Rachel Melhado... her father was born in Kingston, JAM while her mother was born in Cape Town, RSA... she was six years old when she started playing soccer for Mississauga SC... grew up playing soccer... enjoys hanging out with family and friends... favourites have included Marta, Mia Hamm, Manchester United... other favourites have included Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Cowboys... earned Master of Professional Kinesiology from Brock University...

made one international “A” appearance from 2013 to 2014 with Canada Soccer's Women's National Team… represented Canada at one FIFA youth tournament (U-20 at Japan 2012)... won a Concacaf youth medal with Canada (2012 silver U-20)…

For Country

she was 17 years old when she made her debut in the Canadian youth program in 2010 with coach Carolina Morace... won a silver medal with Canada at the 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship in Panama (Canada qualified for Japan 2012)...represented Canada at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan 2012...