Melanie Booth
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| Full name | Melanie Lynn Booth | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | August 24, 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Burlington, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2007 | University of Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Toronto Inferno | 13 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Toronto Lady Lynx | 10 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Central Florida Krush | 9 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Tampa Bay Hellenic | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Boston Renegades | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 1 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Sky Blue FC | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 56 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Canada U-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2013 | Canada | 65 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 17, 2013 |
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Melanie Lynn Booth (born August 24, 1984) is a retired Canadian soccer player. She last played for Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League and for the Canada women's national soccer team.
Booth was born in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
Booth attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Becky Burleigh's Florida Gators women's soccer team from 2003 to 2005, before sitting out the 2006 season due to national team commitments. She returned to Florida in 2007 to complete her collegiate career, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in applied physiology and kinesiology in 2008.
On January 11, 2013, she joined Sky Blue FC in the new National Women's Soccer League.
Booth was 17 years old when she won her first cap with the Canadian national team on March 1, 2002, at the Algarve Cup (a 3–0 win over Scotland).
Booth earned 22 caps and scored three goals playing on the U-19 national team. She played every minute of Canada's six matches in the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, where Canada took the silver medal. She finished second with Canada at the 2006 Peace Queen Cup after a 0–1 loss to the United States in the final. She finished second with Canada at the 2006 CONCACAF Gold Cup after a 1–2 loss to the United States in the final.
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