Bryanna Ashley McCarthy (born October 13, 1991) is a Canadian professional soccer player and member of the

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. She last played for German club BV Cloppenburg in the

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Early life

Born in

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, Ontario, McCarthy's mother was born in

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea ...

while her father was born in

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispan ...

. She grew up in Ajax playing basketball, volleyball, track, soccer and golf with her and her fathers' personal coach Karim Corringham.

West Virginia University

McCarthy attended

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Playing career

Club career

On January 11, 2013, as part of the

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, McCarthy joined the Western New York Flash. Despite this, McCarthy only played 15 minutes for the Flash and her allocation was not picked up for the following year. In 2014, McCarthy signed with the Ottawa Fury in the W-League. She signed for German

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club SC Sand in 2015, and then later for

club BV Cloppenburg.

International career

In 2006, McCarthy was 14 years old when she made her debut in the Canadian youth program. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship and represented Canada at the

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in New Zealand the same year. In June 2010, she made her debut for Canada's senior team at just 18 years old. She finished fourth with Canada at the

2010 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship The 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the fifth edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The tournament was hosted by Guatemala, and all matches were played at the Estadio Cementos Progreso. The United States were the defending ...

in Guatemala. In 2011, she finished first with Canada at the 2011 Cyprus Cup. In 2012, she finished second with Canada at the 2012 Cyprus Cup.

References

External links

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Western New York Flash player profile
1991 births Living people Canadian people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines descent Canadian people of Jamaican descent Black Canadian women's soccer players Soccer players from Toronto Canadian women's soccer players Canada women's international soccer players USL W-League (1995–2015) players National Women's Soccer League players Western New York Flash players West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer players Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Women's association football defenders Ottawa Fury (women) players Toronto Lady Lynx players SC Sand players BV Cloppenburg (women) players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Canada-women-footy-bio-stub