Rylee Foster

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Rylee Foster
Personal information
Full name Rylee Ann Foster
Date of birth (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Ontario, Canada
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Wellington Phoenix
Number 1
Youth career
Cambridge Youth SA
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 West Virginia Mountaineers 84 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Liverpool 5 (0)
2023– Wellington Phoenix 17 (0)
International career‡
2013–2014 Canada U17 7 (0)
2014–2018 Canada U20 9 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Runner-up 2015 Honduras
CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
Runner-up 2013 Jamaica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 23, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 27, 2021

Rylee Ann Foster (born 13 August 1998) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for A-League Women club Wellington Phoenix. She has represented Canada at the under-17 and under-20 levels. In 2021, she was called up to the senior national team.

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Early life

Raised in Cambridge, Ontario, Foster attended Stewart Avenue Public School, where she first excelled in sports from a young age, then Glenview Park Secondary School where she ran track and earned Junior Track Athlete of the Year honors. [1]

Foster was a Liverpool supporter as a youth. Her grandparents were born in South Liverpool in Wavertree. [2]

College career

Foster attended West Virginia University from 2016–2019 where she played for the West Virginia Mountaineers with fellow Canadian internationals Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence. [3] She made 84 appearances for the Mountaineers and had 39 clean sheets (the second highest record in the school's history) [4]

Club career

Liverpool

Foster signed with Liverpool in January 2020 right before the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] She made her debut in a 3–1 win over Manchester United in October 2020 during the Continental Cup. She made her FA Women's Super League debut in a 1–1 draw with Blackburn Rovers Ladies in March 2021. [2] The same month, she signed a long-term contract with Liverpool in March 2021. [2]

She was named Player of the Month for April after keeping two clean sheets, including saving Katie Wilkinson’s and Courtney Sweetman-Kirk’s penalties in a 1–0 away win at Sheffield United.

Wellington Phoenix

In September 2023, almost two years after the car crash that halted her career, Foster joined New Zealand A-League Women club Wellington Phoenix to compete for the first-choice goalkeeper spot with Brianna Edwards. [5]

International career

Foster has represented Canada on the Canada U17 and Canada U20 teams. In 2021, she was called up to the senior national team.

In 2013, she earned Golden Glove honors at the 2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship after helping Canada finish in second place. [6] [7] [8] She competed in two games at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica where Canada reached the quarterfinals but were eliminated by Venezuela 3–2. [6] [9] In January 2021, she was called up to training camp for the senior national team ahead of the 2021 SheBelieves Cup in the United States. [10] She was one of three goalkeepers called up for the tournament in March 2021. [11]

Personal life

Foster has a tattoo of Liverpool's anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone," on the inside of her arm which she got after her grandmother passed away in 2013. [3]

In October 2021, Foster was involved in a serious car crash suffering life-threatening injuries including breaking her neck. She is hoping to make a full recovery, after having to wear a neck halo device for many months. [12]

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Rylee Foster". West Virginia Mountaineers. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Canadian goalkeeper Rylee Foster signs new contract with Liverpool women". Sportsnet. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 Davidson, Neil (15 February 2021). "Canadian goalkeeper Rylee Foster enjoying life at Liverpool". CBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Molinaro, John (5 February 2021). "Plenty of new blood for CanWNT as latest camp set to kick off". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Foster rises again with the Phoenix". Wellington Phoenix . 19 September 2023.
  6. 1 2 "CU20W Preview: Day One". CONCACAF. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Rylee Foster named to U-17 World Cup team". Toronto.com. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Bryson, Mark (18 July 2014). "Cambridge teen on another World Cup journey". The Record Reporter. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Canada ousted from Women's U-17 World Cup". Sportsnet. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Bryson, Mark (21 January 2021). "Canada Soccer invites Cambridge goalkeeper Rylee Foster to senior camp". The Record Reporter. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  11. ↑ Pare, Mark (30 March 2021). "Cambridge's Rylee Foster inks long-term deal with Liverpool". Kitchenertoday.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "Liverpool's Foster on 'miracle' return from accident". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  13. 1 2 "Rylee Foster". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "Rylee Foster's remarkable return to football just keeps getting better 💛". A-Leagues Facebook. 5 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "Wellington pair pick up Coach and Player of the month awards for December after fan vote". A-Leagues. 23 January 2024.
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