Melissa Tancredi

Melissa Tancredi

Personal information
Full name	Melissa Palma Julie Tancredi[1]
Date of birth	December 27, 1981
Place of birth	Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	KIF Örebro DFF
Number	9
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2004	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	82	(14)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004	Detroit Jaguars	10	(2)
2005–2006	Atlanta Silverbacks	15	(7)
2007	Jersey Sky Blue	2	(0)
2007	River Cities Futbol Club	0	(0)
2009	Saint Louis Athletica	14	(0)
2010	Vancouver Whitecaps	9	(5)
2011	Piteå IF	8	(2)
2012	Dalsjöfors GoIF	5	(2)
2014–2015	Chicago Red Stars	13	(3)
2016–	KIF Örebro DFF	11	(4)
National team^‡
2004–	Canada	107	(22)
Honours Olympic Games 2012 London Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 7, 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 13, 2015

Melissa Palma Julie Tancredi (born December 27, 1981) is a Canadian soccer forward who plays for the Canada women's national soccer team. She won an Olympic bronze medal as a participating member of Canada's national team at the 2012 Olympics when Canada defeated France 1–0 in the bronze medal match on August 9, 2012. Tancredi's nickname is "Tanc".^[3] She announced in June that 2016 would be her last professional season.^[4]

Early life

Tancredi was born in Ancaster, Ontario, to parents Peter and Ann-Marie Tancredi. She began playing soccer at age four.^[5] She played soccer, volleyball and track at Cathedral High School in Hamilton, Ontario. She was named soccer MVP and senior athlete of the year during her senior year.

She played for the under-19 provincial team and Burlington Sting club program. She helped the Burlington Sting win the Canadian title and Ontario Cup and was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Burlington Sting in 1999.^[6]

College

Tancredi attended the University of Notre Dame in the US from 2000 to 2004 where she majored in anthropology and pre-medicine studies. She played on the school's soccer team, but she was sidelined her first year due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

In 2003, she was named First Team All-American, Second Team All-American, NSCAA Second Team All-Region, Big East Defensive Player of the Year, First Team All-Big East Conference. She was a final candidate for the MAC Hermann Trophy.^[7]

In 2004, she returned to Notre Dame after being awarded fifth year of eligibility and was named as tri-captain. She helped lead the Irish to the NCAA National Championship and was named First Team All-American, Second Team All-American, First Team All-Big East, and Big East Defensive Player of the Year for a second straight season.^[8]

Playing career

Club

In 2004, Tancredi played with the Detroit Jaguars in the W-League scoring two goals and providing two assists in 10 games played.^[9]

From 2005 to 2006, she played for the Atlanta Silverbacks Women in the W-League and was named to the 2005 W-League All-League team.^[10]

In 2009, she played for the Saint Louis Athletica in the Women's Professional Soccer league.

In 2010, she joined the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the W-League and led the team with six goals and two assists, The team was undefeated in regular season and had a spot in the W-League's Final four.

In 2011, Tancredi was a member of the Piteå IF in Sweden.

In 2012, she played with the Swedish team Dalsjöfors GoIF.

In 2014, she was allocated to the expansion Houston Dash by Canadian national team coach John Herdman, but was traded to the Chicago Red Stars for fellow Canadian international Erin McLeod before the Dash's expansion draft.

International

Tancredi was a member of the Canadian U19 national team and trained in British Columbia with the U20 national team in 2000. She was also a member of the 1999 national 'B' training team.

She made her debut with Canada starting as central back in all five games of 2004 Olympic qualifying in Costa Rica, with 6–0 wins over Jamaica and Panama, two wins over Costa Rica (2–1, 4–0), and a 2–1 loss to Mexico that cost the Canadians a spot at the Olympic Games.

She had previously been invited to play with the Canadian national team at the 2000 Algarve Cup in Portugal.

Tancredi was part of the Canadian CONCACAF Gold Cup team that finished second to the United States.

In 2007, Tancredi scored the second-fastest goal in World Cup history (just 37 seconds from the start of the September game against Australia) in her first game at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China.^[11]

Tancredi won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games and played for 199 minutes (starting three games) at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

She was part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, where she scored four goals.^[12][13]

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Melissa Tancredi competed for team Canada in two world cup final tournaments: 2007 and 2011 editions; and two Olympics: Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Tancredi played in 14 matches and scored 6 goals at these global tournaments; and is a Bronze medalist at London.

