Melissa Tancredi

Melissa Palma Tancredi DC, MSc, BS, BA... speaks English and a little French and Italian... her father was born in Ascoli Piceno, ITA while her mother was born in Thorold, ON... she was four years old when she started playing soccer for Ancaster... grew up participating in soccer, track & field, volleyball, javelin... enjoys the beach, movies, restaurants... favourites have included Kaká, Andriy Shevchenko, AC Milan... earned a Bachelor of Arts, pre-medicine/pre-medical studies, Anthropology, from the University of Notre Dame in 2005... earned her Doctorate of Chiropractic degree at Logan University in 2014... earned a Masters in Sports Science and Rehabilitation in 2014... has run the Workshop Performance Clinic in Vancouver with Selenia Iacchelli...

honoured by the Hamilton Soccer Hall of Fame... in 2017, the Melissa Tancredi Soccer Field was named in her honour by the City of Ancaster... was part of the National Team that won the 2010 Concacaf Championship, recognised as a Canada Soccer Team of Distinction... was part of Team Canada that won an Olympic Bronze Medal at London 2012, recognised as a Canada Soccer Team of Distinction and honoured by the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame... was part of Team Canada that won an Olympic Bronze Medal at Rio 2016, recognised as a Canada Soccer Team of Distinction...

Concacaf champion with Canada (2010)… two-time bronze medal with Canada at the London 2012 Olympic Games... represented Canada at three FIFA Women’s World Cups (China 2007, Germany 2011, Canada 2015)... in all, represented Canada at three Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016)... in all, won six Concacaf medals with Canada (2004 bronze, 2006 silver, 2008 silver, 2010 gold, 2012 silver, 2016 silver)... won a bronze medal with Canada at the Pan American Games Rio 2007... career 125 international “A” appearances across 14 years from 2004 to 2017 with Canada Soccer's Women's National Team… when she left international football, she ranked eighth in international “A” appearances (125) with Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team... she was celebrated by Canada Soccer on 4 February 2017 in the post-match presentation to former Olympic bronze medal winners at BC Place in Vancouver (Marie-Eve Nault, Melissa Tancredi and Rhian Wilkinson were all celebrated after making their final international appearances)...

served as Canada team staff at two FIFA Women’s World Cups (France 2019 and Australia & New Zealand 2023) and one Women's Olympic Football Tournament (Tokyo 2020/2021)…

part of the Canada Soccer team that met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill on 6 June 2016 ahead of their international match one day later in Ottawa...

served as a brand ambassador for adidas Canada, Bio Steel...

said teammate Diana Matheson in 2017, Melissa “has been such a big-game player for Canada”... said teammate Desiree Scott in 2017, she “is always there to bring a laugh in the environment, but she also has that intensity that she wants to demand the best from the team”... said former teammate Robyn Gayle in 2017, Melissa is “someone who is very strong and powerful, but also has that finesse ability”...

after the London 2012 semi-final, wrote to fans, “I learned this when I was young...you can't be proud of something that's just given to u. We gave everything n will do it again. #CANADIAN”