Nicole McClure

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Nicole McClure

| image = Nicole McClure.jpg

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| caption =

| fullname = Nicole Althea McClure{{cite web |title=FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players - Jamaica |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWWC/2019/pdf/FWWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |publisher=FIFA |access-date=27 May 2019 |page=12 |date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606143649/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWWC/2019/pdf/FWWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=6 June 2019 |url-status=dead }}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|11|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Jamaica, New York, United States{{cite web|url=https://hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2902|publisher=Hawaii Athletics|access-date=14 October 2018|title=Nicole McClure}}

| height = 1.72 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Sion Swifts

| clubnumber = 1

| youthyears1 = 2003–2007

| youthclubs1 = East Meadow Shooting Stars

| youthyears2 = 2003–2007

| youthclubs2 = Cardozo Judges

| collegeyears1 = 2007–2008

| college1 = Hawaii Rainbow Wahine

| collegecaps1 = 16

| collegegoals1 = 0

| collegeyears2 = 2009–2011

| college2 = South Florida Bulls

| collegecaps2 = 40

| collegegoals2 = 0

| years1 = 2010

| clubs1 = Tampa Bay Hellenic

| caps1 = 7

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2012

| clubs2 = Selfoss

| caps2 = 16

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2012–2013

| clubs3 = FC Neunkirch

| caps3 = 3

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2013

| clubs4 = HK

| caps4 = 15

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2014

| clubs5 = Östersunds

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| years6 = 2015

| clubs6 = Klepp

| caps6 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2015–2016

| clubs7 = F.C. Ramat HaSharon

| caps7 = 6

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2016

| clubs8 = Osijek

| caps8 = 3

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2016–2017

| clubs9 = CSFA Ambilly

| caps9 =

| goals9 =

| years10 = 2017

| clubs10 = ŽNK Split

| caps10 =

| goals10 =

| years11 = 2018

| clubs11 = Sundsvalls DFF

| caps11 = 20

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2019–2020

| clubs12 = Sion Swifts WFC

| caps12 = 18

| goals12 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2009–

| nationalteam1 = Jamaica

| nationalcaps1 = 22

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country|{{fbw|Jamaica}}}}

| club-update = 28 September 2018

| nationalteam-update = 8 October 2018

}}

Nicole Althea McClure (born 16 November 1989) is an American-born Jamaican footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Jamaica women's national team.http://www.laget.se/ODFF/News/3396872/4-fragor-till-Nicole-McClure {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://blog.dnevnik.hr/znksplit/2017/09/1632099902/nicole-mcclure-nova-vratarka-znk-splita.html | title=Nicole McClure nova vratarka ŽNK Splita - Ženski nogometni klub Split - Blog.hr }}

Early life

McClure was born in Jamaica, Queens, on the state of New York, United States.{{cite web|url=http://gousfbulls.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3727|title=Nicole McClure - Women's Soccer|website=USF Athletics}} Her parents hail from Jamaica, in the Caribbean.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47936362|title='Proper Guinness, good craic and lots of hills' - Reggae Girlz hero chooses Strabane for World Cup warm-up|work=BBC Sport|date=17 April 2019|publisher=}} She grew up playing in the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) for the Auburndale Strikers from 1998 to 2003 and the East Meadow Shooting Stars from 2003 to ’07. With the Shooting Stars, she won the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) Girls-Under-15 State Open Cup final in 2005. Nicole also played for Eastern New York's Olympic Development Program (ODP). (AuburndaleSoccerclub.org){{Cite web|url=http://Www.aunurndalesoccer.org/|title=Wayback Machine has not archived that URL.|access-date=22 September 2023}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023}}

College career

McClure attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the University of South Florida.

Club career

During her college career, McClure played for Tampa Bay Hellenic. After that, she left the United States and played exclusively for clubs in Europe and Israel.{{Cite web|url=https://blog.dnevnik.hr/znksplit/2017/09/1632099902/nicole-mcclure-nova-vratarka-znk-splita.html|title=Nicole McClure nova vratarka ŽNK Splita|language=Croatian|date=13 September 2017}}{{IFA league player|173342}}

International career

McClure made her senior debut for Jamaica in 2009.{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/jamaica/daily-observer-jamaica/20181006/282162177168704|access-date=22 September 2023|title='Keeper Nicole Mcclure happy to give it real shot|via=PressReader}} She was a key player in the first ever Jamaican qualification to a FIFA Women's World Cup (the 2019 edition). Similar to Tim Krul for the Netherlands against Costa Rica in the 2014 FIFA Men's World Cup quarter finals, McClure was brought on by Hue Menzies as a 120th-minute substitute for the penalty shootout against Panama in the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship third place play-off. She saved two of the four penalties she faced as Jamaica won 4–2.{{Cite web|url=https://int.women.soccerway.com/matches/2018/10/17/nc-america/womens-wc-qualifying-concacaf/panama/jamaica/2918788/|title=Panama vs. Jamaica - 17 October 2018|publisher=Women Soccerway}}