Clare Rustad
{{Short description|Canadian soccer player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Clare Rustad
| image =
| image_size =
| fullname = Clare Ada Rustad{{cite web |url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/profile/?id=2794 |title=Clare Rustad |work=Canadian Soccer Association |access-date=February 6, 2021}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|5|27}}
| birth_place = North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| height = {{height|m=1.78|precision=0}}
| position = Midfielder / defender
| youthclubs1 =
| youthyears1 =
| collegeyears1 = 2001–2004 | college1 = Washington Huskies | collegecaps1 = | collegegoals1 =
| clubs1 = Vancouver Whitecaps FC
| years1 = 2003–2005
| caps1 = 19
| goals1 = 0
| clubs2 = Vancouver Whitecaps FC
| years2 = 2007
| caps2 = 12
| goals2 = 0
| clubs3 = Toronto Lady Lynx
| years3 = 2009–2010
| caps3 = 14
| goals3 = 2
|nationalyears1 = 2002 |nationalteam1 = Canada U-19 |nationalcaps1 =6 |nationalgoals1 =1
| nationalteam2 = Canada
| nationalyears2 = 2000–2008
| nationalcaps2 = 45
| nationalgoals2 = 3
}}
Clare Ada Rustad (born May 27, 1983) is a Canadian broadcaster and former soccer midfielder. Her last club was the Toronto Lady Lynx in 2010. She played for Canada women's national soccer team between 2000 and 2008, making 45 appearances and scoring three goals.
Playing career
=Club=
Rustad played collegiate soccer for the University of Washington between 2001 and 2004, and professionally for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. She is a distinguished alumnus of Gordon Head Soccer Association.
=International=
Rustad competed for the Canada national under-19 soccer team at the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, winning the silver medal. She made her international debut for Canada on June 26, 2000 against China in the 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. She last represented Canada at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, retiring from international football afterwards.
Broadcasting career
Rustad has served as a soccer analyst on CBC, TSN and Sportsnet for events including the Pan Am Games, the FIFA Women's World Cup, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.{{cite web |title=Dr. Clare Rustad bio |url=https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/dr.-clare-rustad |website=CBC Media Centre |access-date=6 August 2021}} Rustad is the colour commentator at the 2024 Paris Olympics for the CBC.
Personal life
Rustad grew up on Saltspring Island in British Columbia. She began medical school at the University of Toronto in 2008 and graduated in 2012. She has a molecular biology degree from the University of Washington and a master's degree in epidemiology from the University of Cambridge. Dr. Rustad is currently a family doctor on Saltspring Island.{{Cite web |title=TEAM |url=https://ssihealth.ca/team/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Salt Spring Island Health Centre |language=en-US}} In March 2013, Rustad joined the National Organizing Committee for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Canada.{{cite news | url=https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=2030395/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601204538/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=2030395/index.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 1, 2013 | title=Clare Rustad joins NOC for Canada 2015 | publisher=FIFA.com | date=March 14, 2013 | accessdate=August 2, 2013}}
Honours
- Brian Budd Award: 2023
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{FIFA player|190144}}
- {{Canada Soccer|2794}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070428090930/http://www.ghsa.bc.ca/ Gordon Head Soccer Association]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080812101249/http://gohuskies.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/rustad_clare00.html Washington Huskies Profile]
{{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:Soccer players from North Vancouver
Category:University of Washington alumni
Category:Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic soccer players for Canada
Category:Washington Huskies women's soccer players
Category:USL W-League (1995–2015) players
Category:Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women) players
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:Toronto Lady Lynx players
Category:Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States