Danielle Vella

Vella attended the University of Ottawa, playing for the women's soccer team, where she won the 1996 and 1997 OUA Championships,^[1] as well as the national 1996 CIS championship, in which she won the Gunn Baldursson Award as MVP.^[2][3] She was named an OUA first team all-star in 1994, 1995, and 1996, as well as a second-team All-Canadian in 1995 and 1996.^[4]

She played in the USL W-League with the Ottawa Fury.^[5]

In 1997 and 1998, she won the Ontario Cup with Nepean United Spirit.^[5] In 1999, she won the Ontario Cup with the South Nepean United Spirits (who eventually merged with another club to form Ottawa South United in 2003).^[6] In 2006, she won the Ontario Cup with the Ottawa Royals.^[7]

In 2000, she was called up to the Canada national team for the 2000 Algarve Cup,^[8] where she made her debut and sole appearance on March 12 against China.^[9]

Vella became an youth coach with Ottawa South United and also an assistant coach with the Carleton Ravens women's team.^[1]