Emily Zurrer

Zurrer in the jersey of Seattle Reign FC ( 2013)

Emily Jane Zurrer ( born July 12, 1987 in Crofton, British Columbia) is a Canadian soccer player. She plays for the Swedish first division Jitex BK and for the Canadian national team in defense.

Career

Zurrer played on the Cowichan Secondary High School offers soccer, rugby, basketball, volleyball and operational pentathlon. She has received several awards from both the High School and the University of Illinois and was appointed to Allstar team. After graduating she played for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC and then for the Chicago Red Eleven.

In 2010 she made ​​a trip to the German Women's Bundesliga and played at SG Essen- Schönebeck. In May 2010 it was announced that her contract would not be renewed because it was lacking because of courses in almost half of the games. They then returned to their home club.

In 2004 she won the U -19 CONCACAF U-19 Women's Championship in 2004, where she was named the most valuable player, and at the U- 19 World Cup 2004, it came with Canada to the quarterfinals. In the CONCACAF U -20 Women's Championship 2006, she was with Canada Second and participated in the U -20 World Cup in 2006 partly in Russia, in which the Canadians were eliminated in the first round.

Zurrer made ​​shortly before her 17th birthday on July 3, 2004 against the United States its first international match. After another game in late July, but they did not come until 2008 to further appearances for the senior national team and was also appointed to the squad for Beijing. In the Olympics, they came in all four games for use with Canada and reached the quarter-finals, where they lost to the USA in extra time. In 2009 she took part in the Canada Cyprus Cup, but lost it in the final against England. In 2010 she won the national team's Gold Cup whereby Canada directly for the 2011 World Cup qualifying, when they meet in the opening match on hosts Germany. On 2 March 2011 you get the Cyprus Cup their first two international goals: first, in the first game against Scotland and then in the final against the Netherlands. Both goals were game decisively. Zurrer was a member of the Canadian squad for the World Cup, and came in the opening match against Germany to their first World Cup match. Also in the other two group matches they came into use, but resigned after three defeats Canada in the preliminary round of.

For the 2012 Olympics, she was also nominated, but did not play.

In the 2013 season she played in the newly established National Women 's Soccer League, the highest American professional league in women's soccer for the Seattle Reign FC. For the 2014 season, she moved to the Swedish first division Jitex BK.

Achievements

• CONCACAF Women 's Gold Cup 2010 winners
• Cyprus Cup Winner 2011
• Olympic Games 2012: bronze medal ( without insert)