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==Early life and college career== ==Early life and college career==


McClelland grew up in ], one of three children born to Coleen and Patrick McClelland.<ref name="RU">{{cite web|url=https://scarletknights.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/meagan--mcclelland/11461|title=Meagan McClelland|publisher=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She began playing soccer when she was three and joined ]'s ] academy at age eight. She played multiple outfield positions before turning to goalkeeper when she received goalkeeping gloves as a Christmas present in third grade.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/meet-the-2016-us-u17-world-cup-squad_aid40261|title=Meet the 2016 U.S. U17 World Cup squad|date=September 26, 2016|last=Eskilson|first=J.R.|website=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref><ref name="O16">{{cite news|url=https://www.theobserver.com/2016/02/02/kearnys-mcclelland-proving-to-be-two-sport-star/|title=Kearny's McClelland proving to be two-sport star|date=2016-02-02|newspaper=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She also played basketball growing up and starred in both sports at ]. She kept 20 clean sheets in one-and-a-half season with the soccer team, and she scored 1,348 points in 91 games with the basketball team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theobserver.com/2023/08/01/going-pro-kearnys-meagan-mcclelland-signs-with-san-diego-wave-fc/|title=Going Pro — Kearny's Meagan McClelland signs with San Diego Wave FC|last=Bernstein|first=Jason|date=2023-08-01|newspaper=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She committed to ] as a sophomore.<ref name="NJ23">{{cite news|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/soccer/2023/01/12/rutgers-meagan-mcclelland-has-eyes-set-on-pro-soccer-draft-nwsl-kearny-goalkeeper/69798866007/|title=Meagan McClelland, former Rutgers star, has eyes set on pro women's soccer draft|date=2023-01-12|last=Anzidei|first=Melanie|website=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> McClelland grew up in ], one of three children born to Coleen and Patrick McClelland.<ref name="RU">{{cite web|url=https://scarletknights.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/meagan--mcclelland/11461|title=Meagan McClelland|publisher=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She began playing soccer when she was three and joined ]'s ] academy at age eight. She played multiple outfield positions before turning to goalkeeper when she received goalkeeping gloves as a Christmas present in third grade.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/meet-the-2016-us-u17-world-cup-squad_aid40261|title=Meet the 2016 U.S. U17 World Cup squad|date=September 26, 2016|last=Eskilson|first=J.R.|website=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref><ref name="O16">{{cite news|url=https://www.theobserver.com/2016/02/02/kearnys-mcclelland-proving-to-be-two-sport-star/|title=Kearny's McClelland proving to be two-sport star|date=2016-02-02|newspaper=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She also played basketball growing up and starred in both sports at ]. She kept 20 clean sheets in one-and-a-half seasons with the soccer team, and she scored 1,348 points in 91 games for the basketball team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theobserver.com/2023/08/01/going-pro-kearnys-meagan-mcclelland-signs-with-san-diego-wave-fc/|title=Going Pro — Kearny's Meagan McClelland signs with San Diego Wave FC|last=Bernstein|first=Jason|date=2023-08-01|newspaper=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She committed to ] as a sophomore.<ref name="NJ23">{{cite news|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/soccer/2023/01/12/rutgers-meagan-mcclelland-has-eyes-set-on-pro-soccer-draft-nwsl-kearny-goalkeeper/69798866007/|title=Meagan McClelland, former Rutgers star, has eyes set on pro women's soccer draft|date=2023-01-12|last=Anzidei|first=Melanie|website=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref>