	Key (expand for notes on “world cup and olympic goals”)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored.
Result	The final score. W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
China 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
	1	2007-09-12[m 1]	Hangzhou	Norway	off 46' (on Wilkinson)			1–2 L	Group stage
1	2	2007-09-20[m 2]	Chengdu	Australia	off 68' (on Robinson)	1	1–0	2–2 D	Group stage
Beijing 2008 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	3	2008-08-06[m 3]	Tianjin	Argentina	off 42' (on Robinson)			2–1 W	Group stage
2	4	2008-08-12[m 4]	Beijing	Sweden	90.Start	63	1–2	1–2 L	Group stage
	5	2008-08-15[m 5]	Shanghai	United States	off 46' (on Timko)			1–2 aet L	Quarter-final
Germany 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
	6	2011-06-26[m 6]	Berlin	Germany	off 80' (on Timko)			1–2 L	Group stage
	7	2011-06-30[m 7]	Bochum	France	on 60' (off Julien)			0–4 L	Group stage
	8	2011-07-05[m 8]	Dresden	Nigeria	off 84' (on Robinson)			0–1 L	Group stage
London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
3	9	2012-07-25[m 9]	Coventry	Japan	90.Start	55	1–2	1–2 L	Group stage
4	10	2012-07-28[m 10]	Coventry	South Africa	off 87' (on Timko)	7	1–0	3–0 W	Group stage
	11	2012-07-31[m 11]	Newcastle	Sweden	90.Start			2–2 D	Group stage
5	12	2012-08-03[m 12]	Coventry	Great Britain	90.Start	43	1–2	2–0 W	Quarter-final
6						84	2–2
	13	2012-08-06[m 13]	Manchester	United States	90.Start			3–4 aet L	Semi-final
	14	2012-08-09[m 14]	Coventry	France	off 77' (on Timko)			1–0 W	Bronze medal match

International goals

	Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain Sorted by minutes played
#	NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result	The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
	Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
	Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
	Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
	Pink background color – Continental Games or regional tournament
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE on background colors: Continental Games or regional tournament are sometimes also qualifier for World Cup or Olympics; information depends on the source such as the player's federation. NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	#	Min	Score	Result	Competition
1	2007-07-14[m 15]	Rio	Uruguay	on 46' (off Lang)	1.1	80	6–0	7–0	Pan American Games
2	2007-09-20[m 16]	Chengdu	Australia	90.Start	1.1	1	1–0	2–2	FIFA Women's World Cup
3	2008-04-02[m 17]	Juárez	Trinidad and Tobago	90.Start	1.1	10	1–0	6–0	Olympic qualifier
4	2008-04-06[m 18]	Juárez	Costa Rica	off 76' (on Robinson)	1.1	15	1–0	1–0	Olympic qualifier
5	2008-04-09[m 19]	Juárez	Mexico	on 46' (off Lang)	1.1	25	1–0	1–0	Olympic qualifier
6	2008-04-12[m 20]	Juárez	United States	120.Start	1.1	116	1–0	1–1 aet	Olympic qualifier
7	2008-06-14[m 21]	Suwon	Argentina	off 60' (on Walsh)	1.1	59	4–0	5–0	Peace Queen Cup
8	2008-08-12[m 22]	Beijing	Sweden	90.Start	1.1	63	1–2	1–2	Olympic tournamant
9	2009-03-10[m 23]	Larnaka	Russia	on 46' (off Julien)	1.1	82	2–0	2–0	Cyprus Cup
10	2010-09-30[m 24]	Toronto	China PR	off 66' (on Lang)	1.1	65	2–1	3–1	Friendly
11	2010-10-29[m 25]	Cancún	Trinidad and Tobago	off 73' (on Scott)	1.1	63	1–0	1–0	World Cup qualifier
12	2011-01-21[m 26]	Yongchuan	China PR	90.Start	1.1	56	1–2	3–2	Yongchuan Cup
13	2011-01-23[m 27]	Yongchuan	United States	off 67' (on Julien)	1.1	56	1–1	1–2	Yongchuan Cup
14	2011-09-17[m 28]	Kansas City	United States	off 76' (on Booth)	1.1	42	1–1	1–1	Friendly
15	2012-01-21[m 29]	Vancouver	Cuba	90.Start	1.1	25	2–0	2–0	Olympic qualifier
16	2012-01-27[m 30]	Vancouver	Mexico	90.Start	1.1	23	2–0	3–1	Olympic qualifier
17	2012-02-28[m 31]	Larnaka	Scotland	90.Start	1.1	64	5–1	5–1	Cyprus Cup
18	2012-06-30[m 32]	Sandy	United States	on 46' (off Timko)	1.1	57	1–1	1–2	Friendly
19	2012-07-25[m 33]	Coventry	Japan	90.Start	1.1	55	1–2	1–2	Olympic tournament
20	2012-07-28[m 34]	Coventry	South Africa	off 87' (on Timko)	1.1	7	1–0	3–0	Olympic tournament
21	2012-07-31[m 35]	Newcastle	Sweden	off 70' (on Walsh)	2.1	44	1–2	2–2	Olympic tournament
22					2.2	84	2–2
23	2012-07-28[m 36]	Houston	Trinidad	off 61' (on Sinclair)	1.1	44	2–0	6–0	Olympic qualifier: Group B
24	2012-07-31[m 37]	Houston	Guatemala	90.Start	2.1	4	1–0	10–0	Olympic qualifier: Group B
25					2.2	85	9–0

