Carmelina Moscato

Carmelina Moscato (born May 2, 1984) is a Canadian soccer player and Olympic bronze medalist. She is a retired centreback who played for UPC Tavagnacco in the Serie A, for Piteå IF and Dalsjöfors GoIF in the Damallsvenskan, for Chicago Red Stars, Boston Breakers and Seattle Reign FC in the NWSL, and for Western Sydney Wanderers in the Australian W-League. She also represented the Canadian women's national team. She served as the Commissioner of League1 Ontario Women’s Division from September 2019 until December 2020.[2][3]

Carmelina Moscato
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-05-02) May 2, 1984
Place of birth Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Dixie SC
Burlington Flames
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Penn State Nittany Lions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Vancouver Whitecaps
2005–2008 Ottawa Fury
2009–2010 UPC Tavagnacco 15 (1)
2011 Piteå IF 10 (1)
2012 Dalsjöfors GoIF 1 (0)
2013 Chicago Red Stars 5 (0)
2013 Boston Breakers 5 (0)
2014–2015 Seattle Reign 1 (0)
2015–2016 Western Sydney Wanderers 9 (2)
National team‡
2002 Canada U-19
2002–2015 Canada 94 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:49, May 31, 2015 (UTC)

Early life

Born in Mississauga, Ontario, to Sicilian-born parents, Moscato began playing soccer at the age of four when she started playing for Dixie SC.[4] She attended St. Francis Xavier Secondary School in Mississauga where she was named Most Valuable Player. She also played for the club team Burlington Flames.[5]

Penn State Nittany Lions

Moscato attended Pennsylvania State University from 2002 to 2005 and helped the Nittany Lions win four Big Ten regular season championships. During her time at Penn State, the team earned appearances in the College Cup semifinals in 2002 and 2005.[6]

Playing career

From Canada to Italy and Sweden, 2005–2011

Moscato joined the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2003 and played 256 minutes during her five appearances. In 2004, she helped the Whitecaps win their first W-League championship title. She scored three goals and three assists that season before joining Ottawa Fury in 2005. She sits 15th all-time amongst Whitecaps players after recording five goals and five assists in 14 appearances.

Moscato spent 2009 to 2010 with UPC Tavagnacco in the Serie A, the top division of soccer in Italy, before joining the national team camp to train heading into the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7] She scored once in 15 league appearances playing as a defender.[8][9] In July 2011, Moscato joined Canadian national teammates Melissa Tancredi and Stephanie Labbé to play for Piteå IF, a club in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She started in all ten of her appearances with the club and scored one goal.[10][11] She also made one appearance for Dalsjöfors GoIF in 2012.[11]

NWSL, 2013–2015

In 2013, she joined Chicago Red Stars for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) as part of the NWSL Player Allocation. She made five appearances for the club.[11] On June 29, 2013, it was announced that she had been traded to the Boston Breakers in exchange for her Canadian national teammate, Adriana Leon.[12] She made five appearances for the Breakers during the remainder of the season.[11] On September 10, 2013, she was traded to Seattle Reign FC in exchange for fellow Canadian national team player Kaylyn Kyle in preparation for the 2014 season.[13]

International

At just 16 years of age, Moscato made her Canadian U-20 national team debut on February 6, 2001, during a 3–2 defeat against Finland at the Adidas Cup in Houston, Texas. She represented Canada during the country's hosting of the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, playing all six matches and helping Canada reach the final before losing to the United States.

On April 3, 2002, Moscato earned her first cap with Canada's senior team, playing 19 minutes in a 0–0 draw against Australia. Moscato has played in major tournaments such as the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, and the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament in 2004.[14] After taking a two-year hiatus from the game, she returned to the international scene in 2009, and played for Canada during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Some of her most notable successes with the team include winning the 2010 CONCACAF Tournament in Cancun, the Cyprus Cup in March 2011, and the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.[4]

Coaching career

Moscato was an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin.[15] She used to be an assistant coach for the Louisville Cardinals.[16]

In August 2016, Moscato coached Canada's women's under-15 squad to the second place in the 2016 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship.[17]

See also

References
  1. 2015 World Cup
  2. "CSB hires Carmelina Moscato as Manager, Women's Professional Football Development, League1 Women's Division Commissioner". League1 Ontario. September 12, 2019.
  3. Jacques, John (December 17, 2020). "Carmelina Moscato Steps Down As League1 Ontario Women's Commissioner". Northern Tribune.
  4. Canada Soccer Profile
  5. "Women's soccer signs four to letters of intent". The Collegian. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  6. "Carmelina Moscato". Boston Breakers. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  7. "La Graphistudio Tavagnacco presenta i nuovi acquistii" (in Italian). FoxSports.it. August 20, 2009. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  8. "Carmelina Moscato" (in Italian). CalcioDonna.it. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  9. "Disputes between the CanWNT & the CSA". All White Kit. February 23, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  10. "Landslagsspelare förstärker Piteå" (in Swedish). Piteå IF. July 15, 2009. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  11. "Carmelina Moscato". Soccer Way. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  12. "Sources: Red Stars deal Moscato to Breakers for Leon". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  13. "Sources: Seattle Reign sends Kaylyn Kyle to Boston Breakers for Carmelina Moscato". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  14. Whitecaps FC Player Profile
  15. "Carmelina Moscato coach profile". University of Wisconsin. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  16. "Carmelina Moscato". University of Louisville. Archived from the original on September 12, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  17. Colpitts, Iain (August 5, 2016), "Moscato to coach Canada at CONCACAF Under-15 championships", The Hamilton Spectator, archived from the original on October 18, 2017, retrieved October 17, 2017
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