Chelsea Stewart

Chelsea Stewart
Personal information
Full name Chelsea Blaine Stewart[1]
Date of birth (1990-04-28) 28 April 1990
Place of birth Denver, United States[2]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Youth career
2004–2007 Mountain Vista High School
2007–2008 Shattuck-St. Mary's
2009 Vanderbilt University
2011–2013 UCLA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Vancouver Whitecaps 28 (0)
2014 Boston Breakers 10 (0)
2014INAC Kobe Leonessa (loan) 2 (0)
2015 Western New York Flash 3 (0)
National team
2008–2010 Canada U-20 24 (4)
2009– Canada 44 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 15, 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 29, 2013

Chelsea Blaine Stewart (born 28 April 1990) is a soccer player who plays as a defender who last played for the Western New York Flash of the National Women's Soccer League. She is also a member of Canada women's national soccer team.

Personal

Stewart was born in Denver, Colorado[3] to a Canadian father and an Italian mother (from Naples).[4] She was raised in Denver and The Pas, Manitoba, his father's homeland.[4] She comes from a family of sport. Her father and brother both played ice hockey while her sister is also a soccer player.[5] She was raised in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Youth career

Stewart attended Vanderbilt University her freshman year and scored 3 goals in 18 games for the Commodores.[6] She then transferred to UCLA, and after sitting out a year because of national team commitments, scored 2 goals in 66 games for the Bruins.[6][7]

Club career

In January 2014, the Canadian women's national team allocated Stewart to the Boston Breakers of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL.[8] She signed on loan for Japanese club INAC Kobe Leonessa in October 2014.[9] In 2015, Stewart returned to the NWSL after the Western New York Flash signed her as a Discovery Player.[10] Stewart was waived by the Flash on July 22, 2015.[11]

International career

Stewart has represented Canada on the U-20 youth as well as participating in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. When the Canadian team that competed in the 2012 Olympics defeated France 1–0 on 9 August 2012 in the bronze medal match, Stewart was awarded a medal since she had played in four of the matches for Canada.[12]

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References

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