Honours

Canada

• Summer Olympic Games: Bronze Medal, 2016

References

1. "Melissa Palma Julie Tancredi". London2012.com. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
2. 2015 World Cup
3. "'Caps for Canada: Melissa Tancredi". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
4. "Equalizer Soccer – Melissa Tancredi: "This is my last club season"". Retrieved 2016-11-07.
5. "Melissa Tancredi biography". Canadian Olympic Team. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
6. "Melissa Tancredi player profile". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
7. "Melissa Tancredi player profile". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
8. "Melissa Tancredi resume". Melissa Tancredi. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
9. "Melissa Tancredi player profile". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
10. "SILVERBACKS' TANCREDI NAMED ALL-LEAGUE; MILLER-JOBSON EARNS ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS". Atlanta Silverbacks. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
11. "Melissa Tancredi biography". Canadian Olympic Team. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
12. "Ancaster's Melissa Tancredi returns to Olympic soccer team". Hamilton Community News. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
13. "Tancredi & Sinclair: We're back in the race". FIFA. Retrieved September 23, 2012.

Match reports

1. "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007: MATCH Report: First stage: Norway – Canada"". FIFA.
2. "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007: MATCH Report: First stage: Australia – Canada"". FIFA.
3. "Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 – Women: Group stage: Argentina vs Canada". FIFA.
4. "Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 – Women: Group stage: Sweden vs Canada". FIFA.
5. "Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 – Women: Quarter-final: USA vs Canada". FIFA.
6. "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011: Group stage: Germany vs Canada". FIFA.
7. "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011: Group stage: Canada vs France". FIFA.
8. "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011: Group stage: Canada vs Nigeria". FIFA.
9. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012: Group stage: JAPAN vs CANADA". FIFA.
10. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012: Group stage: CANADA vs SOUTH AFRICA". FIFA.
11. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012: Group stage: CANADA vs SWEDEN". FIFA.
12. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012: Quarter final GREATE BRITAIN vs CANADA". FIFA.
13. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012: Semi final: CANADA vs USA". FIFA.
14. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012: MATCH Report: Bronze medal match: Canada – France". FIFA.
15. "Canada vs Uruguay – 14 July 2007". Canada Soccer Association.
16. "Canada vs Australia – 20 September 2007". Canada Soccer Association.
17. "Canada vs Trinidad & Tobago – 2 April 2008". Canada Soccer Association.
18. "Canada vs Costa Rica – 6 April 2008". Canada Soccer Association.
19. "Canada vs Mexica – 9 April 2008". Canada Soccer Association.
20. "Canada vs USA – 12 April 2008". Canada Soccer Association.
21. "Canada vs Argentina – 14 June 2008". Canada Soccer Association.
22. "Canada vs Sweden – 12 August 2008". Canada Soccer Association.
23. "Canada vs Russia – 10 March 2009". Canada Soccer Association.
24. "Canada vs China PR – 30 September 2010". Canada Soccer Association.
25. "Canada vs Trinidad & Tobago – 29 October 2010". Canada Soccer Association.
26. "Canada vs China PR – 21 January 2011". Canada Soccer Association.
27. "Canada vs USA – 23 January 2011". Canada Soccer Association.
28. "Canada vs USA – 17 September 2011". Canada Soccer Association.
29. "Canada vs Cuba – 21 January 2012". Canada Soccer Association.
30. "Canada vs Mexica – 27 January 2012". Canada Soccer Association.
31. "Canada vs Scotland – 28 February 2012". Canada Soccer Association.
32. "Canada vs USA – 30 June 2012". Canada Soccer Association.
33. "Canada vs Japan – 25 July 2012". Canada Soccer Association.
34. "Canada vs South Africa – 28 July 2012". Canada Soccer Association.
35. "Canada vs Sweden – 31 July 2012". Canada Soccer Association.
36. "Canada vs Trinidad and Tobago – 28 February 2016". Canada Soccer Association.
37. "Canada vs Guatemala – 16 February 2016". Canada Soccer Association.

External links

• Official website
• Melissa Tancredi – FIFA competition record
• Canada Soccer player profile
• Chicago Red Stars player profile
• Notre Dame player profile
• Melissa Tancredi on Facebook
• Melissa Tancredi on Twitter