Amanda Marie Allen (born February 21, 2005) is a Canadian

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player who plays for

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Early life

Allen began playing soccer at age four with

North Mississauga SC North Mississauga Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Mississauga, Ontario. The club was founded in 1982 as a youth soccer club and added its men's semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2016. The team plays ho ...

. She later played with

Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge Strikers Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Woodbridge, Ontario. The club was founded in 1976 as a youth soccer club and added its semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2014. The team plays home ga ...

, before joining the Canada Soccer

program. She also played for the Team Ontario provincial team. In 2022, she represented Ontario at the

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Club career

In 2022, she played with

. She was also named a league Third Team All-Star and U18 All-Star in 2022.

International career

She made her debut in the Canada Soccer program in December 2021, attending a camp with the Canada U17 team. She was subsequently selected to the roster for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, where she won a bronze medal, and the

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. After her performance at the U17 World Cup, she was called up to the

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senior team for the first time, at age 17, for friendlies against

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in November 2022. She made her senior debut on November 11, coming on as a substitute against Brazil.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Amanda Living people 2005 births Women's soccer players in Canada Canadian women's soccer players Canada women's international soccer players Women's association football forwards Soccer players from Mississauga North Mississauga SC (women) players Woodbridge Strikers (women) players