Oshay Keyona Nelson-Lawes (born 27 June 1996) is a

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who plays as a

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. Born in Canada, she represents the Jamaica women's national team.

College career

In 2016, she attended

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scoring 20 goals in 24 games for the women's soccer team. She was named a 2016 NJCAA Division I Women's Soccer First Team All-American. In 2019, she attended

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appearing in four games.

Club career

From 2015 to 2017, Lawes played with

North Mississauga SC North Mississauga Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Mississauga, Ontario. The club was founded in 1982 as a youth soccer club and added its men's semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2016. The team plays ho ...

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. In 2015, she was named a League First Team All-Star. In 2018, she was one of the first two official signings for

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's women's team, with whom she played for two seasons. In 2021, she played with

Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge Strikers Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Woodbridge, Ontario. The club was founded in 1976 as a youth soccer club and added its semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2014. The team plays home ga ...

. In 2022, she played with ProStars FC.

International career

Nelson-Lawes represented Jamaica at the

2012 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship The 2012 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship was the third edition of the U-17 women's championship in football for the CONCACAF region. It was held in Guatemala City from May 2 to 12. The three best-placed teams qualified for the 2012 FIFA U ...

. At the 2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification tournament, she scored a hat trick against Bermuda July 23, as well as another one in the next match against Curacao. She scored another hat-trick in the second round of qualifying against St. Kitts and Nevis. She was named to the Jamaica U20 for the

2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The 2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the seventh edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The United States went into the tournament as defending champions and successfully retained their title. The tournament was hosted by th ...

. At the

2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central ...

, she scored four goals in a 6-1 victory over Trinidad and Tobago, equalling a tournament scoring record for most goals in a single match. She made her senior debut during the

2018 Central American and Caribbean Games The 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia. Asamblea ODECABE, Islas Caimán' (translation: "CASCO Assembly, Cayman Islands"). Published by CACSO on 2012-10-27; retrieved 2012-11-13. Bidding process Quetz ...

Personal life

Nelson-Lawes' grandparents hail from Clarendon.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson-Lawes, Oshay 1996 births Living people Citizens of Jamaica through descent Jamaican women's footballers Women's association football forwards Tyler Apaches women's soccer players Jamaica women's international footballers Jamaican expatriate women's footballers Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Blue Devils FC (women) players Black Canadian women's soccer players Canadian sportspeople of Jamaican descent Canadian expatriate women's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Woodbridge Strikers (women) players North Mississauga SC (women) players League1 Ontario (women) players ProStars FC players