Amy Heather Walsh (born September 13, 1977) is a former

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for the

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. From 1997 to 2009, she played 102 matches for the national team. In May 2017, Walsh was inducted into the

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. Her sister,

Cindy Walsh Cindy Walsh (born September 13, 1979) is a Canadian retired soccer player who played as a defender. She has been a member of the Canada women's national team. College career She attended the University of Hartford, playing for the NCAA Division ...

, also played for the Canadian women's team.

Playing career

Walsh attended the

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, where she was twice named in the first team (All-Conference) and once in the first-team (All-Central Region). She played professionally for the Atlanta Beat of

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, and also played for the

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and

Laval Comets The Laval Comets (french: Comètes de Laval) was a Canadian women's soccer team established in 2006 in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada, a northern suburb of Montreal. The team was a member of the W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in ...

of the American W-League. Walsh played her last season in 2009. She gave birth to a child in January 2010. Since then she has not returned with the Laval Comets nor Canada's national team.

Honours and awards

* Olympic Participant (Canada, 2008) * Women's World Cup Participant (Canada, 1999, 2007) * Canadian National Team Member (1997 to 2009) *

(2017) * College Soccer Online Third-Team All-American (1999) * Soccer Buzz Honorable-Mention All-American (1998) * NSCAA First-Team All-Central Region (1999) * NSCAA Second-Team All-Central Region (1998) * First-Team All-Big 12 Conference (1998, 1999) * First-Team Academic All-Big 12 Conference (1999) * Honorable-Mention Academic All-Big 12 (1999)

References

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Profile at WUSA
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1977 births Living people Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Canadian women's soccer players Canada women's international soccer players Canadian people of Irish descent Women's association football midfielders 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Nebraska Cornhuskers women's soccer players Olympic soccer players of Canada Soccer players from Montreal FIFA Women's Century Club Anglophone Quebec people Pan American Games competitors for Canada Atlanta Beat (WUSA) players McGill Martlets soccer players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games Ottawa Fury (women) players Laval Comets players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Women's United Soccer Association players {{Canada-women-footy-bio-stub