Melissa Tancredi

Melissa Tancredi

Personal information
Full name	Melissa Palma Julie Tancredi[1]
Date of birth	(1981-12-27) December 27, 1981
Place of birth	Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position	Striker
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	21	(5)
2016	KIF Örebro DFF	16	(8)
National team‡
2004–2017	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 retired Canadian soccer forward who played 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]

Early life

Tancredi was born in Ancaster, Ontario, to parents Peter and Ann-Marie Tancredi. She began playing soccer at age four.^[4] 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.

Tancredi 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.^[5]

College

Tancredi attended the University of Notre Dame in the U.S. 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, Tancredi was named First Team All-American, Second Team All-American, NSCAA Second Team All-Region, Big East Defensive Player of the Year, and First Team All-Big East Conference. She was a finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy.^[6]

In 2004, Tancredi returned to Notre Dame after being awarded a 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.^[7]

Personal life

Tancredi retired from soccer in early 2017. She is now a Doctor of Chiropractic, practicing out of MVMTLAB Sports Performance Clinic in Vancouver, BC, and out of Maxfit Movement in Port Moody, BC.

Playing career

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.

Tancredi made her debut with Canada as a central back, starting in all five games of the 2004 Olympic qualifying tournament in Costa Rica. Canada had 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. Tancredi 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.^[10]

Tancredi won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games. She 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.^[11][12]

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Tancredi competed for team Canada in two world cup final tournaments: 2007 and 2011; and two Olympics: Beijing 2008 and London 2012. At these tournaments, she played in 14 matches and scored 6 goals. She and her teammates won bronze medals at the London Olympics.

	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	45. off 46' (on Wilkinson)			1–2 L	Group stage
1	2	2007-09-20[m 2]	Chengdu	Australia	68. 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	42. off 42' (on Robinson)			2–1 W	Group stage
2	4	2008-08-12[m 4]	Beijing	Sweden	Start	63	1–2	1–2 L	Group stage
	5	2008-08-15[m 5]	Shanghai	United States	45. 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	80. off 80' (on Timko)			1–2 L	Group stage
	7	2011-06-30[m 7]	Bochum	France	31. on 60' (off Julien)			0–4 L	Group stage
	8	2011-07-05[m 8]	Dresden	Nigeria	84. 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	Start	55	1–2	1–2 L	Group stage
4	10	2012-07-28[m 10]	Coventry	South Africa	87. off 87' (on Timko)	7	1–0	3–0 W	Group stage
	11	2012-07-31[m 11]	Newcastle	Sweden	Start			2–2 D	Group stage
5	12	2012-08-03[m 12]	Coventry	Great Britain	Start	43	1–2	2–0 W	Quarter-final
6						84	2–2
	13	2012-08-06[m 13]	Manchester	United States	Start			3–4 aet L	Semi-final
	14	2012-08-09[m 14]	Coventry	France	77. 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, Brazil	Uruguay	45. on 46' (off Lang)	1.1	80	5650.06005 6–0	5750.07005 7–0	Pan American Games
2	2007-09-20[m 16]	Chengdu, China	Australia	Start	1.1	1	5150.01005 1–0	5050.02005 2–2	FIFA Women's World Cup
3	2008-04-02[m 17]	Juárez, Mexico	Trinidad and Tobago	Start	1.1	10	5150.01005 1–0	5650.06005 6–0	Olympic qualifier
4	2008-04-06[m 18]	Juárez, Mexico	Costa Rica	76. off 76' (on Robinson)	1.1	15	5150.01005 1–0	5150.01005 1–0	Olympic qualifier
5	2008-04-09[m 19]	Juárez, Mexico	Mexico	45. on 46' (off Lang)	1.1	25	5150.01005 1–0	5150.01005 1–0	Olympic qualifier
6	2008-04-12[m 20]	Juárez, Mexico	United States	Start	1.1	116	5150.01005 1–0	5050.01005 1–1 aet	Olympic qualifier
7	2008-06-14[m 21]	Suwon, South Korea	Argentina	60. off 60' (on Walsh)	1.1	59	5450.04005 4–0	5550.05005 5–0	Peace Queen Cup
8	2008-08-12[m 22]	Beijing, China	Sweden	Start	1.1	63	4950.01005 1–2	4950.01005 1–2	Olympic tournamant
9	2009-03-10[m 23]	Larnaka, Cyprus	Russia	45. on 46' (off Julien)	1.1	82	5250.02005 2–0	5250.02005 2–0	Cyprus Cup
10	2010-09-30[m 24]	Toronto, Canada	China PR	66. off 66' (on Lang)	1.1	65	5150.02005 2–1	5250.03005 3–1	Friendly
11	2010-10-29[m 25]	Cancún, Mexico	Trinidad and Tobago	73. off 73' (on Scott)	1.1	63	5150.01005 1–0	5150.01005 1–0	World Cup qualifier
12	2011-01-21[m 26]	Yongchuan, China	China PR	Start	1.1	56	4950.01005 1–2	5150.03005 3–2	Yongchuan Cup
13	2011-01-23[m 27]	Yongchuan, China	United States	67. off 67' (on Julien)	1.1	56	5050.01005 1–1	4950.01005 1–2	Yongchuan Cup
14	2011-09-17[m 28]	Kansas City, USA	United States	76. off 76' (on Booth)	1.1	42	5050.01005 1–1	5050.01005 1–1	Friendly
15	2012-01-21[m 29]	Vancouver, Canada	Cuba	Start	1.1	25	5250.02005 2–0	5250.02005 2–0	Olympic qualifier
16	2012-01-27[m 30]	Vancouver, Canada	Mexico	Start	1.1	23	5250.02005 2–0	5250.03005 3–1	Olympic qualifier
17	2012-02-28[m 31]	Larnaka, Cyprus	Scotland	Start	1.1	64	5450.05005 5–1	5450.05005 5–1	Cyprus Cup
18	2012-06-30[m 32]	Sandy, USA	United States	45. on 46' (off Timko)	1.1	57	5050.01005 1–1	4950.01005 1–2	Friendly
19	2012-07-25[m 33]	Coventry, UK	Japan	Start	1.1	55	4950.01005 1–2	4950.01005 1–2	Olympic tournament
20	2012-07-28[m 34]	Coventry, UK	South Africa	87. off 87' (on Timko)	1.1	7	5150.01005 1–0	5350.03005 3–0	Olympic tournament
21	2012-07-31[m 35]	Newcastle, UK	Sweden	70. off 70' (on Walsh)	2.1	44	4950.01005 1–2	5050.02005 2–2	Olympic tournament
22					2.2	84	5050.02005 2–2
23	2012-07-28[m 36]	Houston, USA	Trinidad	61. off 61' (on Sinclair)	1.1	44	5250.02005 2–0	5650.06005 6–0	Olympic qualifier: Group B
24	2012-07-31[m 37]	Houston, USA	Guatemala	Start	2.1	4	5150.01005 1–0	6050.10005 10–0	Olympic qualifier: Group B
25					2.2	85	5950.09005 9–0

Honours

Canada

• Summer Olympic Games: Bronze Medal, 2016

References

Match reports

External links

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