Alyscha Mottershead (born May 2, 1991) is a Canadian former

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player.

Life and career

Mottershead was born in

Orangeville, Ontario Orangeville (Canada 2021 Census population of 30,167) is a town in south-central Ontario, Canada, and the seat of Dufferin County. History The first patent of land was issued to Ezekiel Benson, a land surveyor, on August 7, 1820. That was fol ...

, but was raised in

Brampton Brampton is a city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario, and the regional seat of the Regional Municipality of Peel. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a List of municipalities in Ontario#L ...

. She played for

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920 ...

, recording 74 matches played with 10 goals scored. At the club level, Mottershead played for

SC Sand SC Sand is a German sport club from Willstätt, Baden-Württemberg. The club was founded on 11 August 1946 and competes in football, aerobics, judo, and qigong. The club is most known for its women's football Women's football most often refers to ...

at the German 2. Bundesliga. Internationally, she represented Canada U17s at the 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship where her team finished third and qualified for the

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the first women's football edition of the U-17 World Cup. It was held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. North Korea won the first edition, extending their grip of women's youth footbal ...

which Mottershead also participated representing Canada. On November 22, 2011, she debuted for the Canadian Senior Team against

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. In 2012, Mottershead was part of the squad that represented Canada at the

2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was an association football competition used to determine the two participants who would compete at the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2012 Summer Olympics. It ...

where the Canadians finished second (just behind the United States) and, therefore, qualified for the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. In 2013, she played for Ottawa Fury.

References

External links

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Mottershead Profile at the Syracuse University
* 1991 births Living people Canada women's international soccer players Canadian women's soccer players Sportspeople from Orangeville, Ontario SC Sand players 2. Frauen-Bundesliga players Soccer people from Ontario Syracuse Orange women's soccer players Syracuse University alumni Women's association football midfielders Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Syracuse Orange women's soccer coaches Woodbridge Strikers (women) players Toronto Lady Lynx players Ottawa Fury (women) players USL W-League (1995–2015) players 21st-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-women-footy-bio-stub