Patricia Bourcier
Canadian soccer player
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Patricia Bourcier (born August 15, 1979) is a Canadian retired soccer player who played as a defender. She made one international appearance for the Canadian national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | August 15, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Lévis, Quebec, Canada[1] | ||
| Position | Defender[2] | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2004 | Laval Rouge et Or | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001 | Laval Dynamites | ||
| 2003 | Ottawa Fury | 12 | (0) |
| 2004 | Montreal Xtreme | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2002 | Canada | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
College career
Bourcier attended Laval University, where she studied physical education,[3] and played as a defender for the Rouge et Or from 1999 to 2004.[2]
As a rookie, she received FSSQ First Team All-Star honours.[4] In 2000 and 2001, she was named to the CIS All-Canadian First Team and to the FSSQ First Team All-Star.[5][6] In her fourth season with the team, she was named to the CIS All-Canadian Second Team as well as the CIS Tournament All-Star Team.[7][8] She also received FSSQ First Team All-Star honours for the fourth straight year,[6] and FSSQ Athlete of the week honours in November.[9][10] She missed the 2003 season due to a knee injury,[2] but returned for the 2004 season.[11]
Club career
In 2001, Bourcier joined the Laval Dynamites in the USL W-League.[12][13] In 2003, she played for the Ottawa Fury,[14] where she made 12 appearances, recording one assist.[15] The following year, she signed with the Montreal Xtreme,[16] but only made two appearances for the club.[17]
In 2005, after finishing university, Bourcier joined the Dynamo de Quebec in the LSEQ.[18] She was a member of the side that won the Jubilee Trophy in 2007.[19] That year, she was also nominated for the LSEQ Best Player (Meilleure Joueuse) award.[20] She later joined Chaudière-Ouest, where she played AAA soccer for almost twelve years, until 2018.[21][22][23] In September 2018, she was appointed as an ambassador for the club.[21]
International career
In January 2002, Bourcier was invited to attend the Canadian national team training camp in Ottawa.[24] The following month, she joined the team for the 2002 Algarve Cup.[25] On March 1, at the age of 22, she made her first and only international appearance in a 3–0 win over Scotland at the Estádio Municipal de Quarteira.[26]
Bourcier also represented Canada at the 2001 Summer Universiade in China,[27][28] the 2003 Summer Universiade in South Korea,[29] and the 2005 Summer Universiade in Turkey.[30][31][2]