===Rutgers Scarlet Knights=== ===Rutgers Scarlet Knights===


McClelland was the five-year starting goalkeeper for the ] from 2018 to 2023, succeeding ].<ref name="RU"/><ref name="NJ23"/> In her freshman season, she played all 20 games and kept 8 clean sheets, leading the ] in ]. Rutgers placed second in the conference and qualified for the ] and ], losing in both first rounds. McClelland was named the ] and third-team All-Big Ten.<ref name="RU"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://scarletknights.com/news/2018/12/12/womens-soccer-2018-season-recap.aspx|title=Women's Soccer 2018 Season Recap|date=2018-12-12|publisher=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> In her sophomore season, she kept 12 clean sheets in 21 games, earning second-team All-Big Ten honors and helping Rutgers repeat as Big Ten regular-season runners-up. They made the semifinals of the ] but lost in the first round of the ].<ref name="RU"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://admin.bigten.org/news/2019/12/24/2019-womens-soccer-season-in-review.aspx|title=2019 Women's Soccer Season in Review|date=2019-12-24|publisher=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She became team captain in her junior season, which was pushed back to the spring because of the ]. She kept 7 clean sheets in 16 games, earning second-team All-Big Ten honors, as Rutgers made the ] semifinals and the second round of the ].<ref name="RU"/> McClelland succeeded ] as the starting goalkeeper for the ].<ref name="NJ23"/> In her freshman season in 2018, she played all 20 games and kept 8 clean sheets, leading the ] in ]. Rutgers placed second in the conference and qualified for the ] and ], losing in both first rounds. McClelland was named the ] and third-team All-Big Ten.<ref name="RU"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://scarletknights.com/news/2018/12/12/womens-soccer-2018-season-recap.aspx|title=Women's Soccer 2018 Season Recap|date=2018-12-12|publisher=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> In her sophomore season, she kept 12 clean sheets in 21 games, earning second-team All-Big Ten honors and helping Rutgers repeat as Big Ten regular-season runners-up. They made the semifinals of the ] but lost in the first round of the ].<ref name="RU"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://admin.bigten.org/news/2019/12/24/2019-womens-soccer-season-in-review.aspx|title=2019 Women's Soccer Season in Review|date=2019-12-24|publisher=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She became team captain in her junior season, which was pushed back to the spring because of the ]. She kept 7 clean sheets in 16 games, earning second-team All-Big Ten honors, as Rutgers made the ] semifinals and the second round of the ].<ref name="RU"/>


McClelland and Rutgers had a banner year in her senior season in 2021. She made a career-high 83 saves and kept a career-high 13 clean sheets in 25 games, earning third-team All-Big Ten honors. Rutgers went 10–0 in conference play to claim the program's first Big Ten regular-season title, and they did not concede in the ] until losing to ] in the final. In the ], McClelland saved three ] and made one herself in a third-round ] against ], then saved one kick and made another in a quarterfinal shootout win against ]. The {{nowrap|No. 1}} seed Scarlet Knights fell to eventual champions {{nowrap|No. 1}} ] in their second-ever national semifinals.<ref name="RU"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/college/rutgers/2021/12/03/rutgers-womens-soccer-falls-florida-state-final-four/8837045002/|title=Rutgers women's soccer falls to Florida State in heartbreaking Final Four loss|last=Anzidei|first=Melanie|date=2021-12-03|website=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> McClelland returned to use her fifth year of eligibility, granted by the NCAA due to the pandemic. She kept 8.5 clean sheets in 20 games as Rutgers dropped to seventh in the conference.<ref name="RU"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://dailytargum.com/article/2022/10/no-20-rutgers-womens-soccer-falls-in-1st-round-of-big-ten-tournament|title=No. 20 Rutgers women's soccer falls in 1st round of Big Ten Tournament|last=Kalegi|first=Edward|date=2022-10-30|newspaper=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She left Rutgers with the second-most minutes played in NCAA history, behind ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/w_soccer_RB/D1.pdf|page=8|title=Division I Women's Soccer Records – Goalkeeper Minutes Played|publisher=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> McClelland and Rutgers had a banner year in her senior season in 2021. She made a career-high 83 saves and kept a career-high 13 clean sheets in 25 games, earning third-team All-Big Ten honors. Rutgers went 10–0 in conference play to claim the program's first Big Ten regular-season title, and they did not concede in the ] until the final where they lost to ]. In the ], McClelland saved three ] and made one herself in a third-round ] win against ], then saved one kick and converted another in a quarterfinal shootout win against ]. The {{nowrap|No. 1}} seed Scarlet Knights reached their second-ever national semifinal where they fell to eventual champions {{nowrap|No. 1}} ].<ref name="RU"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/college/rutgers/2021/12/03/rutgers-womens-soccer-falls-florida-state-final-four/8837045002/|title=Rutgers women's soccer falls to Florida State in heartbreaking Final Four loss|last=Anzidei|first=Melanie|date=2021-12-03|website=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> McClelland returned to use her fifth year of eligibility, granted by the NCAA due to the pandemic. She kept 8.5 clean sheets in 20 games as Rutgers finished seventh in the conference in 2022.<ref name="RU"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://dailytargum.com/article/2022/10/no-20-rutgers-womens-soccer-falls-in-1st-round-of-big-ten-tournament|title=No. 20 Rutgers women's soccer falls in 1st round of Big Ten Tournament|last=Kalegi|first=Edward|date=2022-10-30|newspaper=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She left college with the second-most minutes played in NCAA history behind ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/w_soccer_RB/D1.pdf|page=8|title=Division I Women's Soccer Records – Goalkeeper Minutes Played|publisher=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref>


