DENMARK – Former Rutgers women’s soccer goalkeeper Meagan McClelland is headed to Denmark on a professional contract with Odense Boldklub Q of the Kvinde-DM Liga. McClelland joins fellow Rutgers alumnae Gia Vicari on the club.
McClelland began her professional soccer career with a training camp invitation from the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), before heading to the San Diego Wave FC and winning the NWSL Championship in 2023 with NY/NJ Gotham.
Following in a tradition of elite goalkeeping at Rutgers women’s soccer, McClelland departed “the Banks” with legendary statistics and honors throughout a five-year career minding the net for the Scarlet Knights. The Kearny, New Jersey native left college second all-time in NCAA history with 9,482 goalkeeper minutes, from which she recorded 43 solo shutouts, 49 team shutouts, a 0.69 goals-against average and an .801 save percentage.
The 2018 Big Ten Freshman of the Year went on to play in 102 games with 101 starts in net, picking up four All-Big Ten honors and three United Soccer Coaches All-Region awards along the way. McClelland led the 2021 Scarlet Knights to a perfect 10-0 record in Big Ten play en route to the school’s first Big Ten championship before a run to the program’s second College Cup. On the way to the Final Four, the goalkeeper both stopped and converted penalty kicks in back-to-back matches in the third round and quarterfinals at Yurcak Field with Rutgers as the No. 1 seed.
Earning a master’s in digital marketing during her fifth year, McClelland also piled up classroom accolades with a 2021 Scholar All-Region nod, four Academic All-Big Ten honors, and an induction to Chi Alpha Sigma, the student-athlete honor society.
McClelland joins a growing list of Scarlet Knights playing professional soccer abroad, including Gia Vicari, Brianne Reed, Shannon Woeller, Chantelle Swaby, and Tiernny Wiltshire.
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