Amy Walsh

{{Short description|Canadian soccer player (born 1977)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Amy Walsh

| image = Amy-walsh-23juillet2006.jpg

| caption = Walsh in 2006

| full_name = Amy Heather Walsh{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2007/pdf/FWWC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – List of Players: Canada |publisher=FIFA |page=4 |date=September 15, 2007 |access-date=April 10, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923143137/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2007/pdf/FWWC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=September 23, 2019}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|09|13|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| collegeyears1 = 1996

| college1 = McGill Martlets

| collegecaps1 =

| collegegoals1 =

| collegeyears2 = 1997–1999

| college2 = Nebraska Cornhuskers

| collegecaps2 = 63

| collegegoals2 = 14

| years1 = 2001

| clubs1 = San Jose CyberRays

| years2 = 2001

| clubs2 = Atlanta Beat

| caps2 = 16

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2003

| clubs3 = Ottawa Fury Women

| years4 = 2004

| clubs4 = Montreal Xtreme

| years5 = 2006–2009

| clubs5 = Laval Comets

| nationalyears1 = 1998–2009

| nationalteam1 = Canada

| nationalcaps1 = 102

| nationalgoals1 = 5

}}

Amy Heather Walsh (born September 13, 1977) is a former soccer midfielder for the Canada national team. From 1998 to 2009, she played 102 matches for the national team.(French) Amy Walsh atteint les 100 matchs internationaux, {{cite web|url=http://www.lavalcometes.com/lavalcometes.com/Nouvelles/Entrees/2009/3/30_Amy_Walsh_atteint_les_100_matchs_internationaux.html |title=Amy Walsh atteint les 100 matchs internationaux |access-date=2011-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314174119/http://www.lavalcometes.com/lavalcometes.com/Nouvelles/Entrees/2009/3/30_Amy_Walsh_atteint_les_100_matchs_internationaux.html |archive-date=2012-03-14 }} In May 2017, Walsh was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.{{cite news|title=Former captains Paul Stalteri, Amy Walsh named to Canada Soccer Hall of Fame|url=http://www.cfjctoday.com/article/572738/former-captains-paul-stalteri-amy-walsh-named-canada-soccer-hall-fame|access-date=27 May 2017|work=CFJC-TV|date=25 May 2017}} Her sister, Cindy Walsh, also played for the Canadian women's team.

Career

Walsh attended the University of Nebraska, where she was twice named on the first team (All-Conference) and once on the first-team (All-Central Region). She played professionally for the Atlanta Beat of Women's United Soccer Association, and also played for the Montreal Xtreme and Laval Comets of the American W-League. Walsh played her last season in 2009. She gave birth to a child in January 2010. Since then she has not returned to the Laval Comets or Canada's national team.

Honours and awards

{{cite web|title=Amy Walsh|url=http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=1146646|work=Nebraska Cornhuskers}}

Individual

  • Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame (2017)
  • College Soccer Online Third-Team All-American (1999)
  • Soccer Buzz Honorable-Mention All-American (1998)
  • NSCAA First-Team All-Central Region (1999)
  • NSCAA Second-Team All-Central Region (1998)
  • First-Team All-Big 12 Conference (1998, 1999)

References

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