Clare Ada Rustad (born May 27, 1983) is a Canadian former soccer

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. Her last club was the

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in 2010. She played for Canada women's national soccer team between 2000 and 2008, making 45 appearances and scoring three goals.

Playing career

Club

Rustad played collegiate soccer for the

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between 2001 and 2004, and professionally for

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Vancouver. They compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on March ...

. She is a distinguished alumnus of Gordon Head Soccer Association.

International

Rustad competed for the Canada national under-19 soccer team at the

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, winning the silver medal. She made her international debut for Canada on June 26, 2000 against China in the

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. She last represented Canada at the 2008 Olympics in

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, retiring from international football afterwards.

Broadcasting career

Rustad has served as a soccer analyst on CBC, TSN and Sportsnet for events including the Pan Am Games, the FIFA Women's World Cup, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Personal life

Rustad grew up on

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. She began medical school at the

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in 2008 and graduated in 2012. She has a

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degree from the

and a master's degree in

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from the

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. Dr. Rustad is currently a resident in Family Medicine in Ontario. In March 2013, Rustad joined the National Organizing Committee for the

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the ...

held in Canada.

References

External links

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Gordon Head Soccer Association

1983 births Living people Soccer people from British Columbia Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Canadian women's soccer players Canada women's international soccer players People from North Vancouver University of Washington alumni Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players of Canada Washington Huskies women's soccer players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women) players Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders Toronto Lady Lynx players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States {{Canada-women-footy-bio-stub