Chelsea Ariane Surpris (born 20 December 1996) is a professional

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who plays in France

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. Born and raised in the United States to a Haitian mother and father, she

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for the Haiti women's national team.

Playing career

Surpris played for the Dallas Sting club team in her youth, helping the team to win the 2011 USYSA and 2014 ECNL national championships. She played for the Nolan Catholic Vikings in high school, where she was the team's most valuable player in 2012 while also competing as a

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athlete. In college, she played for the

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from 2015 to 2018. In total, she made 60 appearances, scoring 2 goals and recording 2 assists. In 2019, she played for the Dallas Sting in the WPSL. Surpris was previously a member of the United States under-20 national team player pool. She has been capped for the Haiti women's national team, including an appearance in the

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against the

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on 28 January 2020.https://www.concacaf.com/en/olympics-qualifying-women/game-detail/509676

Coaching career

Surpris was appointed as an assistant coach for the

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women's team on 24 October 2019.

Personal life

Surpris graduated from the

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with a

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degree in Human Dimensions of Organization and a minor in business.

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* 1996 births Living people Citizens of Haiti through descent Haitian women's footballers Women's association football fullbacks Haiti women's international footballers Haitian football managers Female association football managers Women's association football managers People from Crowley, Texas Soccer players from Texas American women's soccer players Texas Longhorns women's soccer players FC Dallas (women) players Women's Premier Soccer League players United States women's under-20 international soccer players African-American women's soccer players American women's soccer coaches Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns coaches College women's soccer coaches in the United States American sportspeople of Haitian descent 21st-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American women 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players {{US-footy-defender-stub