==Club career== ==Club career==
===NWSL beginnings=== ===NWSL beginnings===
McClellang was not selected in the ] but was invited to preseason training with the ], who signed her to a short-term national team replacement contract on April 7, 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/soccer/2023/01/20/rutgers-nj-soccer-goalkeeper-meagan-mcclelland-chicago-red-stars/69826996007/|title=Rutgers' Meagan McClelland invited to Chicago Red Stars training camp|last=Anzidei|first=Melanie|date=2023-01-20|website=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://chicagoredstars.com/first-team/chicago-red-stars-sign-meagan-mcclelland/|title=Chicago Red Stars Sign Meagan McClelland|date=2023-04-27|publisher=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She signed replacement deals later that year with ] in July and ] in September. She signed a permanent contract with Gotham in November as they finished the season as ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gothamfc.com/news_article/show/1291066|title=Gotham FC adds Goalkeeper Meagan McClelland|publisher=]|date=2023-11-11|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref><ref name="CA24"/> McClelland was not selected in the ] but was invited to preseason training with the ], who signed her to a short-term national team replacement contract on April 7, 2023.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/soccer/2023/01/20/rutgers-nj-soccer-goalkeeper-meagan-mcclelland-chicago-red-stars/69826996007/|title=Rutgers' Meagan McClelland invited to Chicago Red Stars training camp|last=Anzidei|first=Melanie|date=2023-01-20|website=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://chicagoredstars.com/first-team/chicago-red-stars-sign-meagan-mcclelland/|title=Chicago Red Stars Sign Meagan McClelland|date=2023-04-27|publisher=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She signed further short-team deals later that year with ] in July and ] in September. She signed a permanent contract with Gotham in November as they finished the season as ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gothamfc.com/news_article/show/1291066|title=Gotham FC adds Goalkeeper Meagan McClelland|publisher=]|date=2023-11-11|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref><ref name="CA24"/>


===Odense=== ===Odense===
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===Carolina Ascent=== ===Carolina Ascent===
] club ] announced on June 6, 2024, that they had signed McClelland ahead of the league's inaugural ].<ref name="CA24">{{cite news|url=https://www.carolinaascent.com/news/2024/06/06/nwsl-champion-goalkeeper-meagan-mcclelland-signs-with-carolina-ascent-fc/|title=NWSL Champion Goalkeeper, Meagan McClelland, Signs with Carolina Ascent FC|last=Cover|first=Amanda|date=2024-06-06|publisher=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She started in the USL Super League's first-ever game, a 1–0 victory over ] on August 17.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.carolinaascent.com/news/2024/08/17/carolina-ascent-fc-record-historic-first-win/|title=Carolina Ascent FC Record Historic First Win|last=Cover|first=Amanda|publisher=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She started all 14 games and kept a league-high 6 clean sheets in the league's first fall series.<ref name="SW"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uslsuperleague.com/player-stats/|archive-date=2024-12-29|title=Player Stats|publisher=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229025905/https://www.uslsuperleague.com/player-stats/}}</ref> ] club ] announced on June 6, 2024, that they had signed McClelland ahead of the league's inaugural ].<ref name="CA24">{{cite news|url=https://www.carolinaascent.com/news/2024/06/06/nwsl-champion-goalkeeper-meagan-mcclelland-signs-with-carolina-ascent-fc/|title=NWSL Champion Goalkeeper, Meagan McClelland, Signs with Carolina Ascent FC|last=Cover|first=Amanda|date=2024-06-06|publisher=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She started in the league's first-ever game, a 1–0 victory over ] on August 17.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.carolinaascent.com/news/2024/08/17/carolina-ascent-fc-record-historic-first-win/|title=Carolina Ascent FC Record Historic First Win|last=Cover|first=Amanda|publisher=]|access-date=2024-12-28}}</ref> She started all 14 games for Carolina and kept a league-high 6 clean sheets during the league's first fall series.<ref name="SW"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uslsuperleague.com/player-stats/|archive-date=2024-12-29|title=Player Stats|publisher=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229025905/https://www.uslsuperleague.com/player-stats/}}</ref>


==International career== ==International career==

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American soccer player (born 2000)

Meagan McClelland
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-08-05) August 5, 2000 (age 24)
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team Carolina Ascent
Number 1
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 102 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023 Chicago Red Stars 0 (0)
2023 San Diego Wave 0 (0)
2023–2024 NJ/NY Gotham FC 0 (0)
2024 Odense 0 (0)
2024– Carolina Ascent 14 (0)
International career
2016 United States U-17
2017 United States U-19 1 (0)
2019 United States U-20 2 (0)
2019 United States U-23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 14, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 13, 2019

Meagan Erin McClelland (born August 5, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for USL Super League club Carolina Ascent FC. She played college soccer for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, where she was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and four-time All-Big Ten.

