Allysha Lyn Chapman (born January 25, 1989) is a Canadian professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Canada national team.

College career

Chapman played

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for UAB in 2007 and for

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from 2009 to 2011.

Club career

Houston Dash

Chapman joined the Dash in 2015 after playing the previous three seasons in Sweden. After two seasons in Houston, she was traded to the

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on November 28, 2016.

Boston Breakers

Chapman appeared in 19 games in what would be her only season in Boston, as the team would fold ahead of the 2018 season.

North Carolina Courage

Chapman was selected by the Courage with the 10th pick in the 2018 Dispersal Draft. After seeing very minimal playing time with the Courage, she was traded to the

on May 9.

Return to Houston Dash

Chapman made her return to the Dash on May 15, against the

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International career

Chapman was part of the Canada national under-20 team that won the

2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 4th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central ...

. She made her debut for the Canada national team on October 25, 2014. Chapman scored her first goal for Canada against Italy at the 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup. Chapman was named to Canada's roster for the

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the f ...

. She played every minute of Canada's five matches. Canada was eliminated by England in the quarterfinals. Chapman was named to Canada's roster for the 2016 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifier, where Canada finished second and qualified for the

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. She won the 2016

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and was named to Canada's Olympic Team. Chapman played in five of Canada's six games at the Olympic Games, winning the Bronze Medal. On May 25, 2019, she was named to the roster for the

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. Chapman was named to the roster for Canada's 2020 Olympic Team. Chapman played in four of Canada's six games at the Olympic Games, winning the Gold Medal.

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

In August 2023, during the

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against Australia, a live microphone picked up an exchange between Chapman and Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson after Chapman collided with Australian forward Hayley Raso. Chapman said: "She fucking jumped into me, you twat." BBC sports commentator

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quickly apologized to viewers, saying, "Apologies there if any language was picked up on the very sensitive pitch-side microphones it seems."

Career statistics

College

Club

International

''As of July 31, 2023''

International goals

:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.''

Honours

Houston Dash *

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Canada U20 *

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

Canada *

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

; bronze medal:

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*CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifier runner-up: 2016 *

: 2016; runner-up 2017

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Allysha 1989 births Living people Soccer people from Ontario Sportspeople from Oshawa Canadian people of Scottish descent Women's association football defenders Canada women's international soccer players Canadian women's soccer players Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States UAB Blazers women's soccer players LSU Tigers women's soccer players Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women) players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Eskilstuna United DFF players Damallsvenskan players Houston Dash players Boston Breakers players North Carolina Courage players National Women's Soccer League players Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Canada 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players 21st-century Canadian sportswomen