Andrea Neil

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Andrea Neil
Personnel
birthday October 26, 1971
place of birth Vancouver , British Columbia ,  Canada
position Midfield / storm
Juniors
Years station
Kerrisdale Soccer Club
1989-1995 UBC Thunderbirds
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
2001-2006 Vancouver Whitecaps Women 69 (24)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1991-2007 Canada 132 (24)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2009-2011 Canada Women (Assistant)
2013-2014 UBC Thunderbirds
1 Only league games are given.

Andrea Neil (born October 26, 1971 in Vancouver , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian soccer player and coach . She played for 16 years in the Canadian national soccer team in midfield , was from August 30, 2007 to February 20, 2010 the record national player in her country and was the first Canadian to take part in four soccer world championships , in which she once achieved fourth place.

Career

society

Between 1989 and 1995 she played for the team at the University of British Columbia and then for the Vancouver Whitecaps Women , with whom she won the USL First Division in 2006 and 2008 . On December 3, 2007, she ended her career as an all-time leader in assists (22 assists), minutes of play (6,066) and games (69) and in 2011 was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Canadian Sports as the first female soccer player .

National team

She made her first international A match at the age of 19 on April 19, 1991 in a 9-0 win against Jamaica at the 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship when she was substituted on when the score was 5-0. It was their only game at this tournament that the Canadians missed qualifying for the first official women's World Cup . She then had to wait more than two years for her second international match: on June 14, 1993, she was substituted on at the Columbus Cup in the second half of the game against the USA when the score was 3-0. But she could not turn the game around; on the contrary - their team lost 7-0. A week later she was in the starting line-up for the first time in a 3-0 draw against the USA. Another international break of 10 months followed, in which she was not used in the 1993 CONCACAF Women's Championship .

She scored her first international goal on August 13, 1994 when she scored against Jamaica to make it 7-0 in the first game of the 1994 CONCACAF Women's Championship . At the tournament, the Canadians qualified for the 1995 World Cup , in which they were used in the three group games, but were eliminated with their team after the preliminary round and thus also missed the first women's Olympic football tournament at the Olympic Games in Atlanta . After the World Cup, she was initially a regular player, but was not used in 1998 and thus not in the 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship , which Canada won in the absence of the USA and thus qualified for the 1999 World Cup. Shortly before the World Cup, she was used again and also played two group games at the World Cup, in which the Canadians again made the knockout round and thus qualified for the second women's Olympic football tournament at the Olympic Games in Sydney missed. After the World Cup she was a regular again and took part with Canada for the first time in 2000 in the Algarve Cup , in which the later record national player and record scorer Christine Sinclair played her first international match in the first game .

In the same year she finished fourth in the 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup . Two years later it was enough to finish second in the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup when they were only defeated by the USA through golden goal in the final , with which the Canadians qualified for the 2003 World Cup. Before that, she managed a "flawless" hat trick at the Algarve Cup 2002 on March 1, 2002 against Scotland when she scored the three goals for a 3-0 victory in the 18th, 24th and 31st minutes. It remained her only three-pack in the national team. At the World Cup she reached the game for third place with Canada , but lost it to the USA with 1: 3. However, fourth place is the Canadians' best position at world championships so far. The qualification for the women's Olympic football tournament at the Olympic Games in Athens , on the other hand, was disappointing: In the qualifying tournament, they lost in the semi-finals to Mexico for the only time so far , so the Mexicans instead of the Canadians went to Athens and did not win a game Reached the quarterfinals. On April 21, 2005, she made her 100th international match as the second Canadian . At the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2006 she was only substituted twice and only had to admit defeat to the USA with her team in the final in extra time, but qualified for the 2007 World Cup . Before the World Cup, she took part with the senior national team for the first time in the Pan American Games in 2007 , where they could return the favor to the Mexicans in the game for third place. In the last test match before the World Cup, she replaced Charmaine Hooper on August 30, 2007 with her 131st international as the record Canadian national player. At the World Cup she only played one game when she was substituted on in the second group game on September 15, 2007 against Ghana six minutes before the end of the game when the score was 4-0. It was her last international match. After all, she was the first Canadian to be used at four world championships . With her 132 international matches, she remained a record national player until February 20, 2010, when she was replaced by the current record national player Christine Sinclair.

trainer

During her active time, she was assistant trainer for the UBC Thunderbirds Women's Team from 1997 to 1999. From 2004 to 2006 she was the assistant coach for Vancouver Whitecaps Women and the girls' head coach at their youth academy. In April 2009 she obtained the "USSF National" B "Coaching License" and in July 2010 the "UEFA Coaching A License". After her active career, she was assistant coach of the national team from 2009 to 2011 under Carolina Morace . During this time, the Canadians won the Cyprus Cup twice (2010, 2011), once the four-nation tournament in Brazil and the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2010 , through which the Canadians qualified for the 2011 World Cup. At the World Cup, however, things did not go so well, the Canadians failed in the preliminary round as the worst team and Morace resigned as coach. Neil then returned to the University of British Columbia as head coach. In November 2014 she gave up the post to take on a new role.

successes

Awards

  • 2001: Player of the Year in Canada
  • 2007: Nomination for the game of the “FIFA Women's World Stars” in April against the Chinese national soccer team for women on the occasion of the group draw for the 2007 World Cup and substitution for the second half.
  • 2009: Induction into the UBC Sports Hall of Fame
  • 2011: Induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (as first female soccer player)
  • 2012: Admission to the All-Time Canada XI and Top 30 Women Players
  • 2012: Induction into the Soccer Hall of Fame
  • 2012: Induction into the BC Sports Hall of Fame

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ whitecapsfc.com: "Former Whitecaps FC captain Andrea Neil to be inducted into Canada's Sports Hall Of Fame"
  2. ↑ Canada vs Jamaica - 1991-04-19
  3. ↑ Canada vs USA - 1993-06-14
  4. ↑ Canada vs USA - 1993-06-21
  5. ↑ Canada vs Jamaica - 1994-08-13
  6. ↑ Canada vs Scotland - 2002-03-01
  7. ↑ gothunderbirds.ca: "UBC women's soccer head coach Andrea Neil steps down"
  8. ↑ Match Report FIFA Women's World Stars - China PR 2: 3 (2: 2)
  9. ^ UBC Sports Hall of Fame
  10. ↑ Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
  11. ↑ canadasoccer.com: "Association announces All-Time Canada XI - women's team"
  12. ↑ Canada Soccer Centennial Timeline
  13. ↑ Soccer Hall of Fame
  14. ^ BC Sports Hall of Fame
personal data
SURNAME Neil, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian female soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver , Canada