Mandy Clemens
{{short description|American former soccer forward|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mandy Clemens
| image =
| fullname = Amanda Kate Cavan
| birth_name = Amanda Kate Clemens
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|09|03}}
| birth_place = San Diego, California, United States
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| collegeyears1 = 1996–1999
| college1 = Santa Clara Broncos
| years1 = 1999
| clubs1 = Silicon Valley Red Devils
| caps1 =
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2001–2002
| clubs2 = Philadelphia Charge
| caps2 = 38
| goals2 = 7
| years3 = 2003
| clubs3 = San Jose CyberRays
| caps3 = 16
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2004
| clubs4 = San Diego SeaLions
| caps4 = 2
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2007
| clubs5 = Ajax America Women
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 1999–2002
| nationalteam1 = United States
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| medaltemplates =
| club-update = 20:55, December 28, 2013 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 20:55, December 28, 2013 (UTC)
}}
Amanda Kate Cavan ({{nee|Clemens}}; born September 3, 1978) is an American mental health counselor, television personality, and former soccer forward who played for the United States women's national soccer team, as well as the Philadelphia Charge and San Jose CyberRays of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).
Playing career
=College=
Clemens attended Santa Clara University and found success in college soccer as a forward. She graduated in 1999 with a degree in business. With the Broncos, Clemens was twice named a First-Team All-American. In 95 games at Santa Clara she scored 67 goals and served 67 assists, both all-time records in program history. She collected the Hermann Trophy, for the best college player in the country, after her senior year in 1999.{{cite web |title=Women's Soccer Honors No. 5 Jersey of Mandy Clemens |url=http://www.santaclarabroncos.com/sports/w-soccer/2013-14/releases/20131104ki5x8s |publisher=Santa Clara Broncos |date=November 5, 2013|access-date=December 28, 2013}}
She spent the final six months of her college career in Brisbane, Australia, where she eschewed soccer in favor of running half marathons. This caused Clemens to lose so much weight that "startled" national coach April Heinrichs told her she no longer resembled a soccer player.{{cite web |title=Charge star has her game back Mandy Clemens took some time off from soccer last year. The rust is gone |url=http://articles.philly.com/2001-07-13/sports/25315330_1_college-soccer-professional-soccer-brandi-chastain |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233406/http://articles.philly.com/2001-07-13/sports/25315330_1_college-soccer-professional-soccer-brandi-chastain |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=July 13, 2001|access-date=December 28, 2013 |first=Mike |last=Jensen}}
=Club=
In 2000, Clemens was among the twenty founding players of the Women's United Soccer Association, (WUSA), the first official professional women's soccer league in the United States. From 2001 to 2002, she played for the Philadelphia Charge. After her second season in Philadelphia, team coach Mark Krikorian traded Clemens to San Jose CyberRays in exchange for a fourth round draft pick, which he used to acquire Hope Solo. Clemens had often been moved into midfield or left on the substitutes' bench after an injury to Philadelphia's Kelly Smith saw Krikorian make tactical changes.{{cite news |title=Clemens' New Beginning |url=http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/mandy_clemens/363837.html |publisher=Women's United Soccer Association |date=May 4, 2004|access-date=December 28, 2013 |first=Josh |last=Cornfield|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040514185250/http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/mandy_clemens/363837.html|archive-date=May 14, 2004}}
With the demise of WUSA, Clemens signed for pro–am Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) team San Diego WFC SeaLions for the 2004 season. In 2007, she joined WPSL team Ajax America Women. During her graduation year in 1999, Clemens had played WPSL soccer for Silicon Valley Red Devils – she scored three goals and added an assist to total seven points.{{cite web |title=The Year in American Soccer, 1999 |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1999.html#wpsl |publisher=The American Soccer History Archives |date=January 31, 2010|access-date=December 30, 2013 |first=Dave |last=Litterer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103154755/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1999.html#wpsl|archive-date=January 3, 2017|url-status=dead}}
=International=
Clemens's first appearance on the United States women's national soccer team was on February 24, 1999, in a 3–1 win over Finland in Orlando, Florida.{{cite web |title=Mandy Clemens |url=http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/clemens.htm |publisher=Soccer Times |date=August 23, 2001|access-date=December 28, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010711153643/http://soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/clemens.htm|archive-date=July 11, 2001}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-wom-intres.html |title=USA – Women – International Results |first=Dave |last=Litterer |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=June 16, 2011|access-date=September 23, 2012}} She collected a total of five caps over the following three years,{{cite web |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/about/media-services/media-guide.aspx |title=U.S. Women's National Team All-Time Player Appearances |publisher=United States Soccer Federation |access-date=December 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216085455/http://www.ussoccer.com/about/media-services/media-guide.aspx |archive-date=December 16, 2013}} but was not included in the US squads for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, or the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Personal life
In 2004 Clemens took part in American Broadcasting Company (ABC) reality television show The Bachelor.{{cite web |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/columnist/dure/2004-04-15-dure_x.htm |title=All's fair in love and soccer |website=USA Today|access-date=December 28, 2013 |first=Beau |last=Dure |date=April 15, 2004}} After her soccer career she became a mental health counselor and a qualified practitioner of Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR).{{cite web |url=http://playacounselinggroup.com/about-us/ |title=About us |publisher=Playa Counseling Group|access-date=December 28, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131228205758/http://playacounselinggroup.com/about-us/|archive-date=December 28, 2013|url-status=dead}} In 2012, she was pregnant with twins.{{cite web |url=http://birthlikeanathlete.com/elite-female-athletic-mom-interviews/sample-post-2/#!prettyPhoto |title=Interviews with elite, athlete moms |publisher=Birth like an Athlete|access-date=December 28, 2013 |date=October 8, 2012}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040514185138/http://wusa.com/players_coaches/players/mandy_clemens/ Profile] at Women's United Soccer Association
{{M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Women's Recipients|state=collapsed}}
{{The Bachelor}}
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Category:American women's soccer players
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:Santa Clara Broncos women's soccer players
Category:United States women's international soccer players
Category:Women's United Soccer Association players
Category:Soccer players from California
Category:San Jose CyberRays players
Category:Philadelphia Charge players
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:Hermann Trophy women's winners