5 / Quinn
PRONOUNS: They/Them
POSITION: Midfielder
HEIGHT: 5-9
INTERNATIONAL: Canada
HOMETOWN: Toronto, Canada
DOB: August 11, 1995 (28 years old)
COLLEGE: Duke University
PREVIOUS CLUB: Paris FC
NWSL EXPERIENCE: 7 (6th Reign)
ACQUIRED: Signed with Seattle Reign FC on July 15, 2019, from Paris FC.
TRANSACTIONS: On October 28, 2022, re-signed with Seattle Reign FC to a two-year contract extension through the 2024 season.
PROFESSIONAL (NWSL)
Entering their seventh year in the NWSL and sixth with the Reign, Quinn has made 67 appearances (51 starts) all-time...Has recorded one goal, three assists, 13 shots, 51 tackles won and 57 interceptions throughout their career...Drafted by the Washington Spirit in the 2018 NWSL Draft as the 3rd overall pick, becoming the highest drafted Canadian in NWSL history.
2023 • SEA • 15/9 (3/1)
Finished the regular season with nine starts in 15 games played, tallying one goal and two assists, both a single-season career-high...vs. ACFC, 5/27: Recorded their first-ever NWSL goal within minutes after entering the game as a sub...Appeared in all three playoff games, starting one.
2022 • SEA • 17/14 (1/1)
Started in 14 of 17 games played for a total of 1,191 minutes...vs. ORL, 10/1: Recorded their first-ever assist in the final match of the regular season...Finished with four shots, 10 tackles won and eight interceptions.
2021 • SEA • 12/8 (1/1)
Appeared in 12 games (eight starts)...Tallied three shots, 10 tackles won and six interceptions.
2019 • SEA • 6/4
Started in four of six games played, recording six tackles won and four interceptions...Made Reign debut against the Utah Royals FC on August 10.
2018 • WAS • 17/16
Appeared in 17 games as a rookie, starting in all of them except one...Registered three shots, 17 tackles won and 30 interceptions.
INTERNATIONAL CAN: Through 2023, has 96 caps, six goals and four assists for Canada...Has won an Olympic gold medal (Tokyo 2021) and an Olympic bronze medal (Rio 2016)...Named to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup...Represented Canada at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France…Won three Concacaf medals with Canada (2016 silver, 2018 silver, 2020 silver)...Represented Canada at two FIFA youth tournaments (U-17 at Azerbaijan 2012; U-20 at Canada 2014)...Won a Concacaf youth medal with Canada (2012 silver U-17)...Named to the Best XI at the 2018 Concacaf Championship, where they led Canada to a silver medal, securing the country’s spot at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
DUKE UNIVERSITY (2013-17): Appeared in 69 games for the Blue Devils as a midfielder... As senior in 2017, earned Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Midfielder of the Year honors, becoming the first Duke player to do so...Was a Hermann Trophy semifinalist...Named All-ACC First Team and United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American.
YOUTH: Attended Havergal College, an independent school where they played varsity volleyball and basketball and earned academic honors all four years...During their senior year, earned the school’s Suzanne Curtis Memorial Trophy and was named Athlete of the Year...Played soccer for the Erin Mills Eagles Soccer Club U-15 and U-16 teams and helped the team win the Ontario Provincial championship 2010 and 2011 and the Canadian National U-16 Club Championship in 2011.
MAKING HISTORY: At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, the Canadian women’s national team earned the gold medal after defeating Sweden. With this accomplishment, Quinn became the first-ever openly transgender and non-binary athlete not only to win gold but to medal at all in the Olympics. They appeared in all six of Canada’s matches, starting five of them, including the quarterfinal, semifinal and final. They were also one of the first openly trans athletes to compete in the Olympics as well.
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