Chantel Nicole Jones (born July 20, 1988) is a retired American professional

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player who works as a goalkeeping coach at

Canberra United Canberra United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Founded in 2008 by Capital Football, the club was an inaugural member of the W-League and the only club not affiliated with ...

in the W-League. She previously played as a

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for the professional Icelandic team,

Þór Akureyri Íþróttafélagið Þór (, ), commonly known as Þór Akureyri (), or simply Þór or Thór, is a multi-sport club in Akureyri, in the north of Iceland. It features departments in basketball, football, handball and taekwondo. Its main rival is ...

Washington Spirit The Washington Spirit are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the USL W-League (1995� ...

and

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 ...

of the

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as well as

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

and

in the Australian W-League and the

Virginia Cavaliers The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams representing the University of Virginia, located in Charlottesville. The Cavaliers compete at the NCAA Division I level ( FBS for football), in the Atlantic Coast C ...

College

She currently holds the NCAA record for most career shutouts, with 47 during her college career at the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his The Lawn, Academical Village, a World H ...

Club career

In 2012, Jones played for

in Akureyri, Iceland. She made 18 appearances for the club, starting all games for a total of 1620 minutes. She wrote about her experience in Iceland for Resolution Sports. In February 2013, Jones was signed to the

for the inaugural season of the

. In July 2014, Jones signed for

in the Australian W-League. During the Grand Final match on December 21, 2014, Jones saved a penalty kick taken by

Perth Glory FC Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

in the 76th minute, preserving Canberra United's 2–1 lead. Canberra United FC scored again to win the championship 3–1. Jones signed for the

for the 2015 season. Jones retired from soccer in January 2016. In January 2021, while working as

's goalkeeping coach, Jones returned from retirement to sign a playing contract with the club until the end of the

2020–21 W-League The 2020–21 W-League season was the thirteenth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. The season started on 29 December 2020 and ended with the Grand final on 11 April 2021. Clubs Stadi ...

season. At the end of the season, she returned to retirement.

International career

Jones represented the United States at the

2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 4th edition of the tournament. It was held in Chile between 19 November and 7 December 2008. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, i ...

and also participated in the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games () and commonly known as Rio 2007, were a major Americas, continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of ...

References

External links

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Virginia profile

Washington Spirit player profile
* American women's soccer players 1988 births Living people Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer players Sportspeople from Brookhaven, New York Soccer players from Suffolk County, New York Soccer players from Virginia People from Midlothian, Virginia Washington Spirit players Perth Glory FC (women) players Canberra United FC players National Women's Soccer League players Western New York Flash players Women's association football goalkeepers American lesbian sportswomen American LGBTQ soccer players United States women's under-20 international soccer players Chantel Jones LGBTQ people from Virginia American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland American expatriate sportspeople in Australia Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia USL W-League (1995–2015) players Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in football 21st-century American LGBTQ people United States women's youth international soccer players Player-coaches Association football goalkeeping coaches American expatriate soccer coaches 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-women-footy-goalkeeper-stub