31 Facts About Diana Matheson

Diana Beverly Matheson was born on April 6,1984 and is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played for the Canada national team from 2003 to 2020 and multiple professional women's teams over the course of her career.

Diana Matheson is best known for scoring the bronze medal-winning goal for Canada in the 92nd minute against France at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Diana Matheson won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games with the senior national team.

Diana Matheson majored in economics at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, and was voted Ivy League Player of the Year in 2007 and Princeton Women's Athlete of the Year in 2008.

Diana Matheson earned first-team All-America and first-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region honours and was one of 12 finalists for SoccerBuzz Freshman of the Year.

Diana Matheson was a three-time Ivy Rookie of the Week.

Diana Matheson was one of only two unanimous first-team All-Ivy selections.

Diana Matheson earned SoccerBuzz first-team all-region and NSCAA second-team all-region honours.

Diana Matheson rejoined the same club for the 2009 season running from April to October, and for the first half of 2010 until national team duties called her away.

Diana Matheson can be seen in a video made by her Norwegian team.

In early 2013, it was announced that Diana Matheson would be joining the Washington Spirit as part of the NWSL Player Allocation, a team in the newly founded National Women's Soccer League.

Diana Matheson made her debut during the Spirit's inaugural match on April 15,2013, against the Boston Breakers.

Diana Matheson helped lead the Spirit to its first ever playoff berth in 2014 with eight goals and six assists during the regular season.

Diana Matheson currently holds the records for most goals scored and most assists for the Spirit all-time.

Diana Matheson's penalty was saved by Sabrina D'Angelo, securing the win for the Flash.

In January 2017, Diana Matheson was traded to the Seattle Reign in exchange for Arielle Ship and Seattle's third round pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft.

Diana Matheson tore her ACL while training with the Canadian National team in February and she would miss the entire 2017 season.

Diana Matheson appeared in 21 matches for Utah in 2018, she scored 2 goals.

Diana Matheson returned to Utah for the 2019 season however she suffered a foot injury with the Canadian National team that would require surgery forcing her to miss the 2019 season.

Diana Matheson made her national team debut at the Algarve Cup in March 2003.

Diana Matheson participated in the 2007 Women's World Cup, she appeared in all three of Canada's group stage matches, they finished third in their group and did not advance to the knockout round.

In 2008, Diana Matheson was named to her first Olympic Team, she appeared in all four matches for Canada as they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by the United States.

Diana Matheson played in her second consecutive World Cup in 2011, Canada did not advance past the group stage.

At the 2011 Pan American Games, Diana Matheson helped Canada win the gold medal against the defending champions Brazil.

Diana Matheson was named to Canada's Olympic squad in 2012, where she played every minute of Canada's six matches.

In October 2014, Diana Matheson suffered a torn ACL in a friendly match against Japan.

Diana Matheson recovered in time to be named to Canada's squad for the World Cup.

Diana Matheson was only fit enough to make one substitute appearance for Canada, she played the final 28 minutes in their quarterfinal loss to England.

Diana Matheson was named to her third Olympic team in 2016, where Canada won the bronze medal for the second consecutive Olympics.

Diana Matheson earned her 200th cap for Canada on October 14,2018,181 of those caps were starts.

In May 2019, Canada Soccer announced that Diana Matheson had been ruled out of the 2019 World Cup due to a foot injury that would require surgery.