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.

Patricia Bourcier
Personal information
Full name Patricia Bourcier
Date of birth (1979-08-15) August 15, 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Lévis, Quebec, Canada[1]
Position(s) 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)
2005–2007 Dynamo de Quebec
2007–2018 Chaudière-Ouest
International career
2002 Canada 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

College career edit

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 edit

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 edit

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]

Career statistics edit

International edit

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Canada[1] 2002 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours edit

Club edit

Dynamo de Quebec

Individual edit

  • CIS All-Canadian First Team: 2000, 2001[6]
  • CIS All-Canadian Second Team: 2002[6]
  • CIS Tournament All-Star Team: 2002[6]
  • FSSQ First Team All-Star: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Patricia Bourcier player profile". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Troisième tour de piste pour Bourcier et Day". Réseau des sports (in French). August 9, 2005. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  3. ^ Langlois, Paul (November 21, 2002). "L'excellence reconnue". Archives Nouvelles ULaval (in French). Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  4. ^ Breault, Yvan; Bélanger, Michel (November 11, 1999). "Week-end Rouge et Or". Archives Nouvelles ULaval (in French). Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  5. ^ Mercier, Steve (November 9, 2000). "Ottawa arrive". Archives Nouvelles ULaval (in French). Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Honneurs par étoiles" (in French). Laval Rouge et Or. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  7. ^ "WSO 2002-03" (PDF). Canada West Universities Athletic Association. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  8. ^ Langlois, Paul (November 14, 2002). "Du badminton d'élite". Archives Nouvelles ULaval (in French). Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  9. ^ "Patricia Bourcier athlète de la semaine au Québec". Réseau des sports (in French). November 13, 2002. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  10. ^ "Sports en bref". Archives Nouvelles ULaval (in French). November 21, 2002. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  11. ^ Lévesque, Marie-Pierre (September 16, 2004). "Nouvelle saison de soccer". Archives Nouvelles ULaval (in French). Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  12. ^ "Des nouvelles figures avec les Dynamites de Laval". Réseau des sports (in French). April 20, 2001. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  13. ^ "Les Dynamites de Laval amorcent leur saison samedi". Réseau des sports (in French). May 28, 2001. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  14. ^ "2003 Award Winners". Ottawa Sports Awards. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  15. ^ "Ottawa Fury 2003 statistics". USL W-League. Archived from the original on October 22, 2003. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  16. ^ "Morneau et Leblanc signent avec l'Xtreme". Réseau des sports (in French). May 17, 2004. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  17. ^ "Montreal Xtreme 2004 statistics". USL W-League. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  18. ^ "Bourcier nommée joueuse de la semaine". Réseau des sports (in French). May 31, 2005. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  19. ^ "Canada Soccer 2022 Yearbook of Champions, Records & Results". Canadian Soccer Association. May 17, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  20. ^ "Les finalistes sont connus". Réseau des sports (in French). October 11, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  21. ^ a b "Une belle ambassadrice pour le club!" (in French). AS Chaudière-Ouest. September 27, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  22. ^ "Les transferts AAA féminin 2018". justesoccer.com (in French). March 14, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  23. ^ "Patricia Bourcier : « Une bonne expérience avec Chaudière-Ouest »". justesoccer.com (in French). September 6, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  24. ^ "Womens Program Trains in Ottawa". Canadian Soccer Association. January 11, 2002. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  25. ^ "Algarve Cup Roster Released". Canadian Soccer Association. February 19, 2002. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  26. ^ "Canada 3 - 0 Scotland". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  27. ^ Bélanger, Michel (September 13, 2001). "Place au soccer!". Archives Nouvelles ULaval (in French). Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  28. ^ Bélanger, Michel (August 23, 2001). "Le Rouge et Or en Chine". Archives Nouvelles ULaval (in French). Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  29. ^ Langlois, Paul (September 18, 2003). "Le Rouge et Or en Corée". Archives Nouvelles ULaval (in French). Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  30. ^ "Six Lavalloises sélectionnées sur l'équipe canadienne" (in French). Laval Rouge et Or. May 15, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  31. ^ "Les sports en bref". Archives Nouvelles ULaval (in French). June 9, 2005. Retrieved February 19, 2023.

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