Olivia Scott

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Olivia Scott
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Scott in 2025
Personal information
Full name Olivia Elizabeth Scott
Date of birth (2001-03-23) March 23, 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
Ottawa Rapid FC
Youth career
2010–2017 Aurora FC
Ontario REX
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2023 Quinnipiac Bobcats 83 (12)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 Aurora FC 3 (0)
2019 Aurora FC 3 (0)
2025– Ottawa Rapid FC 24 (3)
International career
2016 Canada U15
2017 Canada U17
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 17, 2025

Olivia Elizabeth Scott (born March 23, 2001) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Ottawa Rapid FC in the Northern Super League.

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Early life

Scott played youth soccer with Aurora FC and the Ontario REX program. [1] She also played for Team Ontario at the 2017 Canada Summer Games, winning a silver medal. [2]

College career

In 2019, Scott began attending Quinnipiac University, where she played for the women's soccer team. [1] On September 1, 2019, she scored her first collegiate goal and added two assists in a 3-1 victory over the Loyola Greyhounds, [3] earning MAAC Rookie of the Week. [4] She again earned MAAC Rookie of the Week honours in October, [5] and was later named to the MAAC All-Rookie Team at the end of the season. [6] In 2022, she was named to the All-MAAC First Team, the MAAC All-Championship Team, and the All-Atlantic Third Team. [1] In 2023, she was again named to the All-MAAC First Team and the MAAC All-Championship Team. [7] [8]

Club career

In 2017 and 2019, Scott played with Aurora FC in League1 Ontario. [9] [10]

In January 2025, she signed with Ottawa Rapid FC in the Northern Super League. [11] She was named a team co-captain for the team in 2025. [12] On June 10, 2025, Scott scored her first goal for the club in the 15th minute of a 2-1 loss against Halifax Tides FC. [13] On June 14, 2025, Scott received the league's first red card in the 26th minute for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, in a 2-1 defeat against the Montreal Roses. [14] [15] On July 25, 2025, she scored the winning goal, in a 1-0 victory over Halifax Tides FC. [16] On August 25, 2025, it was announced that she had signed a contract extension with the Rapid through the 2027 season, with Scott saying “It just felt right. It wasn't a question of if I was staying, it was just about when we'd make it official." [17] At the end of the season, she was named to the league's Team of the Season. [18] [19]

International career

Scott played with the Canada U15 at the 2016 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship and was named to the Canada U17 for a Four Nations U17 Tournament in China in 2017. [20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Olivia Scott Quinnipiac profile". Quinnipiac Bobcats .
  2. "OSU Force Academy Zone: 'The start of a new dream' for Ottawa Rapid FC's Emily Amano". Ottawa Sportspages. February 5, 2025.
  3. "Freshmen Lead Bobcats in 3-1 Win over Loyola". Quinnipiac Bobcats . September 1, 2019.
  4. "Scott Named MAAC Rookie of the Week". Quinnipiac Bobcats . September 2, 2019.
  5. "Scott Earns Second MAAC Rookie of the Week Honors". Quinnipiac Bobcats . October 14, 2019.
  6. "Phillips, Mingachos & Scott Receive All-MAAC Honors". Quinnipiac Bobcats . November 4, 2019.
  7. "Back-to-Back Bobcats: Women's Soccer Claims League Title". Quinnipiac Bobcats . November 5, 2023.
  8. "Bobcats Capture Four Major All-MAAC Awards". Quinnipiac Bobcats . October 30, 2023.
  9. "Olivia Scott 2017 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  10. "Olivia Scott 2019 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  11. @ottrapidfc (January 10, 2025). "Join us in welcoming Liv Scott to Ottawa!" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  12. Mazloum, Toula (April 19, 2025). "Captains of Ottawa Rapid FC 'excited to starting a new league'". CTV News .
  13. "June 10: Halifax Tides vs Ottawa Rapid FC". Ottawa Rapid FC . June 11, 2025.
  14. "Roses Bloom in Ottawa With 2-1 Road Win in Front of Pride Match Crowd". Northern Super League . June 15, 2025.
  15. Parkes, David (June 15, 2025). "Ottawa 1-2 Montreal: Roses' Rapid Response Gives Them Win". Northern Tribune. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
  16. "Olivia Scott scores to lift Ottawa Rapid past Halifax Tides". CBC Sports . July 25, 2025.
  17. "Ottawa Rapid FC Extends Co-Captain Olivia Scott Through 2027". Ottawa Rapid FC. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  18. "Ottawa's DB Pridham named NSL's first player of the year". CBC. October 30, 2025. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
  19. "Ottawa Rapid forward DB Pridham completes near sweep of Northern Super League awards". Times Colonist . October 31, 2025.
  20. "Olivia Smith OPSM profile". One Pro Sports Management.