Carmelina Moscato is a Canadian football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 player. She is a midfielder for the Canadian Women's National Team

Canada women's national soccer team

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Club career

Moscato first joined the Whitecaps in 2003 and played 256 minutes of action during her five appearances. In 2004, she helped the ‘Caps win their first W-League championship title, having contributed with three goals and three assists that season before joining Ottawa Fury in 2005. She currently sits 15th all-time amongst Whitecaps players after recording five goals and five assists in 14 appearances.

Moscato, an Italian Canadian, spent 2009–2010 with UPC Tavagnacco

UPC Tavagnacco

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 in the Serie A

Serie A (women's football)

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. She scored once in 15 league appearances, before leaving to join the national team camp ahead of the World Cup. In July 2011 Moscato and Melissa Tancredi

Melissa Tancredi

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 joined compatriot Stephanie Labbe

Stephanie Labbé

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 at Piteå IF

Piteå IF ladies team

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, a club in the Swedish Damallsvenskan

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, located in Piteå

Piteå

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International career

At just 16 years of age, Moscato made her Canadian U-20 national team debut on February 6, 2001, in a 3-2 defeat to Finland at the Adidas Cup in Houston, Texas. She represented Canada during the country's hosting of the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship

2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship

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, playing all six matches and helping Canada reach the final before losing to the United States.
On April 3, 2002, Moscato earned her first cap with Canada’s senior national team, playing 19 minutes in a 0-0 draw against Australia. In total, she has made 54 appearances and scored two goals as a full international. Moscato has played in major tournaments such as the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup in the USA, and the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament in 2004. Carmelina returned to the International scene in 2009, and has been playing with the Canadian Women's National Team preparing for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany. Her most notable successes with the team are winning the 2010 CONCACAF Tournament in Cancun and the Cyprus Cup

2011 Cyprus Cup

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in March 2011.