Rachelle Beanlands

Rachelle Anne Beanlands (born May 11, 1993) is a former Canadian soccer player. She played as a goalkeeper.

She began playing youth soccer with the Glouchester Hornets.^[1] She later played for Cumberland United,^[2] Ottawa Fury Academy, and Ottawa South United.^[1]

In 2010, she was named 2010 Ottawa Soccer Athlete of the Year after playing with the Ottawa Fury U17s, posting a 12-0-2 record allowing only five goals, helping the team win the 2010 Super Y-League North American Championships. She was named to the Canada U17 team.^[3]

From 2011 to 2015, she attended the University of Maryland, playing for the Maryland Terrapins, redshirting her first year.^[4] By the end of her tenure, she had the most starts for a goalkeeper in the school's history with 78.^[5] Beanlands was a five-time academic all-conference honoree, and in 2014 was named to the Capital One Academic All-District Team, and was awarded the Big Ten Medal of Honor in 2016.^[6]

She played club soccer for the Ottawa Fury^[7] and Laval Comets.^[8]

Beanlands received multiple callups to Canadian youth team camps. She was part of the Canada U17 team that won the 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship,^[9] as well as serving asbackup goalkeeper at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.^[5]

She made her sole appearance for Canada against Argentina recording a clean sheet in a 1-0 victory, at the 2011 Pan American Games;^[10] Canada ultimately won gold.^[11]

After her playing career, she attended medical school at the University of Western Ontario,^[12] and became a medical doctor.^[13]