_060.jpg) Moscato withRacing Louisville in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carmelina Moscato[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1984-05-02)May 2, 1984 (age 41) | ||
| Place of birth | Mississauga,Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft7+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al Qadsiah FC (women) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dixie SC | |||
| Burlington Flames | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Penn State Nittany Lions | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2004 | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||
| 2005–2008 | Ottawa Fury | ||
| 2009–2010 | UPC Tavagnacco | 15 | (1) |
| 2011 | Piteå IF | 10 | (1) |
| 2012 | Dalsjöfors GoIF | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 5 | (0) |
| 2013 | Boston Breakers | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Seattle Reign | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 9 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002 | Canada U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2015 | Canada | 94 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016 | Canada U15 (women) | ||
| 2018–2020 | Canada U20 (women) | ||
| 2021–2022 | FC Nordsjælland (women) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Tigres UANL Femenil | ||
| 2024–2025 | Racing Louisville FC (assistant) | ||
| 2025- | Al Qadsiah FC (women) | ||
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 08:49, May 31, 2015 (UTC) | |||
Carmelina Moscato (born May 2, 1984) is a Canadiansoccercoach and former professional player who is currently head coach of theSaudi Women's Premier League clubAl Qadsiah. She played as adefender forUPC Tavagnacco in theSerie A;Piteå IF andDalsjöfors GoIF in theDamallsvenskan; theChicago Red Stars,Boston Breakers andSeattle Reign FC in theNational Women's Soccer League; andWestern Sydney Wanderers in theAustralian W-League. She made 94 appearances for theCanadian national team. She served as the commissioner ofLeague1 Ontario Women's Division from 2019 to 2020. She was the director of women's football for theBahamas Football Association in 2021 and served as assistant coach forRacing Louisville FC of the NWSL.
Born inMississauga,Ontario toSicilian-born parents, Moscato began playing soccer at the age of four when she started playing for Dixie SC.[2] She attendedSt. Hilary Elementary School. For high school, she attendedSt. Francis Xavier Secondary School in Mississauga where she was named Most Valuable Player. She also played for the club team Burlington Flames.[3]
Moscato attendedPennsylvania State University from 2002 to 2005 and helped theNittany Lions win fourBig Ten regular season championships. During her time at Penn State, the team earned appearances in theCollege Cup semifinals in 2002 and 2005.[4] Her 2002 season at Penn State yielded a Final Four appearance in the Division I NCAA Championship and were Big Ten Champions.[5]
Moscato joined theVancouver Whitecaps in 2003 and played 256 minutes during her five appearances. In 2004, she helped the Whitecaps win their firstW-League championship title. She scored three goals and three assists that season before joiningOttawa Fury in 2005. She sits 15th all-time amongst Whitecaps players after recording five goals and five assists in 14 appearances.[citation needed]
Moscato spent 2009 to 2010 withUPC Tavagnacco in theSerie A, the top division of soccer in Italy, before joining the national team camp to train heading into the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6] She scored once in 15 league appearances playing as a defender.[7][8] In July 2011, Moscato joined Canadian national teammatesMelissa Tancredi andStephanie Labbé to play forPiteå IF, a club in the SwedishDamallsvenskan. She started in all ten of her appearances with the club and scored one goal.[9][10] She also made one appearance forDalsjöfors GoIF in 2012.[10]
In 2013, she joinedChicago Red Stars for the inaugural season of theNational Women's Soccer League (NWSL) as part of theNWSL Player Allocation. She made five appearances for the club.[10] On June 29, 2013, it was announced that she had been traded to theBoston Breakers in exchange for her Canadian national teammate,Adriana Leon.[11] She made five appearances for the Breakers during the remainder of the season.[10] On September 10, 2013, she was traded toSeattle Reign FC in exchange for fellow Canadian national team playerKaylyn Kyle in preparation for the2014 season.[12]
At just 16 years of age, Moscato made herCanadian U-20 national team debut on February 6, 2001, during a 3–2 defeat against Finland at the Adidas Cup in Houston, Texas. She represented Canada during the country's hosting of the2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, playing all six matches and helping Canada reach the final before losing to the United States.[citation needed]
On April 3, 2002, Moscato earned her first cap withCanada's senior team, playing 19 minutes in a 0–0 draw againstAustralia. Moscato has played in major tournaments such as the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, the2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, and the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament in 2004.[13] After taking a two-year hiatus from the game, she returned to the international scene in 2009, and played for Canada during the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and the2012 Summer Olympics in London. Some of her most notable successes with the team include winning the 2010 CONCACAF Tournament in Cancun, theCyprus Cup in March 2011, and earning a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.[2]
Moscato was an assistant coach at theUniversity of Wisconsin[14] and for theLouisville Cardinals.[15]
In August 2016, Moscato coached Canada's women's under-15 squad to the second place in the2016 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship.[16]
In 2017, she was the Talent Manager of the Canadian REX Development program before serving as an assistant coach with theCanadian women's U20 team from 2018 to 2020.[17] In 2019, she served as the Technical Director for youth soccer team Kleinburg Nobleton SC.[17]
Moscato became the head coach of the FC Nordsjælland women's team, a role she started in July 2021.[18]
In June 2022, she was named Technical Director and head coach ofLiga MX Femenil clubTigres UANL, becoming both the first woman and first foreigner to hold the role.[19][20] Tigres won the2022–23 Apertura Liguilla, qualifying Tigres for the Campeón de Campeones,[21] and reached the Clausura Liguilla semi-finals under Moscato before being eliminated.[22] Her Apertura championship was the first title win in Liga MX Femenil history by a foreign-born coach.[18]
On June 2, 2023, Moscato announced her resignation from Tigres Femenil.[23]
On February 19, 2024,Racing Louisville FC announced that Moscato had joined the club as an assistant coach.[24]
On July 21, 2025, it was announced that Moscato had departed Racing Louisville to take up the role of head coach ofAl Qadsiah in theSaudi Women's Premier League.[25]
Moscato worked in Australia as Director and Coach of theIllawarra Stingrays Women's Senior Program in the NSW NPL Domestic League.[26]
In September 2019, Moscato was named as the Commissioner ofLeague1 Ontario Women's Division.[27] In December 2020, she left the position.[28]
In February 2021, she was named as the Director of Women's Football for theBahamas Football Association,[29] but departed later that year.[citation needed]
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