Early life and college career

McClelland grew up in Kearny, New Jersey, one of three children born to Coleen and Patrick McClelland. She began playing soccer when she was three and joined Mike O'Neill's PDA academy at age eight. She played multiple outfield positions before turning to goalkeeper when she received goalkeeping gloves as a Christmas present in third grade. She also played basketball growing up and starred in both sports at Kearny High School. She kept 20 clean sheets in one-and-a-half seasons with the soccer team, and she scored 1,348 points in 91 games for the basketball team. She committed to Rutgers as a sophomore.

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

McClelland succeeded Casey Murphy as the starting goalkeeper for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. In her freshman season in 2018, she played all 20 games and kept 8 clean sheets, leading the Big Ten Conference in goals against average. Rutgers placed second in the conference and qualified for the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments, losing in both first rounds. McClelland was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and third-team All-Big Ten. In her sophomore season, she kept 12 clean sheets in 21 games, earning second-team All-Big Ten honors and helping Rutgers repeat as Big Ten regular-season runners-up. They made the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament but lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament. She became team captain in her junior season, which was pushed back to the spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic. She kept 7 clean sheets in 16 games, earning second-team All-Big Ten honors, as Rutgers made the Big Ten tournament semifinals and the second round of the NCAA tournament.

McClelland and Rutgers had a banner year in her senior season in 2021. She made a career-high 83 saves and kept a career-high 13 clean sheets in 25 games, earning third-team All-Big Ten honors. Rutgers went 10–0 in conference play to claim the program's first Big Ten regular-season title, and they did not concede in the Big Ten tournament until the final where they lost to Michigan. In the NCAA tournament, McClelland saved three penalty kicks and made one herself in a third-round shootout win against TCU, then saved one kick and converted another in a quarterfinal shootout win against Arkansas. The No. 1 seed Scarlet Knights reached their second-ever national semifinal where they fell to eventual champions No. 1 Florida State. McClelland returned to use her fifth year of eligibility, granted by the NCAA due to the pandemic. She kept 8.5 clean sheets in 20 games as Rutgers finished seventh in the conference in 2022. She left college with the second-most minutes played in NCAA history behind McKinley Crone.

Club career

NWSL beginnings

McClelland was not selected in the 2023 NWSL Draft but was invited to preseason training with the Chicago Red Stars, who signed her to a short-term national team replacement contract on April 7, 2023. She signed further short-team deals later that year with San Diego Wave FC in July and NJ/NY Gotham FC in September. She signed a permanent contract with Gotham in November as they finished the season as NWSL Champions.

Odense

McClelland returned to Gotham for the 2024 preseason before going overseas to join Danish Women's 1st Division club Odense Boldklub Q on February 26, 2024. She made her professional debut in a 1–1 playoff draw against B.93 [da] on March 16. She ended up making 9 playoff starts and kept 6 clean sheets, helping Odense secure promotion to the top division, before returning to the United States after her last game on June 8.

Carolina Ascent

USL Super League club Carolina Ascent FC announced on June 6, 2024, that they had signed McClelland ahead of the league's inaugural 2024–25 season. She started in the league's first-ever game, a 1–0 victory over DC Power FC on August 17. She started all 14 games for Carolina and kept a league-high 6 clean sheets during the league's first fall series.

International career

She was called into the United States national under-17 team shortly before the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and made the tournament roster as a bench player. She later appeared in friendlies at the under-19, under-20, and under-23 levels.

Honors and awards

NJ/NY Gotham FC

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

  • Big Ten regular-season champions: 2021

Individual

References

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  14. ^ Cover, Amanda (June 6, 2024). "NWSL Champion Goalkeeper, Meagan McClelland, Signs with Carolina Ascent FC". Carolina Ascent FC. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
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External links

Carolina Ascent FC – current squad
  • Head coach: Philip Poole
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