Amy Walsh
{{Short description|Canadian soccer player (born 1977)}}
{{For-multi|the actress|Amy Walsh (actress)|the Ball Aerospace and WISE spacecraft engineer|Amy L. Walsh}}
{{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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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.amywalsh.com}}
- {{FIFA player|318}}
- {{Canada Soccer player|id=3295}} / Canada Soccer Hall of Fame
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20011007061053/http://www.wusa.com/players/wal593274.html#seasonstats Profile at WUSA ]
- (French) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120323132613/http://lavalcometes.com/lavalcometes.com/Amy_Walsh.html Profile on Laval Comets website ]
- (French) [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706201923/http://pekin.radio-canada.ca/pekin/athletes/fiches/amy_walsh.shtml?filtre=ParNom&choix=w&athlete=amy_walsh Profile on Radio-Canada sports ]
{{Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame}}
{{Canada squad 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{Canada squad 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{Canada women's football squad 2008 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Canadian expatriate women's soccer players
Category:Canadian women's soccer players
Category:Canada women's international soccer players
Category:Canadian sportspeople of Irish descent
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers women's soccer players
Category:Olympic soccer players for Canada
Category:Soccer players from Montreal
Category:FIFA Women's Century Club
Category:Anglophone Quebec people
Category:Pan American Games competitors for Canada
Category:Atlanta Beat (WUSA) players
Category:McGill Martlets soccer players
Category:USL W-League (1995–2015) players
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
Category:Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games medalists in football
Category:Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games
Category:Ottawa Fury (women) players
Category:Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
Category:Women's United Soccer Association players
Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen
Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
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