Meghan Archer
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Meghan Archer is a female Australia
n football (soccer)
player who currently plays for Melbourne Victory
in the W-League
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Meghan Archer began her career in her hometown of Devonport, playing senior football at a young age, notably scoring 25 goals for Devonport City
as a 16-year-old in the 2004 Northern Premier League. In the same year, Meghan competed for Tasmania in the Under 17 National Championships, where she was identified as one of the players of the tournament, and invited by then NTC coach Harry Chalkitis to train with his squad in Melbourne.
After securing an NTC squad position, Archer relocated to Melbourne in 2005, where she played for Heidelberg United
in the Victorian Premier League, making a total of 65 appearances and scoring 19 goals in her first three seasons at the club. In 2005, she appeared for Victoria Vision in what was the final season of the WNSL, scoring 3 goals in 5 games. In 2006, she won the Jane Oakleigh Award for Outstanding Achievement with the NTC, and was called up for training camps with the Young Matildas in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
Meghan scored the second goal in Heidelberg United's 3-2 victory over Box Hill Inter
in the Grand Final of the 2007 Victorian Premier League. She transferred to Ashburton in 2008, but after 4 goals in 7 appearances, returned to Heidelberg United, helping the club to its third successive grand final appearance.
With an impressive record at state league level, Archer was selected in the inaugural Melbourne Victory squad to compete in the newly formed W-League.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n football (soccer)
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...
player who currently plays for Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League....
in the W-League
W-League (Australia)
The W-League is the preeminent women's semi-professional football league in Australia. Established in 2008, it is composed of eight teams - seven of them are affiliated with seven of the Australian clubs currently in the A-League, with the eighth team based in Canberra...
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Meghan Archer began her career in her hometown of Devonport, playing senior football at a young age, notably scoring 25 goals for Devonport City
Devonport City FC
Devonport City Football Club, or the "Strikers" is a football club which represents Devonport in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League.The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams....
as a 16-year-old in the 2004 Northern Premier League. In the same year, Meghan competed for Tasmania in the Under 17 National Championships, where she was identified as one of the players of the tournament, and invited by then NTC coach Harry Chalkitis to train with his squad in Melbourne.
After securing an NTC squad position, Archer relocated to Melbourne in 2005, where she played for Heidelberg United
Heidelberg United
Heidelberg United Football Club is a football club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia...
in the Victorian Premier League, making a total of 65 appearances and scoring 19 goals in her first three seasons at the club. In 2005, she appeared for Victoria Vision in what was the final season of the WNSL, scoring 3 goals in 5 games. In 2006, she won the Jane Oakleigh Award for Outstanding Achievement with the NTC, and was called up for training camps with the Young Matildas in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
Meghan scored the second goal in Heidelberg United's 3-2 victory over Box Hill Inter
Box Hill Inter
Box Hill United Football Club is an Australian association football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill.- History :Box Hill entered the Victorian Division 4 in 1925. In their first season they lost one game and drew once to became champion and win promotion to division 3 for the 1926...
in the Grand Final of the 2007 Victorian Premier League. She transferred to Ashburton in 2008, but after 4 goals in 7 appearances, returned to Heidelberg United, helping the club to its third successive grand final appearance.
With an impressive record at state league level, Archer was selected in the inaugural Melbourne Victory squad to compete in the newly formed W-League.