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(s) 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 10 (2)
International career
2016 Canada U15
2017 Canada U17
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of July 25, 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]

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. [18]

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. "Olivia Smith OPSM profile". One Pro Sports Management.