Ellie Katherine Brush (born 19 August 1988) is an Australian sportswoman who plays

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for

Canberra United Canberra United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the southern Canberra suburb of Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory. Founded in 2008 by Capital Football, the club was an inaugural member of the W-League and t ...

in the Australian

A-League Women A-League Women (known as the Liberty A-League for sponsorship reasons), formerly the W-League, is the top-division women's soccer league in Australia. The W-League was established in 2008 by Football Australia (then known as Football Federatio ...

. She has also played

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

for

Greater Western Sydney Greater Western Sydney (GWS) is a large region of the metropolitan area of Greater Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia that generally embraces the north-west, south-west, central-west, and far western sub-regions within Sydney's metropoli ...

in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She also studied

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at Charles Sturt University.

Club career

Brush joined Canberra United for their inaugural season in 2008 and was named captain, leading the team to the final. Brush shared the captaincy with Lydia Williams for the 2009 season and has captained all the following seasons, including the 2011/12 season when Canberra United took home the W-League premiership. She received her 50th cap for Canberra United on 5 December 2012 against Perth Glory. Brush played with the Norwegian team

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for the 2013 season. The Houston Dash of the

National Women's Soccer League The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federatio ...

signed Brush on 20 May 2015. Brush left the Dash via the Re-Entry Wire in 2016 to return to Canberra United. On 16 September 2017, Brush left Canberra United, due to her difficulties juggling a soccer and AFL career. On 24 September 2017, she joined Western Sydney Wanderers, who due to their good working relationship with would allow her to play both sports. Brush has joined Sydney FC for the 2019/20 season.

International career

A strong season in the domestic league led to a call-up to the

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team in January 2009, making her international debut in a friendly against Italy. She made her second cap with the Matildas on 24 June 2012 in an international friendly match against New Zealand in Wollongong.

Honours

Club

;

: * W-League Championship: 2011–12, 2014–15 * W-League Premiership: 2011–12, 2013–14

Records

* Most W-League appearances: 94

AFL Women's career

After signing as a rookie prior to the

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, Brush played six games for in the

2017 AFL Women's season The 2017 AFL Women's season was the inaugural season of the AFL Women's competition, the new highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured eight clubs, ran from 3 February until 25 March, and compr ...

. Greater Western Sydney re-signed Brush for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. In August 2020, Brush retired from Australian rules football to focus on soccer.

References

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External links

Canberra United Player's Profile
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Ellie Brush Facebook Athlete Page

Houston Dash Profile
* 1988 births Living people Greater Western Sydney Giants (AFLW) players Australian women's soccer players Canberra United FC players Western Sydney Wanderers FC (A-League Women) players Charles Sturt University alumni Women's association football defenders Houston Dash players National Women's Soccer League players A-League Women players Australia women's international soccer players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Australian expatriate soccer players Australian rules footballers from the Australian Capital Territory Footballers who switched code {{Australia-women-footy-bio-stub