Diamond Simpson
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File:Diamond Simpson Defender of the Year (cropped).jpg Simpson receives L1O Defender of the Year award in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | April 28, 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| North Mississauga SC | |||
| Dixie SC | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Memphis Tigers | 77 | (6) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | K–W United FC | ||
| 2015–2016 | Woodbridge Strikers | 12+ | (0+) |
| 2017 | Toronto Azzurri Blizzard | 14 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Woodbridge Strikers | 25 | (8) |
| 2023 | Woodbridge Strikers | 4 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008–2010 | Canada U-17 | 13 | (1) |
| 2012 | Canada U-20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Canada | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of May 10, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of April 24, 2022 | |||
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Diamond Simpson (born April 28, 1993) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a defender. She made four appearances for the Canada national team in 2010 and 2011.
Early life
[edit | edit source]She began playing youth soccer at age 8 with North Mississauga SC, later playing with Dixie SC.[1]
College career
[edit | edit source]From 2012 to 2015, she played college soccer for the Memphis Tigers of the University of Memphis.[2] She scored her first goal on September 6, 2012, scoring the overtime winner against the Vanderbilt Commodores,[3] earning her Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week honours.[4] In 2012, she was named to the NSCAA All-Central Region second team, All-Conference USA second team, and C-USA All-Freshman Team.[2] In her sophomore season, she was named to the American Athletic Conference second team and the NSCAA All-Northeast Third Team.[5] In 2014, she was named to the All-American Athletic Conference First Team and NSCAA All-Region Second Team.[2]
Club career
[edit | edit source]In 2010, she began playing with Hamilton FC Rage (later became K-W United) in the USL W-League.[6]
In 2015 and 2016, she played with Woodbridge Strikers in League1 Ontario.[7][8] In 2016, she was named a league First-Team All Star.[9]
In 2017, she played with Toronto Azzurri Blizzard.[10] She was named the league's Defender of the Year as well as a First Team All Star.[11]
In 2018 and 2019, she played for Woodbridge Strikers once again.[12][13] On July 14, 2018, she scored two goals in two minutes to lead Woodbridge to a 3–1 victory over Durham United FA.[14] In 2018 and 2019, she was once again named against named Defender of the Year, for the second and third times,[15][16] as well as First Team All Star Selections for the third and fourth consecutive times.[17][18] In 2020, she was named to the League1 Ontario Women's All-Time Best XI.[19] In 2023, she returned to the team.[20]
International career
[edit | edit source]Simpson won a bronze medal with the Canada U17 at the 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and also reached the quarter-finals with Canada at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[21] She won a gold medal at the 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship,[1] where she scored her first goal on March 13, 2010, in a 2–1 victory over Panama U17.[22] She won a silver medal with Canada at the 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[1]
She made her debut for the Canada senior team on December 9, 2010, against the Netherlands.[22] She won a gold medal with Canada at the 2011 Pan American Games.[1]
In 2010, she was named the Canadian Women's U-17 Player of the Year.[22]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Club
- League1 Ontario League Cup: 2018
International
- CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
- CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
- Silver: 2012
- Pan American Games
- Gold: 2011
Individual
- League1 Ontario Defender of the Year: 2017, 2018, 2019
- League1 Ontario First Team All-Star: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- USL W-League All Central Conference Team: 2013
References
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External links
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- Memphis Tigers profile
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Canada women's international soccer players
- Canadian women's soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Soccer players from Scarborough, Ontario
- Women's association football defenders
- Woodbridge Strikers (women) players
- North Mississauga SC (women) players
- League1 Ontario (women) players
- Memphis Tigers women's soccer players
- Canadian sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada in football
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- Toronto Azzurri Blizzard players