Chandler Blue Isip McDaniel (born February 4, 1998) is a

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who plays as a

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. She represents the Philippines women's national team.

Early life

McDaniel was born in

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to Lindy, a Filipino who has connections to

Pampanga Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga ( pam, Lalawigan ning Pampanga; tl, Lalawigan ng Pampanga ), is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac ...

and

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, and Clint who works as a football (soccer) coach. She played for the women's team of

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College career

In college, McDaniel played for the

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and later with the

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. She entered

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in 2016 as a freshman, playing for the Hokies until her sophomore year in 2017. She later transferred to

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making 37 appearances and two goals for the

in her junior and senior years (2018–19).

Club career

After her stint in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, she along her sister

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joined Stallion Laguna of the

PFF Women's League The PFF Women's League (PFFWL) is the top-flight of women's association football in the Philippines. History To follow up with the PFF Women's Cup which was launched in 2014, the PFF Women's League was launched on November 5, 2016, by the Phili ...

. They left and went back to the United States after losing their debut match against La Salle.

International career

McDaniel's first cap for the Philippines women's national team was at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in the Philippines' 2–1 win over

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on September 18, 2021. McDaniel provided the

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which contributed to the goals of teammates Tahnai Annis and

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which overturned the one-goal lead of Nepal in the last minutes of the game. She scored her first goal in the Philippines 2–1 win against Hong Kong on September 24, 2021, which secured her country's qualification for the Asian Cup. McDaniel was called up to represent the Philippines earlier at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup but was not part of the final squad. She also participated in the Philippine national tryouts for the

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. She featured in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup where she helped qualify her team for the

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but sustained a major injury in the process. McDaniel would recover from her injury, making her return to the national team in the opening match of the 2024 AFC Women's Olympic qualifiers against

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in April 2023.

International goals

:''Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.''

Personal life

Chandler's siblings are also footballers. Her older sister

is a goalkeeper for the Philippine national team while her younger brother Griffin has suited up for Filipino club Stallion Laguna.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McDaniel, Chandler 1998 births Living people Filipino women's footballers Women's association football forwards Women's association football midfielders Philippines women's international footballers Filipino people of American descent American sportspeople of Filipino descent Sportspeople from Norco, California Soccer players from California American women's soccer players University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni Virginia Tech alumni Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer players Milwaukee Panthers women's soccer players Women's Premier Soccer League players SEA Games competitors for the Philippines Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for the Philippines