side". www.uwssoccer.com/news_article/show/642791.
  5. ↑ "Reign call up French and Stanley for Sky Blue match". www.sounderatheart.com/platform/amp/seattle-reign/2015/5/8/8575581/reign-call-up-french-and-stanley-for-sky-blue-match. May 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Mele French – Professional Soccer Player & Founder of Force Football Academy". forcefootballacademy.com.
  7. ↑ "Seattle Sounders News Item". www.sounderswomen.com/Team/NewsItem/54.
  8. ↑ "LA Blues Soccer Club". February 2, 2014. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  9. ↑ "LA Blues Soccer Club". February 2, 2014. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  10. ↑ "W-League MVP Mele French joins the Sounders Women". goalwa.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/w-league-mvp-mele-french-joins-the-sounders-women/.
  11. 1 2 "Vancouver Whitecaps FC profile Mele French". www.whitecapsfc.com/women/mele-french.
  12. ↑ "Honolulu Bulls Alumni". honolulubulls.org/alumni/.
  13. ↑ "Wechselübersicht Frauenfußball Winter 2010". fansoccer.de.
  14. ↑ Ajax Women roster 2008 at the Wayback Machine (archived October 22, 2008)
  15. ↑ Women's Professional Soccer player profile Archived October 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ Pali Blues player profile Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  17. ↑ "Pali Blues 2008 roster". Archived from the original on May 6, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Mele French". goducks.com.
  19. ↑ "Force Football Academy".
  20. ↑ "LA Bulls Soccer Club". www.labulls.org.
  21. ↑ "LA Bulls Soccer Club on Instagram". instagram.com/losangelesbulls.
  22. ↑ "Mele French". Los Angeles Red Bulls Soccer Club. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.


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