* Club domestic league appearances and goalsas of May 10, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of April 24, 2022
Diamond Simpson (born April 28, 1993) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a defender. She made four appearances for the Canada national team in 2010 and 2011.
Early life
She began playing youth soccer at age 8 with North Mississauga SC, later playing with Dixie SC.[1]
College career
From 2012 to 2015, she played college soccer for the Memphis Tigers of the University of Memphis.[2] She scored her first goal on September 6, 2012, scoring the overtime winner against the Vanderbilt Commodores,[3] earning her Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week honours.[4] In 2012, she was named to the NSCAA All-Central Region second team, All-Conference USA second team, and C-USA All-Freshman Team.[2] In her sophomore season, she was named to the American Athletic Conference second team and the NSCAA All-Northeast Third Team.[5] In 2014, she was named to the All-American Athletic Conference First Team and NSCAA All-Region Second Team.[2]
In 2017, she played with Toronto Azzurri Blizzard.[10] She was named the league's Defender of the Year as well as a First Team All Star.[11]
In 2018 and 2019, she played for Woodbridge Strikers once again.[12][13] On July 14, 2018, she scored two goals in two minutes to lead Woodbridge to a 3–1 victory over Durham United FA.[14] In 2018 and 2019, she was once again named against named Defender of the Year, for the second and third times,[15][16] as well as First Team All Star Selections for the third and fourth consecutive times.[17][18] In 2020, she was named to the League1 Ontario Women's All-Time Best XI.[19] In 2023, she returned to the team.[20]
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