Diana Matheson
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Diana Beverly Matheson | ||
| Date of birth | April 6, 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 153 cm (5 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Seattle Reign FC | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2007 | Princeton University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Team Strømmen | 32 | (11) |
| 2013–2016 | Washington Spirit | 67 | (23) |
| 2017– | Seattle Reign FC | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003– | Canada | 169 | (16) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:23, 10 October 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:03, May 31, 2015 (UTC) |
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Diana Beverly Matheson (born April 6, 1984) is a Canadian international soccer player. She represents Canada on the Canada women's national soccer team and currently plays for Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for the Washington Spirit in the NWSL and Team Strømmen in the Toppserien, the top division league in Norway. She is best known for scoring the bronze medal-winning goal for Canada in the 92nd minute against France at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games with the senior national team.
Born in Mississauga, Ontario, Matheson attended White Oaks Secondary School in Oakville, Ontario, where she received Principal's Award for athletics and academics. As a member of the Ontario provincial team from 1999 to 2002, she won the national championship in 2001 and was runner-up in 2002. She was captain of the team in 2002. Playing for the Oakville Women's team, Matheson was a 2002 Ontario Cup champion and club national women's champion.
Matheson majored in economics at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, and was voted Ivy League Player of the Year in 2007 and Princeton Women's Athlete of the Year in 2008.
As a freshman in 2004, Matheson was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection and was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year. She earned first-team All-America and first-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region honours and was one of 12 finalists for SoccerBuzz Freshman of the Year. She was a three-time Ivy Rookie of the Week. During her sophomore year, she scored five goals, second-most on the team, and had a team-high of seven assists (ranked third in the Ivy League). She was one of only two unanimous first-team All-Ivy selections. Matheson earned SoccerBuzz first-team all-region and NSCAA second-team all-region honours. After missing the season-opening trip to Florida to play with the Canadian national team, she started all 14 games the rest of the season. As a junior in 2006, Matheson co-captained the squad and led the Tigers with eight goals and five assists for 21 points despite missing five games to train with the Canadian national team. She was a unanimous selection for first-team All-Ivy. As a senior, Matheson missed the first seven games to play in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. After returning from the tournament, she earned a point in seven straight games of the 10 played and broke Princeton's single-game and career assist records with a four-assist performance against Rutgers. Serving as co-captain of the team, she was Princeton's third four-time first-team all-league honoree and seventh Player of the Year.
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