
According to the Canadian Press on Thursday, Canadian Olympic gold medalist Desiree Scott of Winnipeg, Manitoba plans to retire at the end of the 2024 National Women’s Soccer League season at age 37. Scott won a gold medal for Canada at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, and was also part or the Canadian bronze medal winning teams at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Also on the international level, Scott won a gold medal for Canada at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
A midfielder, Scott played 187 games for Canada internationally, but did not score a goal. Scott had one goal professionally. It came during the 2010 United Soccer League-Women’s League play, while Scott was a member of the Vancouver Whitecaps.
At the university level, Scott played for the University of Manitoba Bisons of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport. She was there for five years from 2005 to 2009. While with the Bisons, Scott won the Canada West Rookie of the Year Award in 2005.
On the professional level, Scott has spent time in the United States. She was with FC Kansas City of the National Women’s Soccer League in 2013, 2016, 2017, the Utah Royals in the NWSL from 2018 to 2020, and he Kansas City Current since 2021. Scott also played two seasons with Notts County in England in 2014 and 2015.