Nicole Wright

Nicole Cheri Wright... speaks English... she was 14 years old when she started playing soccer for Cowichan Kickers in Duncan... enjoys reading, coaching, skiing... favourites have included Frank De Boer, Ronald De Boer, Alan Shearer... other favourites have included Wayne Gretzky, Magic Johnson... graduated with a Bachelor of Education from the University of Victoria (1997)... has worked as a teacher...

honoured by the Soccer Hall of Fame of British Columbia, the University of Victoria Sports Hall of Fame and the Canada West Hall of Fame... she was part of the Canadian team that won the 1998 Concacaf Championship, recognised as a Canada Soccer Team of Distinction...

Concacaf champion with Canada (1998)… represented Canada at the FIFA Women’s World Cup USA 1999... career 37 international “A” appearances across seven years from 1996 to 2002 with Canada Soccer's Women's National Team as a goalkeeper...

club career in Canada, USA and Sweden... with Washington Freedom, a WUSA Championship winner (Founders Cup in 2003)...

served as Canada team staff at two FIFA youth tournaments (U-20 at Canada 2014; U-17 at Costa Rica 2014)…

said Wright in 2013, “I really enjoyed playing for Canada. We had a blue collar, hard-working mentality. That laid the foundation. The mentality with the current national teamers is exactly the same. I was so proud of what they accomplished at London”... said Jackie Cunningham in 2013, “she was the hardest working person out there (at the University of Victoria), she was so tough on her self and (a player) that just never gives up”...