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 30)
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.

Early life[edit]

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[edit]

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

International career[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Rachelle Beanlands Canada profile". Canadian Soccer Association.
  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. ^ a b "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.
  13. ^ Mackay, Crystal (May 14, 2021). "Mentorship program enriches medical school experience for LGBTQ+ students". University of Western Ontario.
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