Alexandria Lamontagne-Maycock (born July 27, 1996) is a Canadian

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player who plays as a

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for

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at the

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Early life

Lamontagne was born in

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and moved to

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at the age of seven. She began playing soccer at age four with Malvern SC. She initially played as a goalkeeper and defender, before eventually transitioning to an attacking role. Until the age of nine, she played on boys teams. She later played for Ajax United SC and Ajax SC. She also played for the Ontario provincial team.

College career

In 2014, she committed to the

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where she played for the women's soccer team. She scored her first goal on August 29, 2014 against the

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. In her freshman season, she scored three goals and added four assists in 17 games.

Club career

From 2015 to 2017, she played for

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. In 2015, she finished second in the league in goals with 18. In 2016, she scored one goal in four appearances. In 2017, she scored three goals in eight appearances. In 2018, she joined

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. Afterwards she joined French First Division club FC Fleury 91. She departed the club after one season. In the summer of 2019, she returned to the Foothills. She was named to the Week 9 Team of the Week after scoring a hat trick against the

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. She was named to the All-UWS First Team and was named the UWS West Offensive Player of the Year. She then played two matches with

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in the

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. In 2020, she joined

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in the French second division. In the opening match of the season, she scored four goals in a 5-2 victory over Thonon Evian. Lamontagne would score 8 goals in 6 games in the 2020–21 season, and 9 goals in 18 games in the 2021–22 season, helping Rodez gain promotion to the first division.

International career

Internationally, Lamontagne represented Canada U20s at the

2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central ...

winning a silver medal, and at the

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. In 2017, she was named to the roster for the Canada Senior Team for the

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. She made her debut on March 3, 2017, against

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at the

References

External links

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Lamontagne Profile at the Syracuse University

Lamontagne Profile at the Canadian Soccer Association
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