Rylee Foster
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| Full name | Rylee Ann Foster | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Dallas Trinity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 84 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Liverpool | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Wellington Phoenix | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Everton | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Durham | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Dallas Trinity | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Canada U17 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Canada U20 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:08, December 14, 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of April 27, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rylee Ann Foster (born 13 August 1998) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for USL Super League Dallas Trinity FC. She has represented Canada at the under-17 and under-20 levels. In 2021, she was called up to the senior national team.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Kitchener-born, and raised in Cambridge, Ontario, Foster attended Stewart Avenue Public School, where she first excelled in sports from a young age, then Glenview Park Secondary School where she ran track and earned Junior Track Athlete of the Year honors.[1][2]
Foster was a Liverpool supporter as a youth. Her grandparents were born in South Liverpool in Wavertree.[3]
College career
[edit | edit source]Foster attended West Virginia University from 2016–2019 where she played for the West Virginia Mountaineers with fellow Canadian internationals Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence.[4] She made 84 appearances for the Mountaineers and had 39 clean sheets (the second highest record in the school's history)[5]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Liverpool
[edit | edit source]Foster signed with Liverpool in January 2020 right before the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] She made her debut in a 3–1 win over Manchester United in October 2020 during the Continental Cup. She made her FA Women's Super League debut in a 1–1 draw with Blackburn Rovers Ladies in March 2021.[3] The same month, she signed a long-term contract with Liverpool in March 2021.[3]
She was named Player of the Month for April after keeping two clean sheets, including saving Katie Wilkinson’s and Courtney Sweetman-Kirk’s penalties in a 1–0 away win at Sheffield United.
Wellington Phoenix
[edit | edit source]In September 2023, almost two years after the car crash that halted her career, Foster joined New Zealand A-League Women club Wellington Phoenix to compete for the first-choice goalkeeper spot with Brianna Edwards.[6] In July 2024, she left the club together with Edwards.[7]
Everton
[edit | edit source]In September 2024, Foster would sign a short term contract with FA WSL club Everton.[8]
Durham
[edit | edit source]In January 2025, Foster would sign with Women's Championship side Durham.[9] On 26 June 2025, having kept 3 clean sheets in 10 appearances overall for Durham, it was announced that she was departing the club upon the expiry of her contract.[10]
Dallas Trinity
[edit | edit source]American club Dallas Trinity FC signed Foster ahead of the 2025–26 USL Super League season.[11] On August 23, 2025, Foster made her Dallas debut in the club's season-opening victory over Spokane Zephyr FC.[12]
International career
[edit | edit source]Foster has represented Canada on the Canada U17 and Canada U20 teams. In 2021, she was called up to the senior national team.
In 2013, she earned Golden Glove honors at the 2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship after helping Canada finish in second place.[13][14][15] She competed in two games at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica where Canada reached the quarterfinals but were eliminated by Venezuela 3–2.[13][16] In January 2021, she was called up to training camp for the senior national team ahead of the 2021 SheBelieves Cup in the United States.[17] She was one of three goalkeepers called up for the tournament in March 2021.[18]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Foster has a tattoo of Liverpool's anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone," on the inside of her arm which she got after her grandmother died in 2013.[4]
In October 2021, Foster was involved in a serious car crash suffering life-threatening injuries including breaking her neck. She is hoping to make a full recovery, after having to wear a neck halo device for many months.[19]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Individual
- CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship Golden Glove: 2013[20]
- CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship Best XI: 2013[20]
- A-League Women Player of the Month: October/November 2023,[21] December 2023[22]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Rylee Foster at Canada SoccerLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Profile at Liverpool F.C. Women
- Rylee Foster at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Rylee Foster on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Women's association football goalkeepers
- Canada women's international soccer players
- Canadian expatriate women's soccer players
- Canadian women's soccer players
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Women's Super League players
- Liverpool F.C. Women players
- Wellington Phoenix FC (women) players
- Dallas Trinity FC players
- USL Super League players
- West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer players
- Sportspeople from Cambridge, Ontario
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Soccer people from Ontario
- Sportswomen from Ontario
- Canada women's youth international soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
- Expatriate women's association footballers in New Zealand
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- Durham W.F.C. players