Rachelle Beanlands

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Rachelle Beanlands
Personal information
Full name Rachelle Anne Beanlands
Date of birth (1993-05-11) May 11, 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Gloucester Hornets
Cumberland United
Nepean SC
Ottawa South United
Ottawa Fury
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Maryland Terrapins 78 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Ottawa Fury FC
2012–2015 Laval Comets
International career
2011 Canada 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rachelle Anne Beanlands (born May 11, 1993) is a former Canadian soccer player. She played as a goalkeeper.

Early life

She began playing youth soccer with the Glouchester Hornets.

Ottawa Fury Academy, and Ottawa South United.[1]

In 2010, she was named 2010 Ottawa Soccer Athlete of the Year after playing with the Ottawa Fury U17s, posting a 12-0-2 record allowing only five goals, helping the team win the 2010 Super Y-League North American Championships. She was named to the Canada U17 team.[3]

From 2011 to 2015, she attended the

University of Maryland, playing for the Maryland Terrapins, redshirting her first year.[4] By the end of her tenure, she had the most starts for a goalkeeper in the school's history with 78.[5] Beanlands was a five-time academic all-conference honoree, and in 2014 was named to the Capital One Academic All-District Team, and was awarded the Big Ten Medal of Honor in 2016.[6]

Club career

She played club soccer for the

International career

Beanlands received multiple callups to Canadian youth team camps. She was part of the Canada U17 team that won the 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship,[9] as well as serving asbackup goalkeeper at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[5]

She made her sole appearance for Canada against Argentina recording a clean sheet in a 1-0 victory, at the 2011 Pan American Games;[10] Canada ultimately won gold.[11]

Post-playing career

After her playing career, she attended medical school at the University of Western Ontario,[12] and became a medical doctor.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rachelle Beanlands Canada profile". Canadian Soccer Association.
  2. ^ Cleary, Martin (May 13, 2008). "Steeplechase: the new family business". Ottawa Citizen.
  3. ^ "2010 Award Winners". Ottawa Sports Awards.
  4. ^ "Rachelle Beanlands Maryland profile". Maryland Terrapins.
  5. ^ a b "Rachelle Beanlands recalls career before her final Maryland women's soccer game". The Diamondback. October 27, 2015.
  6. ^ "Beanlands, McCarney Awarded Big Ten Medal of Honor". Maryland Terrapins. May 10, 2016.
  7. ^ "Frizell believes Pan Am Games will throw her back into form". Ottawa East News. October 20, 2011.
  8. ^ Grainey, Tim (July 24, 2015). "2015 USL W-League Championship preview". The Equalizer.
  9. ^ "Canada wins CONCACAF Women's U17 Championship" (PDF). Canadian Soccer Association.
  10. ^ "Undefeated Canada blanks Argentina at Pan Am Games". CBC. October 20, 2011.
  11. ^ "Canada wins first-ever soccer gold at Pan Am Games". CBC. October 27, 2011.
  12. ^ "Where are they now?: Former Maryland women's soccer goalkeeper Rachelle Beanlands". The Diamondback.
  13. ^ Mackay, Crystal (May 14, 2021). "Mentorship program enriches medical school experience for LGBTQ+ students". University of Western Ontario.