Brittany Taylor Cameron (born December 3, 1986) is an American

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 ...

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

who currently employed by Wake Forest as women's soccer associate head soccer coach.

Early life

Cameron grew up in

Dublin, California Dublin is a suburban city of the East Bay in California, United States. It is located within the Amador Valley of Alameda County, California, Alameda County's Tri-Valley region. It is located along the north side of Interstate 580 (California), ...

and attended Dublin High School. During her senior year, she was team captain and received Contra Costa Times First Team, First Team All-Diablo Foothill Athletic League, and league Defensive MVP honors. As a junior, she was voted to the First Team All Diablo Foothill Athletic League. Cameron also played with youth club teams, Dublin High Energy and Pleasanton Rage.

University of San Diego

Cameron attended and played goalkeeper for the

University of San Diego The University of San Diego (USD) is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in San Diego, California, United States. Chartered in 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University ...

. During her senior year, she earned the West Coast Conference (WCC) Defender of the Year as a senior, becoming the second Torero ever to earn the distinction, while posting nine shutouts and a goals against average of 0.75.

Club career

Los Angeles Sol

In 2009, Cameron was selected as the 52nd pick overall in the 2009 WPS Draft by the

Los Angeles Sol The Los Angeles Sol was an American professional association football, soccer club that was based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, that participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The team was co-owned and operated by Anschutz E ...

FC Gold Pride

After the

ceased operations in 2010, Cameron signed to

FC Gold Pride FC Gold Pride was an American professional women's soccer club based in the San Francisco Bay Area, which participated in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). The club replaced the San Jose CyberRays of the defunct Women's United Soccer Associati ...

Western New York Flash

In 2011, Cameron signed with the

Western New York Flash The Western New York Flash (WNY Flash) was an American women's soccer club based in Elma, New York, that most recently competed in the United Women's Soccer league in 2018. They won league championships in four different leagues: the USL W-Leag ...

. The team won the 2011 WPS Championship after a rousing game against the

Philadelphia Independence The Philadelphia Independence was an American professional association football, soccer club that was based in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pennsylvania. The team joined Women's Professional Soccer as an expansion team in 2010 and played ...

that ended in penalty kicks. In 2012 after the WPS folded, Cameron signed again with the

this time in the

Women's Premier Soccer League The Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) is an amateur women's soccer league in the United States. History The WPSL is the longest-running active women's soccer league as it enters its 25th season in 2023. The WPSL is also the largest women ...

. The team went on to become league champions the same year.

Sky Blue FC

In February 2013, Cameron was selected by

Sky Blue FC Gotham Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 un ...

during the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft for the inaugural season of the

National Women's Soccer League The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a women's professional Association football, soccer league and the highest level of the United States soccer league system#Women's leagues, United States soccer league system (alongside the USL Supe ...

. After recording a shut-out against her former team, the

during the league's opening weekend, she was named NWSL Player of the Week. Cameron was nominated for

NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year The NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year award is presented annually to the best goalkeeper in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Nicole Barnhart (2013) won the first Goalkeeper of the Year award in the NWSL's inaugural season. The most recent wi ...

for the 2015 season.

Vegalta Sendai Ladies

In August 2014, Cameron was loaned to Vegalta Sendai Ladies. Cameron has moved onto Japan for the entire 2015 season with Vegala Sendai. Won MVP Vegalta Sendai ladies 2016.

Coaching career

Cameron served as assistant coach at

Niagara University Niagara University (NU) is a private Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition in the census-designated place Niagara University, New York, in the town of Lewiston near Niagara Falls. It is run by the Congregation of the Mission and ...

, University of San Diego,

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College ( ) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the America ...

. San Francisco State Head Coach women's soccer 2019–2020, Currently Wake Forest Associate Head Soccer Coach- Defense and Goalkeepers 2020-

References

External links

Brittany Cameron
profile at

San Diego player profile

Dartmouth assistant coach profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Brittany Living people 1986 births American women's soccer players FC Gold Pride players Los Angeles Sol players Western New York Flash players Women's Professional Soccer players People from Dublin, California Soccer players from Alameda County, California Gotham FC players National Women's Soccer League players San Diego Toreros women's soccer players University of San Diego alumni Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies players American expatriate women's soccer players Expatriate women's footballers in Japan American expatriate sportspeople in Japan Nadeshiko League players Women's association football goalkeepers African-American soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen 21st-century African-American sportswomen