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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use Canadian English Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox football biography Carmelina Moscato (born May 2, 1984) is a Canadian soccer coach and former professional player. She most recently coached Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL. She played as a centreback for UPC Tavagnacco in the Serie A, for Piteå IF and Dalsjöfors GoIF in the Damallsvenskan, for Chicago Red Stars, Boston Breakers and Seattle Reign FC in the NWSL, and for Western Sydney Wanderers in the Australian W-League. She also represented the Canadian women's national team. She served as the Commissioner of League1 Ontario Women's Division from September 2019 until December 2020. She also served as the Director of Women's Football for the Bahamas Football Association.

Early life

Born in Mississauga, Ontario, to Sicilian-born parents, Moscato began playing soccer at the age of four when she started playing for Dixie SC.[1] She attended St. Hilary Elementary School. For high school, she attended St. Francis Xavier Secondary School in Mississauga where she was named Most Valuable Player. She also played for the club team Burlington Flames.[2]

College career

Moscato attended Pennsylvania State University from 2002 to 2005 and helped the Nittany Lions win four Big Ten regular season championships. During her time at Penn State, the team earned appearances in the College Cup semifinals in 2002 and 2005.[3]

Club career

From Canada to Italy and Sweden, 2005–2011

Moscato joined the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2003 and played 256 minutes during her five appearances. In 2004, she helped the Whitecaps win their first W-League championship title. She scored three goals and three assists that season before joining Ottawa Fury in 2005. She sits 15th all-time amongst Whitecaps players after recording five goals and five assists in 14 appearances.Шаблон:Citation needed

Moscato spent 2009 to 2010 with UPC Tavagnacco in the Serie A, the top division of soccer in Italy, before joining the national team camp to train heading into the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4] She scored once in 15 league appearances playing as a defender.[5][6] In July 2011, Moscato joined Canadian national teammates Melissa Tancredi and Stephanie Labbé to play for Piteå IF, a club in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She started in all ten of her appearances with the club and scored one goal.[7][8] She also made one appearance for Dalsjöfors GoIF in 2012.[8]

NWSL, 2013–2015

In 2013, she joined Chicago Red Stars for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) as part of the NWSL Player Allocation. She made five appearances for the club.[8] On June 29, 2013, it was announced that she had been traded to the Boston Breakers in exchange for her Canadian national teammate, Adriana Leon.[9] She made five appearances for the Breakers during the remainder of the season.[8] On September 10, 2013, she was traded to Seattle Reign FC in exchange for fellow Canadian national team player Kaylyn Kyle in preparation for the 2014 season.[10]

International career

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At just 16 years of age, Moscato made her Canadian U-20 national team debut on February 6, 2001, during a 3–2 defeat against Finland at the Adidas Cup in Houston, Texas. She represented Canada during the country's hosting of the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, playing all six matches and helping Canada reach the final before losing to the United States.

On April 3, 2002, Moscato earned her first cap with Canada's senior team, playing 19 minutes in a 0–0 draw against Australia. Moscato has played in major tournaments such as the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, and the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament in 2004.[11] After taking a two-year hiatus from the game, she returned to the international scene in 2009, and played for Canada during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Some of her most notable successes with the team include winning the 2010 CONCACAF Tournament in Cancun, the Cyprus Cup in March 2011, and the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.[1]

Coaching career

Moscato was an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin[12] and for the Louisville Cardinals.[13]

In August 2016, Moscato coached Canada's women's under-15 squad to the second place in the 2016 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship.[14]

In 2017, she was the Talent Manager of the Canadian REX Development program before serving as an assistant coach with the Canadian women's U20 team from 2018 to 2020.[15] In 2019, she served as the Technical Director for youth soccer team Kleinburg Nobleton SC.[15]

Moscato became the head coach of the FC Nordsjælland women's team, a role she started in July 2021.[16]

In June 2022, she was named Technical Director and head coach of Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL, becoming both the first woman and first foreigner to hold the role.[17][18] Tigres won the 2022–23 Apertura Liguilla, qualifying Tigres for the Campeón de Campeones,[19] and reached the Clausura Liguilla semi-finals under Moscato before being eliminated.[20] Her Apertura championship was the first title win in Liga MX Femenil history by a foreign-born coach.[16]

Moscato announced her resignation from Tigres on 2 June 2023.[21]

Administrative career

Moscato worked in Australia as Director and Coach of the Illawarra Stingrays Women's Senior Program in the NSW NPL Domestic League.[22]

In September 2019, Moscato was named as the Commissioner of League1 Ontario Women's Division.[23] In December 2020, she left the position.[24]

In February 2021, she was named as the Director of Women's Football for the Bahamas Football Association,[25] but departed later that year.

Honours

Player

Canada

Manager

Tigres UANL

See also

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