Nicole McClure facts for kids
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| Full name | Nicole Althea McClure | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 November 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jamaica, New York, United States | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||
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Current team
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Sion Swifts | ||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| 2003–2007 | East Meadow Shooting Stars | ||||||||||||
| 2003–2007 | Cardozo Judges | ||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Hawaii Rainbow Wahine | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | South Florida Bulls | 40 | (0) | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 2010 | Tampa Bay Hellenic | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2012 | Selfoss | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | FC Neunkirch | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2013 | HK | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2014 | Östersunds | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Klepp | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | F.C. Ramat HaSharon | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2016 | Osijek | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | CSFA Ambilly | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | ŽNK Split | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | Sundsvalls DFF | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Sion Swifts WFC | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||
| 2009– | Jamaica | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||
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Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2018 |
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Nicole Althea McClure (born 16 November 1989) is a talented soccer player. She was born in America but plays as a goalkeeper for the Jamaica women's national team.
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Early Life and Youth Soccer
Nicole McClure was born in Jamaica, a part of Queens, New York, in the United States. Her parents are from Jamaica, an island nation in the Caribbean.
She started playing soccer at a young age. From 1998 to 2003, she played for the Auburndale Strikers. After that, she joined the East Meadow Shooting Stars from 2003 to 2007. In 2005, her team, the Shooting Stars, won the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) Girls-Under-15 State Open Cup. Nicole also took part in the Olympic Development Program (ODP) for Eastern New York.
College Soccer Career
After her youth career, Nicole McClure played college soccer. She attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa for a year. Later, she played for the University of South Florida.
Professional Club Career
While she was still in college, Nicole played for a team called Tampa Bay Hellenic. After finishing her college studies, she moved away from the United States. She then played for many different soccer clubs in Europe and Israel.
Playing for Her Country: Jamaica
Nicole McClure first played for the senior Jamaica national team in 2009. She became a very important player for the team. She helped Jamaica achieve a huge goal: qualifying for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. This was the first time the Jamaican women's team had ever made it to a World Cup!
During the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Nicole had a memorable moment. In a crucial match against Panama, the game went to a penalty shootout. Just like a famous male goalkeeper named Tim Krul did in the 2014 Men's World Cup, Nicole was brought into the game right before the shootout began. She saved two of the four penalties she faced. Thanks to her saves, Jamaica won the shootout 4–2. This victory secured their spot in the World Cup.
