Rachelle Beanlands

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Rachelle Beanlands
Personal information
Full name Rachelle Anne Beanlands
Date of birth (1993-05-11) May 11, 1993 (age 32)
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
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2015 Maryland Terrapins 78 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Early life

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]

Club career

She played club soccer for the Ottawa Fury [7] and Laval Comets. [8]

International career

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]

Post-playing career

After her playing career, she attended medical school at the University of Western Ontario, [12] and became a medical doctor. [13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rachelle Beanlands Canada profile". Canadian Soccer Association . January 28, 2020.
  2. Cleary, Martin (May 13, 2008). "Steeplechase: the new family business". Ottawa Citizen .
  3. "2010 Award Winners". Ottawa Sports Awards.
  4. "Rachelle Beanlands Maryland profile". Maryland Terrapins .
  5. 1 2 "Rachelle Beanlands recalls career before her final Maryland women's soccer game". The Diamondback. October 27, 2015.
  6. "Beanlands, McCarney Awarded Big Ten Medal of Honor". Maryland Terrapins . May 10, 2016.
  7. "Frizell believes Pan Am Games will throw her back into form". Ottawa East News. October 20, 2011.
  8. Grainey, Tim (July 24, 2015). "2015 USL W-League Championship preview". The Equalizer.
  9. "Canada wins CONCACAF Women's U17 Championship" (PDF). Canadian Soccer Association .
  10. "Undefeated Canada blanks Argentina at Pan Am Games". CBC . October 20, 2011.
  11. "Canada wins first-ever soccer gold at Pan Am Games". CBC . October 27, 2011.
  12. "Where are they now?: Former Maryland women's soccer goalkeeper Rachelle Beanlands". The Diamondback. January 1000.
  13. Mackay, Crystal (May 14, 2021). "Mentorship program enriches medical school experience for LGBTQ+ students". University of Western Ontario .