Nichelle Prince

Nichelle Prince
	Prince (right) during a match at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Nichelle Patrice Prince[1]
Date of birth	February 19, 1995
Place of birth	Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Houston Dash
Number	8
Youth career
	Ajax SC
	Richmond Hill SC
	Pickering SC
	Toronto Lynx
College career
Years	Team
2013–2016	Ohio State Buckeyes
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2014	Toronto Lady Lynx
2017–	Houston Dash
International career‡
2012	Canada U-17
2014	Canada U-20
2013–	Canada
Honours
Women's football
Representing Canada
CONCACAF W Championship
Olympic Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 16, 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 15, 2022

Nichelle Patrice Prince (born February 19, 1995) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League club Houston Dash and the Canadian national team.[2]

Club career

After playing college soccer with the Ohio State Buckeyes,[3] Prince was selected 28th overall by the Houston Dash in the 2017 NWSL College Draft.[4] Prince would miss the majority of the 2019 season after tearing her meniscus at the 2019 Women's World Cup.[5]

Prince was a member of the team that won a silver medal at the 2012 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship in Guatemala and a silver medal at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship. She and her team won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2] On May 25, 2019, she was named to the roster for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6] On August 6, 2021, she won the Olympic Gold Medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics with Canada.[7]

Prince's father is Afro-Jamaicans, while her mother comes from the United States.[2] She has two sisters named Christine and Kendra. She enjoys reading, writing, yoga during her free time. Her favourites have included football players Christine Sinclair, Lionel Messi and Carlos Tévez, Canadian hurdlers Perdita Felicien and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, and football clubs Real Madrid and Manchester City.[2]

As of October 16, 2022[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup[lower-alpha 1]		Playoffs[lower-alpha 2]		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Houston Dash	2017	NWSL	23	3	—		—		—		23	3
	2018		20	1	—		—		—		20	1
	2019		4	1	—		—		—		4	1
	2020		—		6	0	—		4[lower-alpha 3]	1	10	1
	2021		16	2	2	0	—		—		18	2
	2022		18	5	6	1	1	0	—		25	6
Career total			81	12	14	1	1	0	4	1	100	14

As of match played 15 November 2022

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Canada	2013	3	1
	2014	0	0
	2015	4	2
	2016	14	3
	2017	11	0
	2018	11	4
	2019	12	1
	2020	4	0
	2021	16	2
	2022	15	0
Total		90	13

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Prince goal.

List of international goals scored by Nichelle Prince
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	January 14, 2013	Yongchuan Sports Center, Yongchuan	South Korea	1–3	1–3	2013 Four Nations Tournament
2	December 9, 2015	Arena das Dunas, Natal	Mexico	3–0	3–0	2015 International Women's Football Tournament of Natal
3	December 13, 2015	Arena das Dunas, Natal	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	4–0	2015 International Women's Football Tournament of Natal
4	February 16, 2016	BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston	Guatemala	4–0	10–0	2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
5				8–0
6				9–0
7	September 2, 2018	TD Place Arena, Ottawa	Brazil	1–0	1–0	Friendly
8	October 5, 2018	H-E-B Park, Edinburg	Jamaica	1–0	2–0	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
9	October 5, 2018	H-E-B Park, Edinburg	Jamaica	2–0	2–0	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
10	October 11, 2018	H-E-B Park, Edinburg	Costa Rica	2–0	3–1	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
11	June 15, 2019	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble	New Zealand	2–0	2–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
12	April 13, 2021	bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent	England	2–0	2–0	Friendly
13	October 23, 2021	TD Place Arena, Ottawa	New Zealand	3–0	5–1	Friendly

Houston Dash

Canada

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