Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rachelle Anne Beanlands | ||
Date of birth | May 11, 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Gloucester Hornets | |||
Cumberland United | |||
Nepean SC | |||
Ottawa South United | |||
Ottawa Fury | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Maryland Terrapins | 78 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011 | Ottawa Fury FC | ||
2012–2015 | Laval Comets | ||
International career | |||
2011 | Canada | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rachelle Anne Beanlands (born May 11, 1993) is a former Canadian soccer player. She played as a goalkeeper.
She began playing youth soccer with the Glouchester Hornets. [1] She later played for Cumberland United, [2] Ottawa Fury Academy, and Ottawa South United. [1]
In 2010, she was named 2010 Ottawa Soccer Athlete of the Year after playing with the Ottawa Fury U17s, posting a 12-0-2 record allowing only five goals, helping the team win the 2010 Super Y-League North American Championships. She was named to the Canada U17 team. [3]
From 2011 to 2015, she attended the University of Maryland, playing for the Maryland Terrapins, redshirting her first year. [4] By the end of her tenure, she had the most starts for a goalkeeper in the school's history with 78. [5] Beanlands was a five-time academic all-conference honoree, and in 2014 was named to the Capital One Academic All-District Team, and was awarded the Big Ten Medal of Honor in 2016. [6]
She played club soccer for the Ottawa Fury [7] and Laval Comets. [8]
Beanlands received multiple callups to Canadian youth team camps. She was part of the Canada U17 team that won the 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, [9] as well as serving asbackup goalkeeper at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [5]
She made her sole appearance for Canada against Argentina recording a clean sheet in a 1-0 victory, at the 2011 Pan American Games; [10] Canada ultimately won gold. [11]
After her playing career, she attended medical school at the University of Western Ontario, [12] and became a medical doctor. [13]