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Isabelle Morneau... her parents are Claude Morneau and Raymond Desmarais... she was five years old when she started playing soccer at CS Longueuil... enjoys piano, reading, writing, movies, shopping, painting... favourites have included Ronaldo... earned a degree in psychology from the University of Nebraska...
honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2014... honoured by the Quebec Soccer Hall of Fame (Temple de la renommée du soccer québecoise)... she was part of the first Canadian team to play at the FIFA Women’s World Cup (Sweden 1995), recognised as a Canada Soccer Team of Distinction... 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 three FIFA Women’s World Cups (Sweden 1995, USA 1999, USA 2003), including a fourth-place finish at USA 2003... in all, won three Concacaf medals with Canada (1998 gold, 2004 bronze, 2006 silver)... career 87 international “A” appearances across 12 years from 1995 to 2006 with Canada Soccer's Women's National Team… when she left international football, she ranked fourth in international “A” appearances (87) with Canada Soccer’s Women’s National Team...
club career in Canada and USA... a three-time Québec Soccer Player of the Year (Joueuse « senior excellence » in 1998, 2002, 2003)...
attended the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 in Montréal...
wrote Sylvie Béliveau in 1995, “the youngest player on the team, Isabelle showed major improvement over the course of the preparation for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Sweden 1995; she reads the game well and is very aggressive; talented player with great speed”... said coach Even Pellerud in 2000, “fast, aggressive, strong in the air and very committed when playing“...
she was 18 years old when she made her debut for Canada (11 April 1995)... represented Canada at the FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995 (she did not feature)...
she scored her first international “A” goal for Canada on 4 June 1997 in Worcester, USA… won a gold medal with Canada at the 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for USA 1999... she played in a career-high 16 consecutive Canada matches from 1996 to 1998... represented Canada at the FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999... finished fourth with Canada at the 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup...
she was the sixth women's footballer to make her 50th appearance for Canada (9 April 2002)... represented Canada at the 2002 Algarve Women's Cup... represented Canada at the 2003 Algarve Women's Cup... finished fourth with Canada at the FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003... was one of four Canadians that played in 1995, 1999 and 2003 finals (along with Silvana Burtini, Charmaine Hooper, Andrea Neil)... finished third with Canada at the 2004 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament in Costa Rica...
she was the fourth women's footballer to make her 75th appearance for Canada (31 May 2005)... won a silver medal with Canada at the 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for China 2007...
