Isabelle Morneau
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Isabelle Morneau is a defender on the Canada 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...

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Morneau has been a member of Team Canada since 1995 and has played for her country in over 75 international matches which includes three Women's World Cups
FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the...

. A gritty and hardworking player who has overcome many injuries throughout her entire career, Morneau is one of the veterans on the team and brings tremendous experience and know-how.

Away from international soccer, Morneau played NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 soccer at the University of Nebraska (1996–1999) and is one of the most decorated players to have graduated from the program. She was an All-American, All-Conference, All-Academic player who led Nebraska to its best NCAA Tournament finish during her Senior Year. She graduated from Nebraska with a degree in Psychology carrying a 3.6 GPA and received a scholarship from the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

 for post-graduate studies.

Morneau has played professionally for the Ottawa Fury Women
Ottawa Fury Women
Ottawa Fury Women is a Canadian women’s soccer team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada...

  (2003), Montreal Xtreme
Montreal Xtreme
The Montreal Xtreme were a women's soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They played only the 2004 season in the W-League. The team played its home games in Soccerplexe Catalogna in Lachine, Quebec. The team's colors are blue and white...

 (2004), and currently plays for the Laval Comètes (2006–2007) of the W-League
W-League
The USL W-League is a national women's soccer league in the United States on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside the Women's Premier Soccer League and below Women's Professional Soccer....

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Now Morneau currently resides in Longueuil, Quebec
Longueuil, Quebec
Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in...

 and she works as a physiotherapist.

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