Eleri Earnshaw (born 17 May 1985) is a football player and coach who has played for the

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, the New York Magic, and Arsenal Ladies. Earnshaw is currently the assistant coach of

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in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She was previously the acting head coach and assistant coach of Fordham University Women's Soccer. Prior to that she was Head Coach for LIU Sharks Division 1 Women's Soccer Team and acted an Assistant Coach for CCSU and Yale University. She also served as Head Coach of NJ/NY Gotham FC Reserves in 2021, leading them to a WPSL conference championship and earning Coach of the Year. Earnshaw played as a defender and

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and has accumulated more than twenty caps for Wales.

Club career

Earnshaw attended Ysgol Glan Clwyd and also played for Bangor City Girls in the

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. In November 2000, a 15-year-old Earnshaw scored twice against

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in an FA Women's Premier League Cup tie. She won a scholarship to Arsenal Ladies' Academy in September 2001. After spending a period with Barnet in 2002–03, Earnshaw helped Arsenal win a domestic

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in 2003–04. She then moved to America to play varsity soccer while attending

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. After three successful seasons with The Gaels, Earnshaw moved to Long Island University for a final season of college soccer in 2007.

International career

Earnshaw won 13 caps and scored three goals for

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at U–19 level. She made her senior debut, aged 17 and two days, in a 2–0 defeat to

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in May 2002.

References

External links

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