Samantha Chang (soccer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samantha Susan Chang | ||
| Date of birth | July 13, 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfield | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mississauga SC | |||
| Brams United | |||
| Unionville-Milliken SC | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | South Carolina Gamecocks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Unionville Milliken SC | 11 | (4) |
| 2019 | Unionville Milliken SC | 6 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | 6 | (0) | |
| 2016 | Canada U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2020 | Canada U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021– | Canada | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 22, 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 22, 2021 | |||
Samantha Chang (born July 13, 2000) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the South Carolina Gamecocks.
Early life[]
Chang was born in Mississauga, Ontario to a South Korean father and a Canadian mother and began playing soccer with the Mississauga Soccer Club at the age of 3, before eventually moving on to playing with Brams United of Brampton and then Unionville-Milliken SC.[1]
In 2017, she began playing for Unionville-Milliken's first team in League1 Ontario at age 16, serving as team captain, despite being on a roster with players as old as 25 with NCAA Division 1 experience.[2] She was named the league's Young Player of the Year.[3]
College career[]
In 2018, she signed a scholarship to play for the University of South Carolina's women's soccer team.[2] She missed her freshman season in 2018, due to injury. In her debut season in 2019, she appeared in 23 games and was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.[4]
International career[]
Chang has represented Canada at the 2014 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship, 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[5]
She was named to the Canadian senior squad for the first time in 2021 for the 2021 SheBelieves Cup,[6] making her debut on February 21 against Argentina.[7]
References[]
- ^ Samantha Chang at the Canadian Soccer Association (also available in French). Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ a b Pereira, Gene (February 17, 2018). "UMSC soccer duo "the best of the best"". Markham Review.
- ^ "Toronto FC III's Rollocks And Unionville Milliken's Chang Win 2017 League1 Ontario Young Player Of Year Awards". League1 Ontario. November 6, 2017.
- ^ "Samantha Chang profile". South Carolina Gamecocks.
- ^ Adams, Cam (February 23, 2020). "Gamecock women's soccer player Samantha Chang selected to Canadian U20 women's national team". The Daily Gamecock.
- ^ Davidson, Neil (January 25, 2020). "Bev Priestman includes six uncapped players in her first roster as Canada's women's soccer coach". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Canada gets first win of 2021 with 1:0 victory over Argentina". Sport Information Resource Centre. February 22, 2020.
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Canadian women's soccer players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Soccer players from Mississauga
- South Carolina Gamecocks women's soccer players
- Canada women's international soccer players
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Canadian people of South Korean descent
- Canadian sportspeople of Korean descent
- Unionville Milliken SC players