Diana Matheson
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Diana Matheson is a football (soccer)
midfielder, who won the bronze medal with the Canadian women's national soccer team
at the 2007 Pan American Games
.
Matheson played the second half of the 2008 season in Oslo, Norway with Team Strømmen, becoming a runner-up in the Toppserien league and also in the annual Cup competition. She rejoined the same club for the 2009 season running from April to October and for the first half of 2010 until national team duties called her away. In Norway she was named 'Mathesonen', literally 'the Matheson' by her teammates.
Matheson scored in Canada's 3-1 win over China on Sept. 30, 2010 . She can also be seen in a video made by her Norwegian team .
As a regular player for Canada she is remarkable not least for possessing the speed and skill with a height of 5 ft 0¼ in to hold her place in an international team that is known for its physical approach to the game.
Matheson majored in economics at Princeton University
, USA, and was voted Ivy League Player of the Year in 2007 and Princeton Women's Athlete of the Year in 2008.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
midfielder, who won the bronze medal with the Canadian women's national soccer team
Canada women's national soccer team
The Canada women's national soccer team is overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association. The team reached its all-time high of 6th in the March 2011 rankings. The team reached international prominence finishing in 4th place at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003, losing to their archrival American team...
at the 2007 Pan American Games
2007 Pan American Games
The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in...
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Matheson played the second half of the 2008 season in Oslo, Norway with Team Strømmen, becoming a runner-up in the Toppserien league and also in the annual Cup competition. She rejoined the same club for the 2009 season running from April to October and for the first half of 2010 until national team duties called her away. In Norway she was named 'Mathesonen', literally 'the Matheson' by her teammates.
Matheson scored in Canada's 3-1 win over China on Sept. 30, 2010 . She can also be seen in a video made by her Norwegian team .
As a regular player for Canada she is remarkable not least for possessing the speed and skill with a height of 5 ft 0¼ in to hold her place in an international team that is known for its physical approach to the game.
Matheson majored in economics at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, USA, and was voted Ivy League Player of the Year in 2007 and Princeton Women's Athlete of the Year in 2008.