Amandine Pierre-Louis (born February 18, 1995) is a Canadian

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player who last played as a defender for French

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club

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College career

West Virginia University, 2014–2017

Pierre-Louis appeared in 92 games during her four-year college career at

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. In 2016 she helped the Mountaineers reach their first College Cup Final. In her senior year in 2017 she was named Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year. During her college career, she played with the

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in the

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Club career

Sky Blue FC, 2018–2019

Pierre-Louis was selected by

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with the 6th overall pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft, she was the second Canadian selected in the first round. She was named to the final roster for the 2018 season, but due to injury has not yet appeared in a game for Sky Blue.

International career

Pierre-Louis has represented Canada at various youth levels. She was part of Canada's U-17 Team for the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship and the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Azerbaijan. Pierre-Louis, whose father hails from Haiti, was named to Canada's team for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada. Pierre-Louis received her first senior

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call-up in January 2017 for a training camp in Los Angeles. Pierre-Louis has not yet been capped by Canada and still remains eligible to file a one-time switch with FIFA in order to play for

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, which she qualifies through her father.

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1995 births Living people Soccer players from Montreal Canadian women's soccer players Women's association football defenders West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer players NJ/NY Gotham FC draft picks National Women's Soccer League players NJ/NY Gotham FC players Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate women's footballers in France Black Canadian women's soccer players Canadian sportspeople of Haitian descent Haitian Quebecers SK Slavia Praha (women) players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate women's footballers in the Czech Republic FC Metz (women) players Division 1 Féminine players Czech Women's First League players FC St-Léonard players Laval Comets players USL W-League (1995–2015) players {{Canada-women-footy-bio-stub