Noel Melissa Trépanier (born November 30, 1974) is a former Canadian soccer player.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Noel Melissa Trépanier | ||
Date of birth | (1974-11-30) November 30, 1974 (age 47) | ||
Place of birth | Leamington, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender[1] | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1997 | Ottawa Gee-Gees | ||
2000 | Ottawa Gee-Gees | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2002 | Ottawa Fury | ||
National team | |||
2001–2002 | Canada | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Trépanier attended the University of Ottawa, making the women's soccer team as a walk-on in 1994.[2] She helped lead the team to the 1996 national championship and was a two-time All-Canadian.[2] After departing the school after her fourth year in 1997, she returned in 2000 for her final season of eligibility.[3] That season in 2000, she won the Chantal Navert Memorial Award as Canadian University sport MVP and a first-team All-Canadian.[4][5] In 2000, they won the OUA provincial title and came in 2nd at the national tournament.[6]
In 1997 and 1998, she won the Ontario Cup with Nepean United Spirit.[7] In 1999, she won the Ontario Cup with the South Nepean United Spirits (who eventually merged with another club to form Ottawa South United in 2003).[8] In 2006, she won the Ontario Cup with the Ottawa Royals.[9]
In 2001 and 2002, Trépanier played for the Ottawa Fury of the USL W-League.[10]
Trépanier was named to the Canada national team for the 2001 and 2002 Algarve Cups.[1][11] She made her debut on March 11, 2001 against the United States.[12]